Jayaprakash Muliyil is an Indian epidemiologist and chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Epidemiology. He is also a former principal of the Christian Medical College, Vellore.[1][2][3]
He completed his undergraduate studies in Medicine and postgraduate studies in Community Medicine from Christian Medical College, Vellore. After that he joined as a faculty member in charge of the leprosy control programme at the Community Health and Development (CHAD) programme. In 1985 he went to Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore for further research, where he completed professional degrees of public health MPH and Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) in Epidemiology at JHSPH Department of Epidemiology.[4]
References edit
- ^ Jha, Somesh (April 11, 2020). "We have to achieve herd immunity, says India's leading epidemiologist". Business Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Mudur, Ganapati (2005-05-14). "Doctors accuse India of massaging leprosy figures". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 330 (7500): 1104. doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1104-b. ISSN 1756-1833. PMC 557929. PMID 15891219.
- ^ Altstedter, Ari (April 22, 2020). "Infect Everyone: How Herd Immunity Could Work for Poor Countries". Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Resume" (PDF). National Health Systems Resource Centre. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links edit
- Coronavirus — In conversation with top epidemiologist Jayaprakash Muliyil | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
- PubMed search - Jayaprakash Muliyil
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