Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor of Biostatistics

CURRICULUM VITAE OF M. KANDAMUTHAN, PROFESSOR OF

BIOSTATISTICS

1. Name : KANDAMUTHAN. M

2. Date of birth : 30 March, 1946.

3. Sex : Male

4. Contact address: Residential: Panchami, Vikas Nagar, Sreekariyam,

Thiruvananthapuram – 695 017.

Phone: 0471 – 2596238 Cell: 098********

5. E-mail: ***********@**********.***

6. Qualifications:

QualificationSubject GradeDate of acquiringIssuing Body/Institute

M. Phil Statistics Grade A October,1979 University of Kerala.

M. Sc (Design, Measurement, and

Evaluation) Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Grade A November, 1992 McMaster University,

Hamilton, Canada.

M. Sc Statistics First Class May, 1970 University of Calicut.

LL.B Law Second Class July, 1990 University of Kerala.

D.H.S Health Statistics Grade A April, 1974 University of Calcutta.

7. Professional Associations:

Member of the (INCLEN) International Clinical Epidemiology Network.

Member of INDIACLEN (Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network).

Honorary Faculty of the R-CERTC (Regional Clinical Epidemiology Resource and Training Centre,

MedicalCollege, Trivandrum).

8. Career History.

Employer (Name & Address) Position/Job Title

2

1. DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences Professor of Biostatistics

Meppadi, Kalpetta, Wayanad – 673577. From 12.2.2013 to till date

2. SUT Academy of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of Biostatistics.

Vattappara, Vengode P.O., Trivandrum. From 1.7.2005 to 31.1.2013.

2. Vinayaka Mission’s MedicalCollege, Professor of Biostatistics.

Karaikal. From 4.6.2001 to 30.9.2004.

Dept. of Community Medicine,

Kottuchery P.O., Karaikal,

Pondicherry State.

3. Government of Kerala,

Dept. of Community Medicine, Associate Professor of Biostatistics.

MedicalCollege, Trivandrum. From 16.9.1985 to 30.4.2001.

4. Government of Kerala,

Dept. of Community Medicine, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics.

MedicalCollege, Trivandrum. From 22.2.1975 to 15.9.1985.

5. Government of Kerala,

Dept. of Community Medicine, Lecturer in Biostatistics.

MedicalCollege, Trivandrum. From 28.1.1972 to 21.2.1975

6. McMasterUniversity,

Health Science Centre, INCLEN Fellow.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Did M.Sc course in Design Measurement

and Evaluation in the Dept. of Clinical

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

from 24.6.1991 - 3.9.1992.

9. Area of Special interest: Maternal and Child health and Childhood disabilities.

Assessment of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases by

epidemiological studies.

Monitoring and evaluation especially approaches to quality

impact evaluation and economic appraisal.

Use data and source material to form clear messages and

content.

Statistical methods and applications.

10. Technical competencies and professional skills

42 years teaching experience in the Undergraduate and Post-graduate classes in

the Medical College, Trivandrum and other Medical colleges.

30 years experience in providing statistical guidance to PGs and staff of the

MedicalCollegeTrivandrum.

Training:

Training in Health Statistics for 1 year at the All India Institute of Hygiene and

Public Health Calcutta leading to Diploma in Health Statistics.

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Training in Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics for 18 months at the

International Clinical Epidemiology Resource and Training Center, Health

Science Centre, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, Canada.

Computer knowledge: Skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, SPSS and Epi-info.

Competencies: Excellent theoretical as well as practical knowledge of Clinical trials,

Descriptive Epidemiology and Analytical Epidemiology by

Undertaking independent as well as Collaborative research projects.

Research projects undertaken:

Research project on ‘Effect of Consanguineous marriage on the disability

of their children’ funded by INCLEN as part of the research start up

grant.

Research project on ‘Economic and Social effect of disabled child on the

family’ funded by the Government of Netherlands and Kerala Research project

on Local level development.

11. Relevant achievement / publications:

Papers published inINTERNATIONAL JOURNALS:

1. Socio-economic factors and childhood disability in Trivandrum of South

India, International J Rehabilitation Research, 1997, 20(3), 335 - 339.

2. Effect of Consanguineous Marriage on the disability of their children, Journal

of Clinical Epidemiology, 1997, 50: 13s.

3. Social factors influencing the acquisition of antibiotics without

Prescription in rural Kerala. (S. Devi, N. Higginbotham,

M. Kandamuthan), Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 1977.

NATIONAL JOURNALS: First Author:

1. Pattern of Malignant Neoplasm in South Kerala: Jl of the

Indian Med Association, 81, 11&12, 1983, pp. 194 - 199.

2. Performance of PDC and B.Sc students in the M.B.B.S Examination - A

comparative study: The Ind Jl of Med Education, 1977, 23: 1-7.

3. A study on the socio-demographic status of the population of

Pangappara, Trivandrum 1983: Jl of Family Welfare, 1985, 32, 3, 62 -72.

4. Morbidity and mortality pattern of bacillary dysentery and amoebiasis

in

the Medical College hospital, Trivandrum: Kerala Med Journal,

26,No.2, 1985, 61-64.

5. A study on the socio-economic status of Kerala Nursing students with

special reference to motivation in the choice of Nursing as a career: Ind

Jl of Nursing, 1986.

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6. Socio-demographic aspects of M.T.P cases in the S.A.T hospital, TVM:

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India, 36, 475 - 480, 1986.

7. Birth weight and other standards of children born after abortion: The

journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India.Vol 36, 428 - 431,

1986.

8. A Preliminary study on the Attempt of Suicide in Kerala:

NIMHANS JOURNAL, 16, No.4, 261-270, 1998.

9. Epidemic Scabies: Indian Jl of Med Research, 65, 4, 1977, pp. 513 - 518.

10. Observations on the clustering of leprosy cases in Trivandrun city: Ind Jl

of Leprosy, 1984, Vol 56, No. 4.

Books published/ contributed:

1. Contributed an article on ‘Carrier-borne epidemic models’ in the book

'Principles and practice of Statistics in Medicine', Himalaya Publishing house,

Bombay, 1985, 151-162.

2. Published the Discussion Paper in the Kerala Research Programme on

Local Level Development on ‘The Economic and Social Effect of a

Disabled Child on the Family’, Centre for Development Studies,

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India, Discussion Paper No. 91, 2004.

International Conferences attended:

1. Attended the XI INCLEN ANNUAL meeting at Cairo in January, 1993 and

presented paper on “Socio-economic factors and childhood disability in

Trivandrum of South India”.

2. Attended the XII INCLEN ANNUAL meeting at Chiang Mai, Thailand, in January, 1994

and presented the proposal paper on “The Effect of Consanguineous Marriage on the

disability of their children”.

3. Attended the XIV INCLEN Global meeting at Penang, Malaysia, February 18-

24, 1997

and presented paper on 'The effect of consanguineous marriage on the disability of their

children'.

4. Attended the XVII INCLEN Global meeting held at Bangkok, October 15-18, 2000

and presented paper on ‘Economic and Social Effect of Disabled child on the family’.

5 . Attended the Annual India-clen conference held at Thiruvananthapuram on 13th

and14thSeptember 16, 2014 and chaired two sessions on Bayesian Methods in

Clinical research and Statistical inference and making conclusions from the study.

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