Abirami Kaliyaperumal

Apprenticed in a global health mentorships program under Global Health experts to develop skills and competencies to thrive in the rapidly evolving Global Health arena.

• Prepared a weekly progress report in a web-based infographic application (Piktochart) for the project entitled “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of workers in health services: The COVID–19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study. • Conducted a systematic review – abstract and full text screening for the project entitled “Comorbidity of Alcohol use disorders and non- communicable diseases in Low & Middle Income Countries (LMICs)”.

• Monitored a stroke project entitled " Evaluation of dietary, conventional, genetic risk factors of primary intra cerebral haemorrhage funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) A case control study from Assam state”. • Assisted Principal Investigator (PI) in organizing and scheduling activities to meet research objectives and study protocol compliance. • Assisted PI in writing a stroke registry manuscript. • Attended and monitored weekly telecom meetings with study sponsors.

• Participated on the project “ The cluster on chronic health conditions” • Assisted team lead with data collection and analysed qualitative data in NVIVO 11. • Participated in academic events, including seminars at IPH and other institutions in Bangalore. • Presented internship seminar “Mapping an Indian parliamentarians who are concerned about tobacco”.

• Assisted senior dentist in oral disease diagnosis and treatment plan. • Performed dental treatment such as cavity filling, scaling, tooth extraction, root canal treatment and dentures. • Educated patients on importance of oral hygiene.

• Performed oral examinations, restorations, extractions, root canal treatment and other dental treatments assigned by senior dentists. • Organised dental campaign in urban and rural areas. • Attended dental posting in rural primary healthcare centres. • Educated patients on importance of oral hygiene.

• Main subjects were Global Public Health, Qualitative Methodology, Epidemiology, Bio-Statistics, Social Pathways, Health systems and Health Economic Evaluation. • Thesis: Oral health of 12 to 15 years old school children in India: A scoping review study.

• Main subjects were Regulations in Clinical Research, Ethics and Guidelines in Clinical Research, Pharmacology, and Drug Development. • Thesis: The role of regulatory authority in pharmaceutical exports.

• Main subjects were Regulations in Clinical Research, Ethics and Guidelines in Clinical Research, Pharmacology, and Drug Development. • Thesis: Oral health knowledge, attitude, and practice among school teachers in Pondicherry.