NIMHANS

DEPARTMENTS

Department of

Epidemiology

WHO Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

About Us

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 :WHO Collaborating
  Centre:
. About Us
. Mission
. Faculty
. Capacity building
and HRD
. Projects and Programmes
. Injuries in India
. Injuries in South-East Asia
. Road Traffic Injuries
. Traumatic Brain Injuries
. Suicides
. Violence
. Major contributions
. Collaboration
. Publications
. Information Dissemination
. Contact Us
The centre is a multidisciplinary academic and community collaboration with the aim of understanding injury patterns in populations and facilitating development of prevention programmes. The centre has been attempting to integrate all issues concerned with injury prevention and safety promotion and work through a multidisciplinary participatory approach. The focus of work has been on Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs), suicides, violence and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBIs). Activities of the centre include applied research projects, capacity strengthening and human resource development, programme development and implementation, facilitating development of appropriate policies and advocacy programmes. Activities are undertaken in collaboration with associated departments and centres, government departments and international agencies at local, national and international levels.

Mission

The mission of the WHO collaborating centre at NIMHANS is to develop, support, facilitate and undertake public health - multidisciplinary approach for injury prevention and safety promotion based on epidemiological understanding in populations. The activities involved in this process include injury and RTI surveillance, recognition of potentially modifiable risk factors, evidence based intervention strategies and systematic evaluations. The programmes are built on the critical aspects of epidemiology, public health, behavioral and social sciences, clinical medicine, demography, bio-statistics, health planning and policy process. The centre addresses injury prevention and safety promotion by systematic and coordinated activities of service delivery, training and capacity development, research and policy components.

Faculty

Dr.G. Gururaj
Professor and HOD
Phone: 0091-080-26995245 / 44
Fax: 0091-080-26562121 / 26564830
Email: guru@nimhans.kar.nic.in Dr.N. Girish
Assistant Professor
Phone: 0091 -080- 26995299 / 44
Fax: 0091-080-26562121 / 26564830
Email: girishn@nimhans.kar.nic.in Dr. G. Kavita Rajesh
Junior Scientific Officer (Adhoc)
Phone: 0091 -080- 26995744 / 5244
Fax: 0091-080-26562121 / 26564830
Email: kavitar9@gmail.com Mr. Vijendra S. Kargudri
Data Manager
Phone: 0091 -080- 26995744
Fax: 0091-080-26562121 / 26564830
Email: vijay.kaggu@gmail.com

Other Staff

Smt. Beereshwari, Steno cum Typist
Sri. Sheshaiah, Attender

Apart from regular staff, research officers with background in medicine, Social work, sociology, biostatistics, rural development and health management are employed on adhoc basis in various projects. Currently staff includes:

Dr Umesh Shetty
Sri Basavaraj
Sri Chandrashekara
Sri Girish B G
Sri Lokesh Kumar M
Sri Manjunath D P
Sri Raghu
Sri Srinivasamurthy
Sri Suresh

In addition, we actively collaborate with the faculty from department of Neurosurgery (Dr. B.A. Chandramouli, Dr. Anand, Dr. Shibu Pillai, Dr. K.V. R. Sastry) in various research projects. Staff of the Department of Psychiatry and De-addictions services (Dr.V. Benegal, Dr.P.Murthy, Dr.S.Seshadri,) collaborate in number of injury prevention and research activities. Statistical support and guidance is provided by the department of Bio-Statistics (Dr. D.K. Subbakrishna). Health education activities are done in collaboration with the department of Health Education (Dr. Jayashree Ramakrishna) at NIMHANS.

The center actively works with the Bangalore City Police department, Transport department, health department in the Government of Karnataka and others. Several NGOs in and outside the city of Bangalore participate in number of activities and regular intervals.