0000-0002-3242-8875 About
Dr. Joydeepa is a medical doctor, researcher, and public health professional with extensive experience in primary care , leprosy and its complications, disability prevention, and rehabilitation. She is actively involved in clinical care, operational research, training, and programme development, with a particular focus on leprosy complications, childhood leprosy, disability management, stigma, and community-based approaches to inclusion and empowerment.
Her research interests include leprosy reactions, child leprosy, antimicrobial resistance, clinical trials, multimorbidity, rehabilitation, health systems strengthening, and implementation research in low-resource settings. She has contributed to several national and international research collaborations, including prospective studies, clinical trials, mixed-methods research, and guideline development.
Dr. Joy is also engaged in strategic planning and capacity building within healthcare and mission-driven organizations, contributing to initiatives on ethical leadership, holistic care, and inclusive health systems. In addition to her scientific work, she is a writer and storyteller who values compassionate, people-centred approaches to healthcare and research.
Employment
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The Leprosy Mission Trust India Head of KMD2017 - Present
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Publications (22)
- Stigma in Children Affected with Leprosy: A Case Study of School and Family Exclusion in India Save
- Modelling the cost-effectiveness of interventions to treat or prevent neuropathic ulcers arising from leprosy: application to L-PRF Save
- Understanding healing: A comparative analysis in chronic diseases with leprosy—A scoping review Save
- Addressing multimorbidity in Leprosy: A retrospective chart review from India Save
- Protocol of a comparative multicentric non inferiority clinical trial of WHO MBMDT with a new monthly chemotherapy regimen containing rifampicin, moxifloxacin and clarithromycin (RMC) on multibacillary patients from India Save
- Sustaining community self-help groups beyond donor support: lessons from a qualitative study of self-help groups, including persons affected by leprosy and disability in rural India Save
- Longitudinal performance of the ENLIST ENL severity scale in individuals with severe erythema nodosum leprosum: Responsiveness, trajectories and clinical features – a secondary analysis of the Methotrexate and Prednisolone study - MaPs in ENL Save
- An evaluation protocol of ‘Replicability Model’ project for detection and treatment of leprosy and related disability in Chhattisgarh, India Save
- Access to thalidomide Save
- Investigating the sustainability of self-help programmes in the context of leprosy and the work of leprosy missions in Nigeria, Nepal and India: a qualitative study protocol Save