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Kalyanaraman Kumaran

Vivekananda Memorial Hospital, University of Southampton, University of Plymouth, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, NHS Somerset, Karnatak University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6107-8608
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About

I have a wide range of experience in public health research, service, teaching and management across the UK and India. My career has revolved around epidemiological approaches to health and disease, and the application of findings to public health policy and practice. My research work has focussed on understanding how factors operating in early life and through the lifecourse influence adult non-communicable disease. I have obtained grants totalling ~14 million pounds including ~7 million pounds as principal investigator. I have over 100 publications including peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy and guideline documents. My public health service experience includes health protection and public health intelligence lead roles. In my teaching role, I have been involved in the development and delivery of undergraduate medical and postgraduate public health curriculum. I have supervised ~25 Specialty Registrars in Public Health, Masters and PhD students, and examined masters and PhD students in both the UK and India. I have led (and continue to lead) multi-disciplinary teams and have been a member and chair of several working groups and committees at various levels. I am a founder member and current secretary of SNEHA-India (Society for the Natal Effects of Health in Adults). My collaborations span across India, the UK, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, China and North America.

Employment

  • Vivekananda Memorial Hospital Senior Scientist
    2024 - Present
  • NHS Somerset Consultant in Public Health
    2010 - 2011
  • Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry Senior Teaching Fellow
    2005 - 2010
  • Health Protection Agency Consultant in Communicable Disease Control
    2004 - 2012
  • South West Deanery Specialist Registrar
    1999 - 2004
  • University of Southampton

Education

  • University of Plymouth PGCE
    2003 - 2004
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc Public Health
    1999 - 2000
  • Karnatak University MBBS
    1986 - 1992
  • Faculty of Public Health MFPH
    ? - 2004
  • University of Southampton DM
    ? - 2003

Projects & Funding

  • Community-based preconception lifestyle to prevent gestational diabetes mellitus in women living in India Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2024 - 2028
  • EXTENSION: Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI): Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN) Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2023 - 2028
  • Understanding the association and underlying molecular mechanisms of early life ‘double-burden’ of malnutrition and non-communicable disease risk in adolescence Department of Biotechnology of India
    2023 - 2026
  • Optimal preconconception nutrition to offset inflammation and non-communicable disease risk in pregnant women and their children in China, India and South Africa Medical Research Council
    2020 - 2027
  • Mechanisms of intergenerational nutritional programming of non-communicable diseases in three countries: a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Medical Research Council
    2019 - 2020
  • Capital funding prioritization scheme MRC
    2019 - 2020
  • Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI): Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN) Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    2017 - 2022
  • Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI): Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN) Department of Biotechnology of India
    2017 - 2025
  • Impact of an Integrated Longitudinal Intervention on Maternal and Offspring Body Composition IAEA
    2017 - 2022
  • Consortium on vulnerability to externalising disorders and addition (c-VEDA) Medical Research Council
    2015 - 2018
  • Nutrition Development and Lifelong Health; Studies in Developing and Transitioning Populations MRC
    2015 - 2019
  • Epigenetic mechanisms linking maternal pre- conceptional micronutrient supplementation with offspring health in India and The Gambia Newton Fund
    2015 - 2018
  • Consortium on vulnerability to externalising disorders and addition (c-VEDA) ICMR
    2015 - 2018
  • Molecular basis of fetal programming of diabesity DBT India
    2014 - 2019
  • Intergenerational programming of diabesity in offspring of women with gestational diabetes mellitus DBT India
    2014 - 2017
  • Fetal programming of health and disease; follow-up of children whose mothers took part in a pre-conceptional nutrition trial in Mumbai MRC
    2014 - 2017
  • Capital funding prioritization scheme MRC
    2013 - 2014

Publications (90)