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Dr Bhuvana Kolar Bylappa

St John's Medical College And Hospital

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7108-7524
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About

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India. I have been involved in undergraduate, post graduate teaching and research for 13 years.

My area of interest is in digital health, cardiovascular diseases, non-communicable diseases and health systems research.

I have successfully completed Indian Institute of Science (IISc) course (Sep 2021- March 2022) on Advanced Program in Digital Health & Imaging.

I topped NPTEL, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur course on “Basics of Health Promotion and Education Intervention” (July-September 2022)
I participated in hackathon competition and our team was awarded for best team in the Indian Conference on MedTech Innovations 2023 organized by AIIMS IIT Jodhpur. (Feb 2023)

I have completed 20 weeks certification course on “Design Thinking and Innovation” from IIT Delhi, April – August 2023.

I have experience in conducting observational and interventional studies. I have skills related to mixed methods study design including qualitative study conduct, analysis and interpretation. I also worked as Co-Investigator in RCTs.

I have contributed effectively in writing and submitting seven research grants in the last five years. I have also contributed as Co-Investigator and completed four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (which led to publication/pre proof in high impact journals such as American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice, one qualitative study (which led to two publications in high impact journals such as PLoS ONE, Wellcome Open Research), one mixed methods study (mHealth evaluation, published in BMJ Open), one observational study and one pharmacokinetic study. I have been funded two consecutive years by UK Research and Innovations (for International Peer Review College members) and have been awarded thrice with letter of appreciation from UKRI, GCRF Newton fund.

I am currently working as Co-Investigator on heart failure complex intervention, RCT funded by Wellcome DBT (India Alliance) and as Principal Investigator on one interdisciplinary project, mixed methods study on codesigning app for patients with diabetes & hypertension.

Employment

  • St John's Medical College And Hospital Assistant Professor
    2016 - Present

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