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Dr Kalesh M Karun

Also known as: Karun M K

ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine, MOSC Medical College, Manipal University ( MAHE), St Thomas College Palai, Manipal University (MAHE)

ORCID iD 0000-0002-9940-8764
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About

• Dr. Kalesh M Karun, Ph.D. (Biostatistics), currently working as Scientist C, National Institute of Traditional Medicine, ICMR ( Belagavi, Karnataka, India).
• 15 years of teaching/Research experience (2009-25) in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Statistical Genetics, Statistical Inference, Regression models, Meta-Analysis, etc.
• Recipient of two National level research Awards – “The Young Biometrician award from the International Biometric Society (IBS)” & “The Prof. R. N. Srivastava award from the Indian Society for Medical Statistics (ISMS)”.
• Authored a book titled “Handbook on Biostatistics for health professionals" with Dr. Amitha Puranik.
• Developed a Software named “My Sample Size (MSS 3.1)” for sample size calculation.

Employment

  • ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine Scientist C [Biostatistics]
    2023 - Present
  • MOSC Medical College Assistant/Associate Professor
    2016 - 2023
  • Manipal University (MAHE) Senior Biostatistician [WHO Funded Project]
    2016 - 2016
  • FMMC Medical College Biostatistics Lecturer
    2011 - 2012
  • MAHE, Manipal Junior Research Fellow [ DBT Project]
    2010 - 2011

Education

  • Manipal University ( MAHE) PhD (Biostatistics)
    2012 - 2016
  • St Thomas College Palai MSc Biostatistics
    2007 - 2009

Projects & Funding

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