Smitha Rani

Employment

• JSS Medical College Associate professor
  2014 - Present

Education

• JSS Medical College and Hospital MD
  2010 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (46)

• Adolescent sexual and reproductive health assessment in clinical practice in India: a qualitative study triangulating clinician practices and young adults’ experiences
  BMJ Open 2026 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119973
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• LGBTQ+ healthcare preparedness among undergraduate medical students in India: a cross-sectional study of awareness, attitudes, and clinical confidence
  BMC Medical Education 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-026-10138-5
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• Global burden of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use in 204 countries, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study
  Nature Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-04137-0
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• Sex Estimation Using Heel–Ball Index: A Metric-Based Comparative Study on Foot and Footprint Dimensions
  Academic Forensic Pathology 2025 DOI: 10.1177/19253621241296620
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• Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2…
  The Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01637-X
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• Computed Tomography-Based Estimation of Facial Soft-Tissue Thickness for Forensic Facial Reconstruction among Manipuri Population
  Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.4103/jfsm.jfsm_35_23
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• Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3
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• Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01917-8
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• Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
  Lancet Public Health 2025 DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00006-4
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• Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023 with forecasts to 2030: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet 2025 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01037-2
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