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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

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  • Designation: Assistant Professor
  • Qualification:- MD in Community Medicine  
  • Email: drvijayageetham@aiimsnagpur.edu.in
        Areas of expertise
  • Operational research
  • Epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis
  • Preventive Oncology 

 

 
Membership & Training

  • SORT IT OR network
  • Indian Public Health Association
  • Karnataka Association for Community Health
  • Indian Medical Association

Training

  • Operational Research, Epidemiology, Medical Education, Qualitative research, Basic biostatistics, Regression, Diagnostic Tests, Health Technology Assessment, Health Costing

Publications

  • Vijayageetha M, Kumar AMV, Ramakrishnan J, Sarkar S, Papa D, Mehta K, Joseph NM, Rajaram M, Rajaa S, Chinnakali P. Tuberculosis screening among pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India: is it worth the effort?. Glob Health Action. 2019;12(1):1564488.
  • Patel BH, Jeyashree K, Chinnakali P, Vijayageetha M, Mehta KG, Modi B et al. Cash transfer scheme for people with tuberculosis treated by the National TB Programme in Western India: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2019;9:e033158. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-033158
  • Ayiraveetil R, Sarkar S, Chinnakali P, Jeyashree K, Vijayageetha M, Thekkur P et al. Household food insecurity among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and its associated factors in South India: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open. 2020;10:e033798. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-033798
  • Ponnaiah M, Bhatnagar T, Ganeshkumar P, Bhar D, Elumalai R, Vijayageetha M et al. Design and implementation challenges of massive open online course on research methods for Indian medical postgraduates and teachers –descriptive analysis of inaugural cycle. BMC Medical Education. 2022;22:369 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03423-6
  • Jeyashree K, Thangaraj J, Rade K, Modi B, Selvaraju S, Velusamy S, Akhil S, Vijayageetha M et al. Estimation of tuberculosis incidence at subnational level using three methods to monitor progress towards ending TB in India, 2015-2020. BMJ Open. 2022;12(7):60197 DOI:1136/bmjopen-2021-060197

Miscellaneous:

  • Selected and completed National Structured Operational Research Training course held at ICMR-NIRT, Chennai [funded by Department for International Development (DFID), UK, and La Fondation Veuve Emile Metz-Tesch(Luxembourg)]
  • Won 1st Prize for Poster Presentation at the National Environmental and Occupational Health Conference held by National Institute for Occupational Health, ICMR, Bangalore.