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Bio-sketch (Dr Biju Soman)

Dr Soman is the Professor at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala. SCTIMST is an autonomous institute of national importance, with the status of a university, under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr Soman had completed his MBBS, MD (Community Medicine) and DPH from Trivandrum Medical College (University of Kerala) and his MSc (Control of Infectious Diseases) from the University of London and DLSHTM from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK). He has undergone advanced training in health informatics from Oslo University (Norway), Teaching Methodology from Boston School of Public Health (USA), Multilevel Modelling from Bielefeld University (Germany) and Advances in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from National Remote Sensing Centre (Hyderabad). Dr Soman guides PhD scholars and MPH students, teaches Public Health Technologies, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Database Management in Epidemiology modules at AMCHSS. He is the coordinator of the field practice area (Athiyannur Sree Chitra Action -ASA initiative) of AMCHSS and is involved in many field-based studies. He has contributed chapters to a couple of books and has around fifty peer-reviewed publications. Some of his professional involvements include Chairperson, Board of Studies (Health Sciences), SCTIMST, Member, Standing Academic Committee, SCTIMST, Council Member, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences-India; Executive Member, Health Action by People, NGO; Member, Research Advisory Committee, Centre for Environment Development, Trivandrum; and the Chairperson, Board of Studies for Health Sciences, SCTIMST.

Some of his research initiatives

Data science in public health

Spatial epidemiology

Health technology assessment

Telemedicine applications in public health