Dr. Devi Vidhyadaran
Assistant Professor
MBBS, MD Community Medicine
Area of Interest
- Epidemiology- Communicable & Non-communicable diseases
- Public Health Nutrition
- Mental health
Additional Responsibilities
- Public health Nodal officer – National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, SGMC
- Health education and IEC activities in-charge for Interns
- Elective posting block-2 In-charge (NTEP Implementation)
- Department NAAC coordinator
- Department NMC coordinator
Achievements, Memberships, Awards
Achievements & Awards:
1. 2nd rank in MD Community Medicine examination 2023 conducted by Kerala University of Health Sciences
2. Received promising paper award (1st prize) at Amritacon International Public Health Conference 2022
3. Received promising poster award (1st prize) at Amritacon International Public Health Conference 2022
4. Awarded 2nd prize for Quiz competition conducted at IMA AMS Kerala South Zone Conference, 2023
5. Participated in Subnational Certification of progress towards End TB organized by IAPSM, WHO, NIRT & ICMR during 2022 & 2023
6. Organising Convener, AIAARO Kerala Chapter 2025 conducted on 3rd May 2025
7. Team member of TB Mukt Panchayat Verification Process conducted under District TB Office Trivandrum, February 2026
7. Organizing Secretary, CME on TB updates conducted on 24th March 2026
Certifications:
1. Basic Course in Biomedical Research, ICMR
2. Short Course on Epidemiology conducted by HAP School of Health Research (HSHR)
3. Basic Course in Medical Education Training
Membership:
Life Member of IAPSM
Life Member of IMA
Publications
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Title |
Journal/Book |
Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc) |
Authorship (1st/2nd/ Others) |
State/Reg/Nat/Int |
Indexed in |
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Occurrence And Pattern of Illness Anxiety Disorder Among Medical Students Of Kerala Devi Vidhyadaran, Anil Bindu Sukumaran, Regi Jose, Benny P V |
International Journal Of Scientific Research |
February 2023, Volume – 12, Issue – 02, Pg.41-42 DOI:10.36106/ijsr/0507414 |
1st |
International |
Index Copernicus |
|
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention and control of vector-borne diseases among hospital attendees in a tertiary care centre. Bhavana A, Devi Vidhyadaran, Rithika Nair C, Athul Krishna K, Adheena F |
International Journal Of Scientific Research |
October 2025, Volume – 14, Issue – 10, Pg.29-30 DOI:10.36106/ijsr/1203578
|
2nd |
International |
Index Copernicus |
Presentations
|
Topic |
Guest lecture/ Oral/ Poster/ Convener |
Name of the event |
Conference/ CME/ Workshop |
Venue |
Dates |
Level |
|
The Impact of a Web-Based Education Intervention Programme for Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Kerala |
Oral Presentation |
AMRITACON |
Conference |
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi |
2020 |
International |
|
Prevalence Of Illness Anxiety Disorder Among Medical Students |
Oral Presentation |
AMRITACON |
Conference |
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi |
2021 |
International |
|
Development And Validation of a Stress Assessment Tool for Software Professionals |
Oral Presentation |
AMRITACON |
Conference |
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi |
2022 |
International |
|
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice Regarding Nutrition Among Mothers of Primary School Going Children in a Rural Area in Thiruvananthapuram |
Poster Presentation |
AMRITACON |
Conference |
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi |
2022 |
International |
|
Sampling techniques |
Lecture |
Research Methodology |
Workshop |
Sree Gokulam Medical College, Trivandrum |
2025 & 2026 |
Institutional |
|
TB Theme Presentation-2026 |
Lecture |
CME on TB Updates |
CME |
Sree Gokulam Medical College, Trivandrum |
2026 |
Institutional |
Research Projects
|
Project |
Completed/ Ongoing |
Funded Y/N |
Collaborated Y/N |
Published Y/N |
|
Prevalence Of Illness Anxiety Disorder Among Medical Students |
Completed |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice Regarding Nutrition Among Mothers of Primary School Going Children in a Rural Area in Thiruvananthapuram |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Development And Validation of a Stress Assessment Tool (IT-SAT) for Software Professionals |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
To study the prevalence of obesity among healthcare professionals in Sree Gokulam Medical College |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Assessment of breastfeeding patterns among healthcare workers |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Time management and its correlation with academic performance |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and Practice regarding prevention and control of vector borne diseases among hospital attendees in a tertiary care centre |
Completed |
N |
N |
Y |
|
Perception And Attitude on Violence Against Health Care Workers |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Prevalence of Tokophobia among Primigravida women |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Assessment of cervical cancer and HPV vaccine awareness among college students in Thiruvananthapuram: A Cross-sectional study |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Assessment of Professional life stress among nurses in a tertiary care centre |
Completed |
N |
N |
N |
|
Awareness, attitude and hesitancy towards childhood vaccination among parents residing in a rural area in Thiruvananthapuram |
Ongoing |
N |
N |
N |
|
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding micronutrient nutrition among general population residing in a rural area in Trivandrum |
Ongoing |
N |
N |
N |
|
Stakeholder perceptions and experiences of Mentorship programme in NMC CBME curriculum: A mixed method study |
Ongoing |
N |
N |
N |