Dr. Rahul Suresh
Assistant Professor
MBBS, MD Community Medicine
Area of Interest
- Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Infectious disease, Health Economics, Medical Education, Infectious diseases, AI in clinical research
Additional Responsibilities
Main responsibility
- Teaching Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical students
Additional responsibility
- Academic coordinator for 2022 Batch (Phase 3 Part 1) MBBS students, overseeing curriculum delivery and clinical training
- Academic coordinator for 2025 CBME Batch
- Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) Nodal Officer, Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation
- Serve as Nodal Person for Block Innovation Cluster of Nedumangad Block Panchayat, facilitating community health innovations
- Website coordinator Community Medicine Department
- Guide for ICMR undergraduate short term studentship program
- Guide for undergraduate research projects (2022, 2023, 2024 CBME MBBS Batch)
- Integrated health information platform in charge for Interns
Achievements, Memberships, Awards
- Life member IAPSM
- Life member IPHA
- Participated in Subnational Certification of progress towards End TB organized by IAPSM, WHO, NIRT & ICMR during 2022
- G20 Health Summit - Served as rapporteur for technical sessions on global health priorities
Certifications:
- Basic Course in Biomedical Research, ICMR
- Basic Course in Medical Education Training
- Basic Course in Vector Borne Diseases for Health Professionals (ICMR-NIE)
- ePost Graduate Program in Health Economics, Health Care Financing and Policy - Public Health Foundation of India
- Basics of Health Promotion and Education Intervention - NPTEL/IIT Kharagpur
- One Health - NPTEL/ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
- Health Financing for Universal Coverage – World Health Organization
- Cross Programmatic Efficiency Analysis – World Health Organization
Publications
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Title |
Journal / Book
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Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc.) |
Authorship 1st / 2nd / Other |
State /Reg / Nat / Int |
Indexed in |
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Allergic Manifestations to Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin: A Case Report |
APCRI Journal |
2023, Volume 25, Issue 2 |
2nd |
Nat |
Index Copernicus |
|
Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Self Medication Among Engineering Students in Trivandrum Corporation in |
ISOR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences |
Volume 23, Issue 6 Ser. 10 (June. 2024), PP 25-31 DOI:10.9790/0853-2306102531
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Other |
Nat |
Pubmed |
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Serotype shift and clinical features of dengue in South Kerala, India: findings from test-negative case-control study |
Future virology |
Volume 20, 2025 - Issue 6-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17460794.2025.2508137 |
Other |
Int |
Scopus Web of science EMBASE |
|
Adverse Events Following Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin Administration among Category 3 Animal Bite Exposures |
Preventive Medicine Research & Reviews |
2(3): p 111-113, May–Jun 2025. DOI: 10.4103/PMRR.PMRR_111_24 |
Other |
Nat |
DOAJ |
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Snehitha Brisk Model: A Context Adapted Breast Cancer Risk- Stratification Tool for Women in the Indian Subcontinent |
IARC60 Conference Abstract Book |
May 2026 |
1st |
Int |
|
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Validation of the Snehitha BRISK Model: Incidence patterns and impact of risk stratified communication in a community cohort |
IARC60 Conference Abstract Book |
May 2026 |
2nd |
Int |
|
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Antibody response following rabies vaccination: a retrospective cohort study from a tertiary centre in Kerala, India |
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene |
1st |
Int |
PubMed EMBASE Scopus
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Presentations
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Topic |
Guest Lec/Oral/Poster |
Name of event |
Conf/cme/workshop |
Venue |
Date |
Level |
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Descriptive Analysis of Preventive, Surveillance, Testing, Treatment and Laboratory Guidelines Issued by Government of Kerala on Covid-19 |
Oral |
KERALA HEALTH - MAKING THE SDG A REALITY |
Conference |
Online |
13th and 14th February 2021 |
Interational |
|
Knowledge and attitude towards leprosy among parents and teachers of students of Government schools of Vakkom Grama Panchayat |
Oral |
Amrita International Public Health Conference |
Conference |
Kochi |
3rd Dec 2022 |
International |
|
Trend of H1N1 Cases in India and Kerala |
Poster |
Kerala University of Health Sciences
Academic Conference 2023 |
Conference |
Online |
March 2023 |
State |
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Data Collection by Kobo Toolbox |
Lecture |
Research Methodology |
Workshop |
Sree Gokulam Medical College, Trivandrum |
2025 |
Institutional |
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Data analysis using Jamovi Software |
Lecture |
Research Methodology |
Workshop |
Sree Gokulam Medical College, Trivandrum |
2026 |
Institutional |
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Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Research |
Resource person |
INQUISITE 2026 |
Workshop |
Sree Gokulam Nursing College |
2026 |
Institutional |
Research Projects
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Project |
Completed/ Ongoing |
Funded (Y/N) |
Collaborated (Y/N) |
Published (Y/N) |
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Serotype shift and clinical features of dengue in South Kerala, India: findings from test-negative case-control study |
Completed |
Yes, Indian Council of Medical Research-Vector Control Research Centre [Grant No: IM-2221]. |
Yes, ICMR- Vector Control Research Centre |
Yes |
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Antibody response following rabies vaccination: a retrospective cohort study from a tertiary centre in Kerala, India |
Completed |
State Board of Medical Research, Kerala (Grant Number: A2/SBMR/(2022-23)/23210/2022/MCT) |
Yes, State Institute for Animal Diseases, Palode, Kerala |
Yes |
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Assessment of Knowledge regarding STDs among engineering students in Thiruvananthapuram district: A cross-sectional study. |
Completed |
No |
No |
No |
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Awareness of sexual and reproductive health among adolescents of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
Completed |
No |
No |
No |
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Assessment of the prevalence an awareness of anaemia in pregnant women in Sree Gokulam Medical College |
Completed |
No |
No |
No |
|
Prevalence and impact of migraine on college students in Trivandrum |
Ongoing |
No |
No |
No |
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Insomnia among professional and non-professional collage students |
Ongoing |
No |
No |
No |
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Assessment of PEFR and respiratory morbidity among auto rickshaw drivers in Thiruvananthapuram |
Ongoing |
No |
No |
No |