Dr. Shailaja Tetali
Professor, Officiating Dean Research & Policy Support
Qualifications
MBBS, MPH, MMS (Karolinska Sweden)
Dr. Shailaja has been with PHFI since 2009. She is a medical doctor trained at Sree Ramachandra Medical College Chennai, and has a Double Masters- MPH from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute Trivandrum,and Masters in Medical Sciences from Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
Her PhD in injury epidemiology from LSHTM (UK) was through the Wellcome Trust Fellowship. Her interests are to explore the public health impacts of transportation choices, especially on injuries, physical activity and air pollution. She continues to work on safe andsustainable mobility and injury Epidemiology, arising from everyday journeys to work, school and other anthropogenic activities. She also leads teaching, curriculum development, short term trainings and student mentoring.
Areas of Expertise
Injury and disability prevention; environment and occupational health Operations Research in health; Monitoring & Evaluation, Disaster management and preparedness.
Areas of interest
Injury and disability prevention; environment and occupational health; Operations Research in health; Monitoring & Evaluation; Disaster management and preparedness; Blood safety; Infection Control & Patient Safety
Awards and Honors
Publications
Current Research activities / Projects
Dr. Shailaja has worked in over 40 projects as PI /Co-PI and has 42 publications and 3 book chapters and print media write-ups.
Teaching / Academic Involvement
Teaches MPH, PG Diploma in Public Health Management, short courses in Environmental health, Disaster preparedness, Research Methods, Injury prevention & Disability. She is actively involved in student supervision -1 PhD (ongoing), 40 Masters/ Diploma theses