Dr. Susanna John

Associate Professor

MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)

Area of Interest

  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • General Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics and Research Methodology

Additional Responsibilities

  • Administrative Medical Officer, Rural health & training centre of Sree Gokulam Medical College, Kallara

  • Institutional Nodal officer of Reproductive & Child health Health Management Information System (RCH – HMIS) portal under National Health Mission

  • Assistant COVID Nodal Officer, SGMC

  • Was part of the Government Thiruvananthapuram District COVID Control team (2020) representing SGMC

  • Affiliate member of Institutional Ethics Committee, SGMC 
  • Facilitator of Young Innovators program (YIP) under Kerala development & innovation strategic council, SGMC
  • Co-convenor of International electives program, SGMC
  • Resource person at various Research Methodology Workshops 
  • MBBS & MD teaching in Community Medicine
  • Faculty In charge of 3rd year MBBS Community Medicine clinical postings
  • Organizing Secretary of Gokulam-AIAARO CON State Conference conducted on 07/02/2020 at SGMC
  • Organizing Secretary of CME on Recent Advances in TB Management conducted on 17/03/2022 at SGMC
  • Research Guide for Post graduate diploma in health sciences (PGDIP PH) in Public Health under Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India of Dr. Archa. M. Nair in 2020, for the topic “Knowledge, Attitude & Practice of menstrual hygiene in adolescent school going girls in rural areas of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala”

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

  • Best Paper Award - Screening practices for Non communicable diseases among adults in Trivandrum district– Thricon 16 - KUHS National conference – 2016
  • ICMR STS Award – 2011 – Relevance of C reactive protein in Acute Coronary Syndrome
  • Best Paper Award – 2011 – An alternative to present day disinfection – Medical students’ regional research conference at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (ICMR South Zone) – 2011
  • Best Paper Award – National Conference on students’ Medical research - 2010
  • ICMR STS Award – Disinfection using light - 2010
  • Selected as UICC (Union for International Cancer control) Travel grantee (Tata trusts) for World Cancer Congress 2018 conducted at Malaysia.

Publications

Title

Journal

Indexing

Author

Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No.)

1. Breast Cancer Risk stratification and Screening practices of women in South Kerala

Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research (International journal)

Web of Science

Embase

DOAJ

First &  Corresponding author

2023 Dec, Vol-17(12): LC06-LC10

2.  Design and Process of implementation of Mobile application based modular training on Early detection of Cancers (M-OncoEd) for Primary Care Physicians in India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

PubMed

SCOPUS

Co-author

2022; Vol. 23 (3), 937-945

3. Perceived anxiety and stress among pregnant women during COVID 19 pandemic: A cross sectional study

Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research (International journal)

Web of Science

Embase

DOAJ

Corresponding author

2022 Mar, Vol-16(3): LC20-LC25

4. Knowledge Attitude and Practice regarding Diabetes Mellitus among patients with Type 2 Diabetes in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Kerala, India,

Innovative journal of Medical and Health Science                          (International journal)


Co-author

2019, 9 (11), 665–674 

5. Prevalence of known risk factors of breast cancer & breast cancer screening practices among women in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Journal of Global Oncology (online)

ASCO -World cancer congress 2018

SCOPUS

Medline

DOAJ

First & Corresponding

2018; ISSN 2378 – 9506

6. Clinical breast examination campaign: Experience from Thiruvananthapuram, South India

Journal of Global Oncology (online)                                           

ASCO -World cancer congress 2018

SCOPUS

Medline

DOAJ

Co-author

2018; ISSN 2378 – 9506

7. Prevalence of Depression among Adults Residing in a Coastal Area of  Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala

National journal of Community Medicine

SCOPUS

Co-author

2019, 10(6), 331-336.

8. Breast cancer risk and screening practices among health care workers in a tertiary care centre, Trivandrum, South India

National Journal of Research in Community Medicine                         


Co-author

2017; 6(1): 2277 – 3517

Presentations

Topic

Guest lecture / Oral / Poster / Convener of Workshop

Name of the event

Conference / CME / Workshop

Venue

Dates

Level
State Conference on Combat Obesity
Convener/ Organizing Secretary
GOKULAM AIAARO-CON
Conference
Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation
7th February, 2020
State

Research Protocol

Resource Person

Research Methodology

Workshop

Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation

 5th – 8th August, 2019

State

Normal distribution & Tests for Normality

Resource Person

Data Analysis using SPSS

Workshop

Sree Gokulam Medical College & Research Foundation

13th – 14th November, 2019

State

Clinical Breast Examination Campaign for Early detection of Breast Cancer - Experience from Trivandrum, South India

Oral Paper

InClen – India Clinical Epidemiology

National Conference

Government Medical College, Trivandrum

18th – 19th March, 2017

State

Screening practices for Non communicable diseases among adults in Trivandrum district

Oral Paper

Thricon 16 – KUHS National Conference

National Conference

Government Medical College, Thrichur

6th – 7th October, 2016

State

Research Projects

Project

Completed / Ongoing

Funded

Y / N

Collaborated

Y / N

Published

Y / N

Solid waste disposal practices in Nellanad panchayat

Ongoing

N

N

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