Charlottesville Children's Community Dental Center
Jun 2006 - Jul 2006
As part of my field placement, I will conduct on site interviews to develop patient surveys and design dental health promotion materials.
Volunteer - Medical Automation Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2004-2005
* Conducted statistical analyses and research on micro carriers.
* Assisted the Director of Eldercare Technologies as an editor of scientific papers to be published in journals and conferences.
Associate Dentist - Smile Stylers Dental Center, Mumbai, India
2001-2003
* Performed dental restorative, prosthetic and prophylactic procedures.
* Responsible for management of clinic.
Internee Dentist - Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental Hospital, Mumbai, India
2001-2002
Masters in Public Health (MPH) (2005-2006)
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) (1996-2001)
D. Y. Patil College of Dentistry, University of Bombay, Bombay, India
Graduate Courses
* Fundamentals of Epidemiology: introduced to formulating a research question, choosing a study design, collecting and analyzing data, controlling bias and confounding, and interpreting study results.
* Introduction to Biostatistics
* Applied Biostatistics
* Introduction to SAS: Basics of programming in SAS
* Public Health Law and Ethics: studied the legitimacy, design, and implementation of public health law and policies.
* Healthcare Policy and Management: Focused on the evolution of the American health system from a health policy and health values perspective.
* Health Promotion/Disease Prevention for Individuals, Families, & Communities: learnt the assessment of health and illness of individuals, families and communities using selected models derived from health promotion/disease prevention and family theories.
* Environmental Health: Principles and Practice
* Evaluation Methods in Public Health & Health Informatics: Basics of valuation paradigms, program planning, evaluation plan design, and use of evaluation findings.
* Clinical Trials Methodology: Covered the design and analysis of Phase I-III clinical trials and working of the IRB. Developed a Phase II clinical trial protocol.
* Applied Epidemiological Methods: Introdution to grantsmanship. Wrote a grant proposal based on NIH guidelines.
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