Manu Raj

Background

About Manu Raj

I am a Consultant Paediatrician cum paediatric cardiovascular researcher with interests in population based interventions to improve cardiovascular health of communities. My research areas include, congenital heart diseases, Pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders, childhood obesity, childhood hypertension, paediatric lipid disorders, school health programs, adolescent cardiovascular health, population based cardiovascular interventions and large scale public health surveillance systems. I have more than two decades of experience in Paediatrics, Paediatric Cardiovascular Research, Health research Methodology and Clinical Epidemiology. I was trained in Health Research Methodology at David Braley Cardiac Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada. My Clinical Epidemiology training was from McMaster University, Hamilton Canada. I was trained in Population Health Research Methods at Population Health research Institute, Hamilton, Canada. I have additional training in Clinical trial methods and Systematic review/Meta analysis methods from McMaster University, Canada. My objective is to bring state of the art, low cost cardiovascular interventions to developing nations and thereby improve their cardiovascular health profile. Currently, I am a stanford 2 percentile listed scientist for medical sciences (2022, 2023) with plus citations. I am the course director for two comprehensive health research methodology courses HSR 801 and HSR 899. Both courses cover basic research methodology concepts including study designs, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, regression and survival analysis. The two courses also covers common statistical analytical options specific for the study designs covered in the course. In addition, HSR 899 provides additional training that enable the student to be well versed in medical research publication. This additional module covers scientific writing, critiquing research manuscripts, submission process and responding to reviewer comments. Both courses are available for external candidates at a course fee. Currently, I am the National Co Principal Investigator for two large multi centre prospective cohort studies funded by ICMR, Government of India.