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Vijaya  Kancherla

Associate Research Professor

Associate Professor

Faculty, Epidemiology

Faculty, Executive MPH

Vijaya Kancherla is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Kancherla also serves as the Associate Director for the Applied Epidemiology Track for the Executive Master of Public Health (EMPH) Program at Emory University. She instructs graduate courses in the Department of Epidemiology and the EMPH program at Rollins. She also serves as the Director at the Center for Spina Bifida Prevention at Emory University. Her research interests are broadly focused on maternal and child health, with an emphasis on birth defects surveillance, research, prevention, healthcare utilization, and policy. She serves on various research and service committees, both national and international, in the field of birth defects. Dr. Kancherla is an affiliate member of the International Clearinghouse on Birth Defects Surveillance and Research, Chair of the Public Affairs Committee of the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, and engaged as a Consultant & Technical Expert in the Global WHO Birth Defects Technical Working Group at the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization.

Bibliography of publications: 

PubMed: Kancherla V - Search Results - PubMed

Google Scholar: Kancherla Vijaya - Google Scholar

 

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Contact Information

1518 Clifton Road NE

Atlanta , GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-8884

Fax: 404-727-8737

Email: vijaya.kancherla@emory.edu

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Areas of Interest

  • Adolescent Health/Child Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Global Health
  • Health Policy
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Nutrition

Education

  • Pierre Decoufle Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2012, NCBDDD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • PhD 2010, The University of Iowa
  • MS 2004, Southern Illinois University
  • BHMS 2000, NTR University of Health Sciences, India

Courses Taught

  • EPI 565: Data Sources & Methods MCH EPI
  • EPI 504: Fundamentals Of Epidemiology
  • EPI 534: Statistical Programming
  • EPI 508: MCH Leadership Seminar

Affiliations & Activities

Director, Center for Spina Bifida Prevention, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Associate Track Director, Applied Epidemiology, Executive MPH, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Committee Member, WHO Technical Working Group on Burden of Birth Defects (TWGBBD), World Health Organization

Guest Researcher, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Consultant, ReachAnother Foundation

Collaborator and Reviewer for Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders

Consultant, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization

Technical Expert, Global WHO Birth Defects Technical Working Group, World Health Organization

Chair, Public Affairs Committee, Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (formerly Teratology Society)

Member, Global Research on Developmental Disabilities Collabortors, Global Burden of Disease Study, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle

Affiliate Member, International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surviellance and Research

Member, Society for Epidemiological Research

Member, Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

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