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Vijaya Kancherla

Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Executive MPH
Vijaya Kancherla

Bio

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

 

Areas of Interest

  • Adolescent Health/Child Health
  • Global Health
  • Health Policy
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Nutrition
  • Public Health Practice
  • Epidemiology
  • Reproductive Health

Education

  • BHMS, N T R University of Health Sciences, India
  • M.S., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL
  • Ph.D., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • BHMS, NTR University of Health Science
  • MS, Southern Illinois University
  • Pierre Decoufle Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Pierre Decoufle Post-Doctoral Fellowship, NCBDDD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • PhD, The University of Iowa
  • MS, Southern Illinois University
  • BHMS, NTR University of Health Sciences, India

Courses Taught

  • EPI 565 - Data Sources & Methods MCH EPI
  • EPI 504 - Fundamentals Of Epidemiology
  • EPI 590R - EPI Seminar
  • EPI 534 - Statistical Programming
  • EPI 508 - MCH Leadership Seminar

Affiliations

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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