Conjoint Senior Lecturer
Dr Prasanthi Attwood
2006-7 Masters in Public Health (Health Systems), Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, US.
2006 Diploma in Community Eye Health – Distinction. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
1999-2004 MB BChir. (Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery), Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
1999-2002 MA (Hons.) II:I Medical Science (Supplicated from BA 2006 Gonville and Caius. College, University of Cambridge
Medicine & Health
School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Prasanthi Attwood (nee Puvanachandra) is an Injury Epidemiologist at The George Institute, Oxford with 12 years experience in the field of injury prevention. Following completion of her medical degree at Cambridge University and a Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, she joined the Hopkins faculty in the International Injury Research Unit working in injury prevention with a focus on road traffic injuries and child injuries. She has authored several publications on injury prevention and has worked as a consultant for the WHO on the development of a variety of injury-related documents and reports.
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- Co-Investigator / Country team lead: Bloomberg Philanthropies Road Safety Grant ($5 million)
- Approved
- Grant objective: Monitor and Evaluate the implementation and roll-out of road safety interventions in 10 countries.
- Principle Investigator: Dr. Adnan Hyder, Associate Professor, JHSPH
- Main role: Lead investigator for Egypt, Turkey and Kenya – will serve as country coordinator for the Evaluation project in these three locations. Data collection, analysis and report/paper writing for all 10 countries.
- Co-Investigator/Project Coordinator: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($3.3 million)
- Approved
- Grant Objective: Building the Capacity of Makerere University to Improve Health Outcomes in Uganda
- Principle Investigator: Dr. David Peters, Associate Professor, JHSPH
- Main role: To act as project coordinator in one of the key objectives of the grant to translate research findings into policy implementation for male circumcision in Uganda. Working with collaborators from Makerere University to develop study plan and carry out comparative case studies, and develop a conceptual framework.
- Co-Investigator: UBS Optimus Foundation ($85,000)
- Approved
- Grant Objective: To train Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in utilizing research in advocacy for Child Violence prevention in Pakistan.
- Principle Investigator: Dr. Adnan Hyder, Associate Professor, JHSPH
- Main role as Co-Investigator: Responsible for writing grant, study conceptualization, study design, capacity building through training workshops and data collection/analysis.
- Co-Investigator: CDC Seed Grant - Centre for Injury Prevention, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. ($20,000)
- Principle Investigator – Dr. Adnan Hyder, Associate Professor, JHSPH.
- Grant Objective: Stakeholder Analysis evaluating the policy process leading to the implementation of a National Road Safety Education in Malaysia.
- Main role as Co-Investigator; Responsible for study design, data collection and analysis.
- Project Lead: Global Childhood Unintentional Injuries Surveillance, World Health Organization ($50,000)
- Principle Investigator – Dr. Adnan Hyder, Associate Professor, JHSPH
- Grant Objective: To determine the epidemiology and risk factors for childhood injuries in low income countries using emergency department surveillance.
Injury Prevention
Child injury
Health systems