Workshops/Conferences/Symposia

• MECOR Workshop on “Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical & Operations Research”Level-1 from 31 May- 6 June 2009 at NIE Chennai
• “Basic Course in Statistics for Medical Doctors, Scientists & Other Research Investigators” from 24 June-28 June 2013 at NIE Chennai
• “TB Laboratory Management training” in Hyderabad from 14 to 18 December 2015
• “MECOR (Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical and Operational Research) India”,Course Level 2, in Jaipur from January 18-23, 2016.
• “Workshop on Bioinformatics-Recent advances in Genomics”, RMRC, Sri Vijaya Puram from 28-29 March 2016.

Completed Projects

as PI

• Assessment of morbidity and mortality trends among the rural population of Rangat, Middle Andaman
• Estimation of prevalence of genital tuberculosis among the women of Andaman Islands (ICMR intramural)
• Reproductive tract Infection among the women of Andaman Islands (ICMR intramural)
• A retrospective study on the cancer profile of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ICMR intramural)
• Prevalence of high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) types16 and 18 among the population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ICMR intramural)
• Investigation of outbreak of viral lower respiratory infection (LRI) in pediatric age group in Port Blair (ICMR intramural)

• Antenatal Screening For HBsAg and prevention of perinatal transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection with Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin and /or Hepatitis B vaccine in a tribal community in Car Nicobar
• Assessment of impregnated bed net usage and its impact on malaria in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the tribal population

• Supervising the lab activities of the IRL TB of our centre, providing diagnostic support to RNTCP Processing of the sputum specimen from the clinically suspected and follow up cases of TB and MDRTB by microscopy, culture and DST. Providing monthly reports to STO and quarterly reports to NIRT (Chennai)
• Also supervising the laboratory activities of the sample received under TB-Tribal project“Estimate the burden of TB among the tribal population and develop an innovative health system model to strengthen TB control” and maintaining the clinical and lab records of all symptomatic cases

Research Publications

• Rehnuma Parvez, Suresh Hedau, Debdutta Bhattacharya Haimanti Bhattacharjee, N. Muruganandam, Bhudev C Das, M. K. Saha , A. P. Sugunan , Paluru Vijayachari. High risk HPV infection among the tribal and non-tribal women of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Public Health. 2012 Jan;126(1):67-9. Epub 2011 Nov 29.
• R Parvez, AP Sugunan, MK Saha, N Muruganandam R.Thamizhmani Gynecological Morbidity among the rural women of Andaman Islands-Community Based Study. Int.J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci (2016) 5(4): 28-31.
• Rehnuma Parvez, A. P. Sugunan, M. K. Saha.2016. Prevalence of infertility and its socio-economic determinants among the rural women of Andaman Islands India. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) (2016) 15(4):39-41