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Medical Informatics
- Introduction to Division
- Key Personnel
- Projects
- Publications
- Activities & Events
- Careers
- Focus Areas
- Resources
Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics is an interdisciplinary field which integrates medical knowledge with the science of information technology to enhance quality of care, improve patient outcomes, medical education and health systems research.
The Division of Medical informatics (DMI) at St. John’s Research Institute initially began as Health Informatics Group under St. John’s Medical College in 2000. It has then evolved into Division of Medical Informatics after integration with St. John’s Research Institute in 2004. The Division consists of highly motivated professionals spanning the healthcare, managerial and technical domains. The Division’s vision is to create a Centre for Excellence in Medical Informatics, to drive healthcare innovations using healthcare IT and to improve healthcare outcomes with meaningful use of data.
The Division’s mission is to:
> Design, collect and meaningfully utilize data to improve patient outcomes
> Innovate and provide solutions in the area of digital Health and Health Education
> Be the leaders in clinical decision support
> Improve patient and care-provider satisfaction with the use of IT systems
> Facilitate information sharing and collaboration
> Improve population health through health information dissemination
The focus areas of the Division include:
> Health literacy
> E-learning
> Clinical Decision Support Systems
> Natural Language processing and Artificial Intelligence
> Healthcare Analytics
> Point-of-care Diagnostics
> Medical Gaming
> mHealth and Healthcare Apps
> Internet of Things in Healthcare
The Division aspires to be the change agent that drives the future of technology and innovation in healthcare and biomedical research. Our focus areas are motivated by the need for developing sustainable healthcare IT tools which are culturally acceptable and will benefit the low socio-economic society. The division is also committed to improve medical education with the use of innovative technologies to reach out to the student community. Being an academic entity, DMI also nurtures motivated individuals for taking up careers in medical informatics.
Key Personnel
Unit Head
Head
Dean, St. John's Research InstituteProfessor of Physiology, St. John's Medical CollegeHead, Division of Medical Infor...
Core Staff
Assistant Professor
I am a Dentist by professional training and have completed my Master’s in Health Administration. My interest in digit...
Assistant Professor
Dr. Ryan Fernandez is an experienced healthcare professional and academic with expertise in medical and health inform...
Assistant Professor
Dr. Verghese A. Thomas is a public health and health informatics researcher serving as a core member of the Division ...
Team Lead
Dr. Bharat Kalidindi is a dedicated public health researcher and research associate in the Division of Medical Inform...
Adjunct Staff
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Mehta is a physician with training and expertise in nutrition, epidemiology, infectious disease, and diagnostics....
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Satchit Balsari is Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess ...
| S.I. No | Title | Authors | Journal Name | Publication Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiuser Application for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Women's Self-Help Groups: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. | Bhat A, Johnson-Pradeep R, Kalidindi B, Devadass D, Goud BR, Raj T, Selvam S, Navarro-Aguirre Y, Collins PY, Srinivasan K. | JMIR Form Res. | 2025 |
| 2 | Performance of a New Tabletop Non-mydriatic Fundus Camera for Single-Field Diabetic Retinopathy Detection: A Pilot Study | Winston Padua 1, Shalini Butola 1, Suneetha Nithyanandam 1, Tony Raj 2, Dhinagaran D 2, Lavanya Chidambara 3, Lakshmi Krupa 4, Satish Bhandarkar 5, Aparna Gunda 5 | Cureus . | 2025 |
| 3 | Development of a multiuser interactive health response application (MITHRA) for depression in women from a community-based organisation in India | Johnson Pradeep Ruben, Dhinagaran Devadass, B. Ramakrishna Goud, Y. Navarro-Aguirre, Bharat Kalidindi, Apoorva Waghmare, Tony Raj, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Pamela Y. Collins, Amritha Bhat | BJPsych Open | 2025 |
| 4 | IMU-Assisted Manual 3D-Ultrasound Imaging Using Motion-Constrained Swept-Fan Scans | Aparna Harindranath, Komal Shah, Dhinagaran Devadass, Arun George , Kajoli Banerjee Krishnan, Manish Arora | PUBMED | 2024 |
| 5 | The Influence of Transmission-Based and Moral-Based HIV Stigma Beliefs on Intentions to Discriminate Among Ward Staff in South Indian Health Care Settings. | Steward WT, Srinivasan K, Raj T, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Mazur A, Devadass D, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. | AIDS Behav. | 2023 |
| 6 | Mobile Mental Health in Women's Community-Based Organizations: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. | Bhat A, Goud BR, Kalidindi B, Ruben JP, Devadass D, Waghmare A, Collins PY, Raj T, Srinivasan K. | JMIR Res Protoc. | 2023 |
| 7 | The Influence of Transmission-Based and Moral-Based HIV Stigma Beliefs on Intentions to Discriminate Among Ward Staff in South Indian Health Care Settings. | Steward WT, Srinivasan K, Raj T, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Mazur A, Devadass D, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. | AIDS Behav. | 2023 |
| 8 | The Vinyasa Tool for mHealth Solutions: Supporting Human-Centered Design in Nascent Digital Health Ecosystems | Verghese Thomas, Bharat Kalidindi, Abijeet Waghmare, Abhishek Bhatia, Tony Raj, Satchit Balsari | Division of Medical Informatics | 2023 |
| 9 | Standard Precautions are for everyone: The role of HIV stigma and implications for nursing education in India. | Devadass D., Fernandez, R., Raj, T. D. S., Heylen E., Nyblade. L., Srinivasan K., Ekstrand M. L. | ncbi | 2022 |
| 10 | Awareness of the Use of Standard Precautions during Care of People Living with HIV by Ward Attendants in Indian Hospitals. | Fernandez R, Raj TDS, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Devadass D, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand ML. | Indian J Community Med. | 2022 |
| 11 | Knowledge Graph & AI to Construct Physicians’ Brain Digital Twin to Prevent Drug Side-Effects and Patient Harm | Asoke K. Talukder, Erwin Selg, Ryan Fernandez, Tony D. S. Raj, Abijeet V. Waghmare, Roland E. Haas | springer | 2022 |
| 12 | Standard Precautions are for everyone: The role of HIV stigma and implications for nursing education in India. | Devadass D, Fernandez R, Raj TDS, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand ML. | J Nurs Educ Pract. | 2022 |
| 13 | Awareness of the Use of Standard Precautions during Care of People Living with HIV by Ward Attendants in Indian Hospitals. | Fernandez R, Raj TDS, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Devadass D, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand ML. | Indian J Community Med. | 2022 |
| 14 | Reducing HIV stigma among healthcare providers in India using a partly tablet-administered intervention: the DriSti trial | Ekstrand ML, Raj T, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Devdass D, Pereira M, Mazur A, Srinivasan K | AIDS Care . | 2020 |
| 15 | Current state of the art in rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance | Shanmugakani RK, Srinivasan B, Glesby MJ, Westblade LF, Cárdenas WB, Raj T, Erickson D, Mehta S | Lab Chip . | 2020 |
| 16 | Reducing HIV stigma among healthcare providers in India using a partly tablet-administered intervention: the DriSti trial | Ekstrand ML, Raj T, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Devdass D, Pereira M, Mazur A, Srinivasan K | AIDS Care . | 2020 |
| 17 | A point-of-care assay for alpha-1-acid glycoprotein as a diagnostic tool for rapid, mobile-based determination of inflammation | Gannon BM, Glesby MJ, Finkelstein JL, Raj T, Erickson D, Mehta S | Curr Res Biotechnol . | 2019 |
| 18 | The Evolution of Mentorship Capacity Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Case Studies from Peru, Kenya, India, and Mozambique | Noormahomed E, Williams P, Lescano AG, Raj T, Bukusi EA, Schooley RT, Cohen CR | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2019 |
| 19 | Cardiovascular risk factor reduction by community health workers in rural India: A cluster randomised trial | Joshi R, Agrawal T, Fathima F, Usha T, Thomas T, Misquith D, Kalantri S, Chidambaram N, Raj T, Singamani A, Hegde S, Xavier D, Devereaux PJ, Pais P, Gupta R, Yusuf S. | American Heart Journal | 2019 |
| 20 | Evaluating Academic Mentorship Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions: Proposed Framework and Metrics | Chi BH, Belizan JM, Blas MM, Chuang A, Wilson MD, Chibwesha CJ, Farquhar C, Cohen CR, Raj T | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018 |
| 21 | Strengthening Mentoring in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Advance Global Health Research: An Overview | Lescano AG, Cohen CR, Raj T, Rispel L, Garcia PJ, Zunt JR, Hamer DH, Heimburger DC, Chi BH, Ko AI, Bukusi EA | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2018 |
| 22 | HIV Stigma Reduction for Health Facility Staff: Development of a Blended-Learning Intervention | Nyblade L, Srinivasan K, Mazur A, Raj T, Patil DS, Devadass D, Radhakrishna K, Ekstrand ML | Front Public Health | 2018 |
| 23 | Development of a Novel Tablet-based Approach to Reduce HIV Stigma among Healthcare Staff in India | Radhakrishna K, Dass D, Raj T, Rakesh D, Kishore R, Srinivasan K, Nyblade L, Ekstrand-Abueg M, Ekstrand ML | Perspect Health Inf Manag . | 2017 |
| 24 | Dense Annotation of Free-Text Critical Care Discharge Summaries from an Indian Hospital and Associated Performance of a Clinical NLP Annotator | Ramanan SV, Radhakrishna K, Waghmare A, Raj T, Nathan SP, Sreerama SM, Sampath S | Journal of Medical Systems | 2016 |
| 25 | Real-time feedback for improving compliance to hand sanitization among healthcare workers in an open layout ICU using radiofrequency identification | Radhakrishna K, Waghmare A, Ekstrand M, Raj T, Selvam S, Sreerama SM, Sampath S | J Med Syst. | 2015 |
| 26 | Innovations in nutrition education and global health: the Bangalore Boston nutrition collaborative | Kuriyan R, Griffiths JK, Finkelstein JL, Thomas T, Raj T, Bosch RJ, Kurpad AV, Duggan C | BMC Med Educ | 2014 |
| 27 | Antifungal and antioxidant activities of organic and aqueous extracts of Annona squamosa Linn. leaves | Narasimharaju Kalidindi , Nagarasanakote Venkataswamy Thimmaiah , Nagepally Venkataramareddy Jagadeesh , Ramaiah Nandeep , Sathyanarayana Swetha , Bharat Kalidindi | J Food Drug Anal | 2014 |
| 28 | Mentoring the Mentors: Implementation and Evaluation of Four Fogarty-Sponsored Mentoring Training Workshops in Low-and Middle-Income Countries | Gandhi M, Raj T, Fernandez R, Rispel L, Nxumalo N, Willy Lescano AG, Bukusi EA, Mmbaga BT, Heimburger DC, Cohen CR | Am J Trop Med Hyg. | 2014 |
| 29 | Electronic Health Records and Information Portability: A Pilot Study in a Rural Primary Healthcare Center in India | Radhakrishna K, Goud BR, Kasthuri A, Waghmare A, Raj T | Perspect Health Inf Manag | 2014 |
| 30 | Implementing an online reporting system in the anatomical pathology department of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India: a case study | Radhakrishna K, Correa M, Thounaojam D, Raj TD | Perspect Health Inf Manag . | 2013 |
| 31 | Design, Development and Implementation of a Touch-Screen Health Information Kiosk for Patients at the Outpatient Waiting Area in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital in India: An Evaluation of User Satisfaction | Raj T, Thomas T, Dhinagaran D, Ugargol AP. | Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries | 2012 |
| 32 | Study of water supply & sanitation practices in India using geographic information systems: some design & other considerations in a village setting | Srila Gopal 1, Rajiv Sarkar, Kalyan Banda, Jeyanthi Govindarajan, B B Harijan, M B Jeyakumar, Philip Mitta, M E Sadanala, Tryphena Selwyn, C R Suresh, V A Thomas, Pethuru Devadason, Ranjit Kumar, David Selvapandian, Gagandeep Kang, Vinohar Balraj | Indian J Med Res | 2009 |
| 33 | Water handling, sanitation and defecation practices in rural southern India: a knowledge, attitudes and practices study | Kalyan Banda 1, Rajiv Sarkar, Srila Gopal, Jeyanthi Govindarajan, Bhim Bahadur Harijan, Mary Benita Jeyakumar, Philip Mitta, Madhuri Evangeline Sadanala, Tryphena Selwyn, Christina Rachel Suresh, Verghese Anjilivelil Thomas, Pethuru Devadason, Ranjit Kumar, David Selvapandian, Gagandeep Kang, Vinohar Balraj | Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg . | 2007 |
| S.I. No | Title | Authors | Chapter/Book | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIV Transmission Worry Predicts Discrimination Intentions Among Nursing Students and Ward Staff in India. | Nyblade L, Srinivasan K, Raj T, Oga EA, Heylen E, Mazur A, Devadass D, Steward WT, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. | AIDS Behav. | 2021 |
| 2 | HIV Transmission Worry Predicts Discrimination Intentions Among Nursing Students and Ward Staff in India. | Nyblade L, Srinivasan K, Raj T, Oga EA, Heylen E, Mazur A, Devadass D, Steward WT, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. | AIDS Behav. | 2021 |
| 3 | Evidence and recommendations on seborrhoeic dermatitis - Treatment Recommendations for Seborrheic Dermatitis in HIV infected Children and Adults: A Systematic Review | Stephen J, Raj T, Radhakrishna K, Thomas T | Guidelines on the Treatment of Skin and Oral HIV-Associated Conditions in Children and Adults. | 2014 |
| 4 | Evidence and recommendations on Eosinophilic Folliculitis - Treatment of Eosinophilic Folliculitis in HIV Infected Children and Adults: A Systematic Review | Chua S L, Radhakrishna K, Stephen J, Zangenberg M | Guidelines on the Treatment of Skin and Oral HIV-Associated Conditions in Children and Adults. | 2014 |
| 5 | Evidence and recommendations on papular pruritic eruption - Treatment of Papular Pruritic Eruptions in HIV Infected Children and Adults: A Systematic Review | Chua S L, Radhakrishna K, Stephen J, Zangenberg M | Guidelines on the Treatment of Skin and Oral HIV-Associated Conditions in Children and Adults. | 2014 |
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| S.I. No | Title | Authors | Source/Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drugomics: Knowledge Graph & AI to Construct Physicians’ Brain Digital Twin to Prevent Drug Side-Effects and Patient Harm | Asoke K. Talukder, Erwin Selg, Ryan Fernandez, Tony D. S. Raj, Abijeet V. Waghmare and Roland E. Haas | IIIT banglore | 2022 |
| 2 | Modelling and Forecasting the Capacity Needs and Patient Load in Designated COVID Hospitals in Underserved Areas | Pramod D Jacob, Verghese A Thomas, Simran Agrawal | Japan Association for Medical Informatics | 2020 |
| 3 | Knowledge and Practices of Municipal Solid Waste Workers: Findings from Focused Group Discussions | P. T. Nandimath, N. S. N. Rao, U. Subramaniyan, B. Mishra, B. R. Kalidindi, R. Shrivastava, S. Panta & H. V. Pavan Kumar | springer | 2018 |
| 4 | A Wearable Sensor for Monitoring Kangaroo Mother Care Treatment for Premature Neonates | Joglekar A, Rawat A, Raiaraman V, Amrutur B, Mony P, Thankachan P, Raj T, Rao S | IEEE | 2018 |
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