Link doctor, Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC)
Member, Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for St. John’s Geriatric Centre (SJGC)
Member, eLearning Core Group

1. Kamath D, Bhuvana KB, Salazar L, Varghese K, Umesh S, Immaculate SJ, Kulkarni S, Xavier D, Granger CB, Granger BB. P4396 Patients explanations of self-care in chronic heart failure: a grounded theory analysis of qualitative data from PANACEA- HF Phase 1. European Heart Journal. 2019 Oct 1;40(Supplement_1):ehz745-0801.

2. Kamath D, Bhuvana K, Dhiraj R, D Xavier, K Varghese, LJ Salazar. Patient and caregiver reported facilitators of self-care among patients with chronic heart failure: report from a formative qualitative study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] Wellcome Open Res 2020, 5:10.

3. Kamath DY, Bhuvana KB, Salazar LJ, Varghese K, Kamath A, Idiculla J, Pais P, Kulkarni S, Granger BB, Xavier D. A qualitative, grounded theory exploration of the determinants of self-care behavior among Indian patients with a lived experience of chronic heart failure. Plos one. 2021 Jan 27;16(1):e0245659.

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• Program evaluation of the first clinical posting in Psychiatry of the new CBME curriculum for undergraduate medical students.
• Feasibility and acceptability of screening patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis for Common Mental Disorders in Immunology Outpatient Department.
• The effects of COVID-19 disease outbreak on mental health of healthcare personneland factors associated with it.

• Evenamide drug trials.
• Piloting a Quality Improvement intervention for the optimal medical management of patients with Chronic Heart Failure (PANACEA-HF) project.
• Effects of lockdown on lifestyle and mental health of UG medical students.
• Identifying behavioral markers for mental wellbeing through digital phenotyping.
• Post COVID depression in Psychiatric outpatients.

An evaluation of the first clinical posting in Psychiatry of the new CBME curriculum for undergraduate medical students.
Adherence to medication for bipolar affective disorder: A qualitative exploration among South Indian patients and their caregivers.
A multicentre RCT evaluating a theory driven, behaviour change intervention centred on mobile health and task sharing to improve self-care and outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (PANACEA-HF trial).
Feasibility and acceptability of a group-based lifestyle intervention to address obesity in persons with severe mental illness.
Prevalence of Hyperprolactinemia among patients on second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) reporting treatment emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD) & it’s correlates: A pilot cross sectional study.