Faculty & Staff
Dr. Tinku Thomas
MSc, PhD - Biostatistics
Professor & Head, Dept. of Biostatistics
Languages
English, Kannada
- Overview
- Projects
- Publications
- Other Contributions
Dr. Tinku Thomas is a Biostatistician with expertise in quantitative nutrition, survey data analysis, and advanced statistical modeling. She has led nationally funded projects (SERB, DBT-BiRac, WHO-India) on growth standards, statistical matching, and nutrition optimization, contributing directly to ICMR initiatives. Her work spans multilevel, Bayesian, and latent class models, dietary pattern analysis, and development of interactive public health data tools.
Qualification/ Education
- 2005; PhD - Biostatistics
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru - 1997; MSc - Biostatistics
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Madras University, Chennai - 1995; BSc - Statistics
Bangalore University, Bengaluru
Experience
- Professor & Head
St. John’s Medical College
2016 - till date
Karnataka, India - Associate Professor
St. John’s Research Institute
2012 - 2016
Karnataka, India - Assistant Professor
St. John’s Research Institute
2007 - 2012
Karnataka, India - Lecturer
St. John’s Research Institute
2005 - 2007
Karnataka, India - Senior Research Fellow
NIMHANS (Deemed University)
1999 - 2005
Karnataka, India - Junior Research Fellow
Christian Medical College
1997 - 1999
Tamil Nadu, India
Areas of interest
Longitudinal data analysis, Measurement error models, Quantitative nutrition, Infant and child growt
Field of Expertise
Biostatistics
Fellowship & Membership
Member, Statistical Review Board, American Society for Nutrition Journals Member, Indian Society for Medical Statistics
- Professor & Head
St. John’s Medical College
2016 - till date
Karnataka, India - Associate Professor
St. John’s Research Institute
2012 - 2016
Karnataka, India - Assistant Professor
St. John’s Research Institute
2007 - 2012
Karnataka, India - Lecturer
St. John’s Research Institute
2005 - 2007
Karnataka, India - Senior Research Fellow
NIMHANS (Deemed University)
1999 - 2005
Karnataka, India - Junior Research Fellow
Christian Medical College
1997 - 1999
Tamil Nadu, India
Longitudinal data analysis, Measurement error models, Quantitative nutrition, Infant and child growt
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A comparison of blood pressure reference values and the prevalence of high blood pressure in Indian adolescents aged 10–16 years using American and Indian reference standards
Aswathi Saji 1,2, Tinku Thomas 3, Harshpal Singh Sachdev 4, Anura V Kurpad 5, Anil Vasudevan 6,✉ Effectiveness of motivational interviewing for improvement of hand hygiene compliance and reduction of hospital acquired infection in intensive care unit
Sumalatha Arunachala 1, Raveena Kumar 2, Jeevan Kumar 3, Bhuvana Krishna 4, Sriram Sampath 4, Mohammed Kaleem Ullah 5, Tinku Thomas 6, Padukudru Anand Mahesh 7 A cluster randomized trial protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated package of improved take-home foods complemented with social and behaviour change communication strategies to improve nutritional status in children aged 6–36 months in six states of India: NECCTAR trial
MrunaliZode 1, SuparnaGhoshJerath 2, ManojaKumarDas 3, ArunKokane 4, BalamuruganRamadass 5, RadhikaMadhari 6, RebeccaKuriyan 7, ZahiruddinQuaziSyed 8, AbhayGaidhane 8, SumathiSwaminathan 7, SumithraSelvam 7, TeenaDasi 6, TinkuThomas 7, AbdulJaleel 6, ShitalTelrandhe 8, RaghavendraRaoChowdavarapu 6, KritikaSinghal 4, VaniKandpal 1, SusmitaChatterjee 2, SudiptoRoy 1,9, TanicaLyngdoh 1,9* and BharatiKulkarni 6 Untangling weight from height: A generalised body mass index (gBMI) approach to evaluating child and adolescent nutritional status in India
Majumder R, Kurpad AV, Sachdev HS, Kuriyan R, Thomas T, Ghosh S. Food group diversity within the Supplementary Nutrition Programme of the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme of India
Gowri Bhatnagar1, Ankita Mondal2, Fathima Ayoob2, Jawahar R. Manivannan2, Ashikh Ahamed2, Afsal K. Murikkancheri2, Melari S. Nongrum3, Sandra Albert3, Pulkit Mathur4, Lalita Verma4, Radhika Madhari5, Srirangam A. Brinda6, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath7, Vanisha Nambiar8, Hemangini Gandhi8, Syed Z. Quazi9, Rachita Gupta10, Harshpal S. Sachdev11, Anura V. Kurpad12, Tinku Thomas13 No Others Contributions details available.