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1 Scientist Profile Name Designation R Mahalakshmi Scientist B Date of Birth 16 th October, 1979 Date of Joining 2 nd May, 2008 Date of joining present post 7 th May, 2015 Discipline Address (off.) including Contact Number* Address (Res.) including Contact Number* address* Statistics National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis Ward No.62, Govt. Rajaji Hospital Phone No.29, Alamelu Nagar 2 nd Street P & T Nagar Cell Phone mahalakshmir@nirt.res.in mahalakshmirajendran@gmail.com * Mandatory Educational Qualifications (begin with descending order) DEGREE INSTITUTION AND LOCATION YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY M.Phil., Annamalai University, Statistics Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India M.Sc., PSG College of Arts and Science, Statistics Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India B.Sc., PSG College of Arts and Science, Statistics Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

2 Research Experience: Designation Institute/Organization From To Scientist-B May 2015 Till date Technical Officer-A Research / Technical Assistant Biostatistician Statistician ICON Clinical Research India Private Limited, Chennai Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Apr 2014 Apr 2015 May 2008 Mar 2014 Aug 2007 Jan 2008 Aug 2002 Jul 2007 Member in International and National Bodies: Life time member, Indian Society for Medical Statistics Certificate Courses attended: Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) at CMC Vellore, May Multiple linear regression, Logistic regression and Survival analysis at CMC Vellore, June 2004 Clinical Trial, Diagnostic Test and Cluster design at CMC Vellore, June SAS Software Training Program at CMC Vellore, June Clinical Trials Course Design, Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting at CMC Vellore, June 2013 Advanced Design and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials at CMC Vellore, December 2014 Sample Size Calculation at CMC Vellore, December 2014

3 Workshop/Seminar attended: Seminar on Statistical Techniques with Computer Applications Organized by Department of Statistics, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore; March 23 rd & 24 th, Seminar on Current Trends in Biostatistics Organized by Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematics, Kamaraj University, ; October 1 st, Workshop on Geographic Information System & Public Health: Practice of Good Mapping Conducted by National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai & Indian Council of Medical Research, HSRC, New Delhi; September 13 th -15 th, Pre-conference workshop on Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics Conducted by Department of Statistics, ICMR, Chennai; November 2 nd, Conference on Expanding Medical Statistics-key to Excellence in Biomedical Research Conducted by Department of Statistics, ICMR, Chennai; November 3 rd 5 th, Workshop on Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis conducted by UNION on August 10 14, 2015 at NIRT, Chennai Adode Frame Maker and Data Fax Training program conducted by NIH on September 7 11, 2015 at NIRT, Chennai Workshop on Protocol development for systematic reviews related to TB conducted by UNION on April 11 15, 2016 in Delhi Online Training program in idatafax including CRF Completion and CRF Submission conducted by NIH on March 2017 Review completion workshop on protocol development for systematic reviews conducted by UNION on April 24 28, 2017 in Delhi Publications: 1. N. Venkatesh Prajna, DNB, Praveen K. Nirmalan, MPH, Rajendran Mahalakshmi, MSc, Prajna Lalitha, MD, and Muthiah Srinivasan, MS "Concurrent Use of 5% Natamycin and 2% Econazole for the Management of Fungal Keratitis" Cornea, Volume 23, Number 8, November 2004, P V Vedantham, P Lalitha, T Velpandian, S Ghose, R Mahalakshmi, and K Ramasamy "Vitreous and aqueous penetration of orally administered moxifloxacin in humans" Eye (2006) 20, , published online 30 September 2005

4 3. K Getshen, M Srinivasan, M P Upadhyay, B Priyadarsini, R Mahalakshmi, J P Whitcher "Corneal ulceration in South East Asia. I: A model for the prevention of bacterial ulcers at the village level in rural Bhutan" Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90: Mar. P Balasubbu Suganthalakshmi, Rajendran Anand, Ramasamy Kim, Rajendran Mahalakshmi, Sundaramoorthi Karthikprakash, Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Periasamy Sundaresan "Association of VEGF and enos Gene Polymorphisms in type 2 diabetic retinopathy" Molecular Vision 2006; 12; Apr. P N Maung, C C Thant, M Srinivasan, M P Upadhyay, B Priyadarsini, R Mahalakshmi, J P Whitcher "Corneal ulceration in South East Asia. II: A strategy for the prevention of fungal keratitis at the village level in Burma" Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90: Aug. P M Srinivasan, M P Upadhyay, B Priyadarsini, R Mahalakshmi, J P Whitcher "Corneal ulceration in south-east Asia III: prevention of fungal keratitis at the village level in south India using topical antibiotics" Br J Ophthalmol 2006; 90: Dec. P Rakhi Mehta, George Puthuran, Ramaswami Krishnadas, Rajendran Mahalakshmi "Efficacy of Transscleral Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation for Refractory Glaucomas in a South Indian Population" Asian J Ophthalmol 2006; 8: Jun. P Dhananjay Shukla, Nagasubramaniam Vidhya, Noela M Prasad, Rajendran Mahalakshmi, Chandarmohan Kolluru, and Ramaswami Krishnadas "Evaluation of Patient Age as a Risk Factor for Intraocular Pressure Elevation After Intravitreal Triamcinolone" Am J Ophthalmol 2007; Vol 144: No. 3, Sep P Aiyin Chen, Lalitha Prajna, Muthiah Srinivasan, Rajendran Mahalakshmi, John P. Whitcher, Stephen Mcleod, Thomas M. Lietman, And Nisha R. Acharya "Does In Vitro Susceptibility Predict Clinical Outcome in Bacterial Keratitis?" Am J Ophthalmol 2008; Vol 145: No.3, Mar P M Srinivasan, P Lalitha, R Mahalakshmi, N V Prajna, J Mascarenhas, J D Chidambaram, S Lee, K C Hong, M Zegans, D V Glidden, S McLeod, J P Whitcher, T M Lietman, N R Achrya "Corticosteroids for bacterial corneal ulcers" Br J Ophthalmol 2009; 93: Oct. P

5 11. Dhananjay Shukla, MS, MNAMS; Umesh Chandra Behera, MS; Somnath Chakraborty, MS; Rajendran Mahalakshmi, MSc; Noela Marie Prasad, DO "Serous Macular Detachment as a Predictor of Resolution of Macular Edema With Intravitreal Triamcinolone Injection" Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging 2009; Vol 40: No.2, Mar/Apr. P Poorana Ganga Devi Navaneethapandian, Mahalakshmi Rajendran, Ramesh K, Thiruvalluvan Elangovan, Sudha Subramanyan, Rajapandian Thanapandy, Prabhakaran Rathinam and Soumya Swaminathan "Growth of Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women in, South India" Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research 2016; Vol 7: Issue S. R. Kumar, N. Pooranagangadevi, M. Rajendran, K. Mayer, T. Flanigan, R. Niaura, S. Balaguru, P. Venkatesan, S. Swaminathan "Physician s advice on quitting smoking in HIV and TB patients in south India: a randomised clinical trial" Public Health Action 2017; Vol 7 No 1, Mar. P N. P. Devi, A. M. V. Kumar, P. Chinnakali, M. Rajendran, A. S. Valan, B. B. Rewari, S. Swaminathan "Loss to follow-up among children in pre-art care under the National AIDS Programme, Tamil Nadu, South India" Public Health Action 2017; Vol 7 No 2, Jun. P Prabhakaran Rathinam, PooranaGangaDevi NavaneethaPandian, Mahalakshmi Rajendran, BharathiBabu Karunaikadal, Elamparuthi Sankaralingom "Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary And Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis" IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 2017; Vol 16 Issue 8 Ver. III, Aug. P Prabhakaran Rathinam, Bharathi babu Karunaikadal,PooranaGangaDevi NavaneethaPandian, Mahalakshmi Rajendran, Elamparithi Sankaralingom "Xpert Mtb/Rif Assay for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary And Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Paediatric Population IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 2017; Vol 16 Issue 8 Ver. IV, Aug. P Dr. Prabhakaran Rathinam, Dr.Ilamparithi Sanakaralingom, Dr.Bharathi Babu Karunaikadal, Mahalakshmi Rajendran "Cartridge-Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (Cbnaat) For Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Hiv: Results From District, Tamilnadu" IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 2017; Vol 16 Issue 8 Ver. VI, Aug. P.66-68

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