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1 Scientist Profile Name Dr. Beena Elizabeth Thomas Designation Scientist C Date of Birth Date of Joining Date of joining present post Discipline Social Behavioral Research Address (off.) including Contact Number* Department of Social and Behavioral Research National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis No. 1, Mayor Sathyamoorthy Road, Chetpet, Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India. Contact No: /13 address beenaelli09@gmail.com Educational Qualifications (begin with descending order ) DEGREE INSTITUTION AND LOCATION YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY BA (Psychology) University of Madras 1977 Psychology MSW (Master of Social University of Madras 1979 Medical & Psychiatric Social Work Work) Ph D (Social Work) University of Madras 2005 Psychosocial and Sexual Impact of HIV Gender Differentials Fogarty Postdoctoral AIDS International Training and research Program University of Los Angeles-UCLA April-June 2003 Behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS 1. Research Experience Dr. Beena E. Thomas head the Department of Socio and Behavioral Research in the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis. Her expertise has a social scientist dealing with various psychosocial issues around TB and HIV. A major part of her work is in designing and conducting studies on these aspects. Some of the areas have been on gender differentials in TB and HIV, stigma, disclosure issues, health care seeking behavior, integrating TB and HIV care and interventional studies in TB and HIV. She has collaborative studies in HIV/AIDS with the University of California (UCLA) and The Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). These studies have aimed at sensitive populations such as Men having sex with Men (MSM). The findings of these studies have led to interventional studies based on the needs of these populations. She also been involved in an alcohol intervention study for TB patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD). As part of the team that supports the randomized clinical trials in the treatment of Tuberculosis and HIV her focus is in dealing with their behavioral issues. This includes counseling, evolving strategies to improve patient compliance, working with families, rehabilitation of patients and documentation. Her interests in training and advocacy programs in TB and HIV involves regular training activities to a wide range of trainees from paramedical, medical, students of social work and NSS program officers. She also had the opportunity of working as a State Project Manager for Tamilnadu for the Integrated Behavioral and Biological Assessment (IBBA) project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates foundation through the Family Health International (FHI). This project aimed at evaluating the intervention program for HIV/AIDS by Avahan supported NGOs to study the impact of their intervention on HIV/AIDS control. Her work was in coordinating and monitoring the work in Tamilnadu. 2. Membership/Fellowship of Professional Societies/Associations :

2 Member of National Advisory Committee on Advocacy Communication Social Mobilization (ACSM)(Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) Member of Project review committee on sexual and reproductive health of persons with disability Member of Institutional Abstract and Web committe Member of International Association of Schools of Social Work Member of International Federation for social workers Member of Institutional Review Board- GHTM (Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine) Member of the IRB India CLEN Member of the Board of studies- University of Madras- Social work Abstract reviewer for the 6 th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis Member of the National Consultation committee on HIV social Research Priorities in India TISS(Tata Institute of Social Sciences), Mumbai, India Non Academic Member in the Board of Studies in Social Work, University of Madras Member of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Member of the Academic Council in Madras School of social work Member of the Review committee on Indo-US collaborative projects of ICMR Member of the TORCH panel TANSACS 3. Workshops/Conferences/Symposiums International Participated and presented a session Treatment cascade: Operational challenges in scaling up test and treat in 7 th International AIDS Conference on HIV pathogenesis Treatment & prevention in Kululampur, Malaysia on 30 th June to 3 rd July, 2013 Marathon Meeting of the Scientific Programme committee of the 7 th IAS conference on HIV, Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013) from 19 th March 2013 to at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dr. Beena E. Thomas Oral presentation on A community-based approach to HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with men in Chennai, India at social Work development 2012: Action and Impact, Stockholm, Sweden from 8 th to 12 th July Participated in Technical Consultation Meeting on Alcohol and Infectious diseases from 5 th to 7 th February, 2012 in Cape Town South Africa Oral presentation on Innovative partnerships for TB-HIV care of gay, lesbian and transgender in India and Poster Presentation titled Perceptions of an alcohol intervention programme for TB patients: a qualitative study from Chennai, India at the 42 nd Union World Conference on Lung Health th October 2011, Lille, France. Participated and presented a session on Qualitative Research Methods in OR/IR in 6 th International AIDS Conference on HIV pathogenesis Treatment & prevention in Rome, Italy on 17 th to 20 th July 2011 Oral Presentation on Socio Cultural determinants in TB and HIV and chaired a session at VI International Conference on social work in Health and Mental Health, Changing Health 2010 at Dublin, Ireland on June 28 th to July 2 nd 2010 Participated in 5 th International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence 2010, Miami, Florida, USA on May 23rd to 25 th 2010 National Participated and presented in a workshop on National Operation Research Dissemination Workshop organized by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in collaboration with Central TB Division at New Delhi on 26 th 27 th August, Participated and presented in ICMR Tribal Health Research Forum Meeting, DMRC, Jodhpur from 09/08/2013 to 10/08/2013

3 Presented a topic on Addressing Stigma and Discrimination at Karl Kubel Institute for Development Education (KKID), Coimbatore on 1 st August Deputation to Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar from 04/02/2013 to 06/02/2013 Participated and presented in a workshop on Improving the quality of care for children with TB and Drug- Resistant TB at National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai on 18 th April, Participated and presented in the 9 th ICMR Tribal Health Research Forum meeting at Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry on 15 th April Presented a topic on Gender Issues Among PLHIV at ITECH, Tambaram on 27 th February 2013 Participated and presented in a workshop on Indo-US Joint working group on prevention of STD and HIV/AIDS discussion with HPMP study (R21) at ICMR New Delhi on 8th & 9th February, 2013 Participated and presented in a workshop US-India Joint working group on prevention of STD and HIV/AIDS Grantsmanship workshop at ICMR New Delhi on 6th & 7th, February 2013 Presented a topic on Challenges around Disclosure: What parents can tell? for health providers at GHTM Tambaram on 9 th Nov 2012 Presented a topic on Sociobehavioural research priorities for TB in India at Regional Fogarty TB workshop, Chest Research Foundation, Pune, India on 27 th & 28 th October 2012 Participated in CTU/CRS Application related meeting/discussion at NARI, Pune on 28 th August 2012 Participated and presented a session on Challenges and Strategies in integrating nutrition in HIV/TB control program in Indo US workshop on Triple Trouble at NIRT Chennai, from 2 nd to 4 th August 2012 Participated in the second meeting of Sub Group for protocol development for TB Burden estimate at NTI on 18 th & 19 th July 2012 Panel Member for the session on Interventions in Community Health on 10 th March 2012 in Southern Regional Conference on Community Health organized by Madras School of Social Work, Chennai Participated in Good Clinical Practices and Good Clinical Laboratory Practices Training sessions, organised by National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) at Chennai on 11 th & 18 th February 2012 Participated as a training consultant in Challenges in implementation of Diagnostic Algorithm for patient having symptoms suggestive of pulmonary TB with smear negative report on initial sputum examination at Bangalore on 19 th and 20 th December 2011 Presented on Medical & Psychiatric Social Work in the Eminence of Innovation-In social Work Practices on 1 st October 2011 Participated in national Service Scheme Empanelled Training Institution organized by Madras School of Social Work on 23 rd September 2011 Presented a session on TB is a social disease to journalists from India organised by REACH at Chennai on 20 th August 2011 Participated and presented a session on Socio Behavioural Studies-Indo US collaboration to NIH collaborators, organised by National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) at Chennai on 11 th August 2011 Participated and presented a session titled Socio Behavioural Studies in workshop on Methodology in Clinical Research organised by National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) at Chennai between 3 rd & 4 th August 2011 Participated in Evaluating the Impact of Public Health Programme in India at National Institute of Epidemiology between 11 th to 15 th July 2011 Presented Chaired a session on Facing the Reality of Multi Drug Resistant tuberculosis challenges and potential in India at Indian National Science Academy (INSA) New Delhi between 18th April 2011 and 19th April 2011 Participated and presented in workshop on Stigma organised by Tata institute of Social Science (TISS) at Mumbai between 28 th - 31 st March 2011 Attended a workshop on Indo-US Joint Statement of STI and HIV a Grantsmanship and peer workshop at ICMR New Delhi on 28th and 29th 2010 Participated in orientation training program on Medical and Psychiatric social work for 2nd year MSW students at MSSW Chennai, on 22nd June 2010 Participated in Dissemination Workshop on Key Findings of Integrated Behaviour and Biological Assessment (IBBA) Round Chennai organised by NIE& TANSAC 10th June 2010 Attended Roundtable meeting organised by REACH to discuss MDR-TB partnership to strengthen RNTCP, Chennai on 19th Feb Awards 5. Miscellaneous

4 Organized a Rally on the move against TB in Marina beach at Chennai on 15 th March 2011 Conducted Dissemination workshop titled on TB for ST/STLS at TRC, March 12 th 2010 Panel Member for a panel discussion on Social Work Research - Medical & Psychiatric Social Work UGC sponsored National seminar on Social Work Research: Challenges and Perspectives at MSSW, Chennai January 29 th &30 th 2010 Conducted Dissemination workshop titled Challenges facing MSM in India in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention Challenges facing MSM at TRC January 7 th 2010 Conducted Facilitation Skill training workshop with Fenway Institute, Boston at TRC. October 20 &21 st 2009 Participated as speaker in a Public Health seminar talked about Aspect of Hygiene on health with related to TB at Madras School of Social work October 15 th 2009 External Examiner for the students of Post Graduate Students of Department of Social Work at Mar Gregorios College of Arts and Science, Chennai. April 21 st, 2009 Panelists in the National Study Conference on Social Work Profession A Future Perspective at the Department of Social Work of Loyola College, Chennai March 17 th, 2009 Participated in Field Work Agency Supervisor s meet at The Madras School of Social Work, Chennai March 13 th, Publications 1. Thomas B, Suresh C, Jamuna M, Vijayalakshmi R, Waston B & Swaminathan S. What do we need to know about sexual risk vulnerability among married HIV positive individuals in serodiscordant relationships? A study from South India Sent for publication 2. Thomas B, Suresh C, Sujatha V, Vijayalakshmi R, Waston B & Swaminathan S. Disclosure of parental HIV status to children Is it time to address these challenges? - A study from South India. Accepted for publication 3. Dr. Mohanarani Suhadev, Udaya Mahadevan, Beena E Thomas & Soumya Swaminathan, Perceived social support among the spouses of men living with HIV infection, IJPHE (ISSN: X) Vol. 2(3), pp , Thomas B, Mimiaga MJ, Mayer KH, Perry NS, Swaminathan S, Safren SA, The influence of stigma on HIV risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in Chennai, India, AIDS Care, 2012 Nov 24(11); Beena Thomas, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Kenneth H. Mayer, Carey V. Johnson, Elizabeth F.Closson, Sunil Menon, Jamuna Mani, R. Vijaylakshmi, Meenalochini Dilip, Theresa Betancourt, and Steven A. Safren, Ensuring it works: A community-based approach to HIV prevention intervention development for men who have sex with men in Chennai, India, AIDS Education and Prevention, 24(6), , Beena Thomas, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Senthil Kumar, Soumya Swaminathan, Steven A. Safren & Kenneth H. Mayer, HIV in Indian MSM: Reasons for a concentrated epidemic & strategies for prevention, Indian J Med Res 134, Review Article, December 2011, pp Beena Thomas, Mohanarani Suhadev, Jamuna Mani, B. Gopala Ganapathy, Asaithambi Armugam,F. Faizunnisha, Mohanasundari Chelliah, Fraser Wares. Feasibility of an Alcohol Intervention Programme for TB Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) - A Qualitative Study from Chennai, South India, PLoS ONE, November 2011, Volume 6, Issue Mohanarani Suhadev, Dr Beena E Thomas, Murugesan, Niruparani Charles, Dr. Chandrasekaran V, Durga, Auxilia, Dr Aleyemma Thomas and Dr Fraser Wares. Screening for Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) among Tuberculosis patients attending Chennai Corporation Health Centers, Tamilnadu, PLoS ONE, May 2011, Volume 6,Issue M J Mimiaga, B Thomas, K H Mayer, S L Reisner, S Menon, S Swaminathan, M Periyasamy, C V Johnson and S A Safren, Alcohol use and HIV sexual risk among MSM in Chennai, India, Int J STD AIDS 2011;22: Mohanarani Suhadev, Udaya Mahadevan, Meenalochani Dilip,, Devaraj Suryanarayanan, Rajasekaran Sikhamani, and Beena Thomas Percentages, Process and Patterns of HIV Disclosure among the spouses of HIV infected men in South India, Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 2011,10(1) K Jaggarajamma, Beena Thomas. Challenges in dealing with the problem of Tuberculosis-Experiences from Tuberculosis Research Centre (ICMR), Chennai, India' Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social sciences (CHHSS2010) ISBN: ; Mohanarani Suhadev, Udaya Mahadevan, Beena E Thomas & Soumya Swaminathan Women as carers: Burden of the wives of HIV infected men in South India. Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social sciences (CHHSS2010) ISBN: ;

5 13. Niruparani Charles, Beena Thomas, Basilea Watson, Raja Sakthivel M., Chandrasekeran V, Fraser Wares, Care Seeking Behavior of Chest Symptomatics: A Community Based Study Done in South India after the Implementation of the RNTCP, PLoS ONE September 2010, Volume 5, Issue 9, e C.Padmapriyadarsini, S.Swaminathan, MJ Karthipriya, G NArendran, Predeep Aravindan Menon, Beena E Thomas, Morphology and body composition changes are Different in Men and women on generic combination Antiretroviral Therapy An Observational Study, JAPI, June 2010 Vol 58( ). 15. Swaminathan S, Padmapriyadarsini C, Yoojin L, Sukumar B, Iliayas S, Karthipriya J, Sakthivel R, Gomathy P, Beena E Thomas, Mathew M, Wanke CA, Narayanan PR. Nutritional supplementation in HIV-infected individuals in South India: a prospective interventional study, Clin Infect Dis Jul 1;51(1): Steven A. Safren Beena Thomas, Matthew J. Mimiaga,,, V. Chandrasekaran, Sunil Menon Soumya Swaminathan, Kenneth H. Mayer Depressive symptoms and HIV risk among MSM in Chennai, India Psychology, Health & Medicine Vol. 14, No. 6, December Beena E Thomas, Puneet K. Dewan, Sophia Vijay, Aleyamma Thomas L S Chauhan, ChandrasekaranV, Preetish Vaidyanathan, Soumya Swaminathan,. Perception of Tuberculosis patients on provider-initiated HIV testing and Counseling- A study from South India, Plos One December 2009, Volume 4, Issue 12, e Beena Thomas, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Kenneth H. Mayer,, Sunil Menon, V. Chandrasekaran, P. Murugesan, Soumya Swaminathan, & Steven A. Safren. HIV Prevention Interventions in Chennai, India: Are MSM Being Reached? :AIDS patients care and STDsVolume 23 Number 11, Sophia Vijay, Soumya Swaminathan, Preethish Vaidyanathan, Aleyamma Thomas, L.S.Chauhan, Prahlad Kumar, Sonali Chiddarwar, Beena Thomas, Puneet K.Dewan Feasibility of Provider- Initiated HIV Testing and Counselling of Tuberculosis Patients Under the TB Control Program in Two District of South India PLoS ONE Vol 4, Issue 11,e7899 Nov Beena Thomas, Soumya Swaminathan, Adeline Nyamathi. Impact of HIV/AIDS on Mothers in Southern India: A Qualitative Study AIDS Behav(2009)13: Beena Thomas, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Sunil Menon, V. Chandrasekaran, P. Murugesan, Soumya Swaminathan, Kenneth H. Mayer, Steven A. Safren. Unseen and Unheard: Predictors of sexual risk behaviour and HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chennai, India AIDS Education and Prevention, 24(4), , Beena E. Thomas, Chandra S, Josephine K, Suriyanarayanan D and Soumya Swaminathan Gender differences in marriage and sexual behavior among people living with HIV in Chennai, India Indian Journal of Medical Research 129(6), June 2009, pp Adeline Nyamathi, Beena Thomas, Barbara Greengold and Soumya Swaminathan, Perceptions and health care needs of HIV -positive mothers in India,Progress in Community Health Partnerships, The Johns Hopkins University Press 2009 Vol 3.2, K. Jaggarajamma, R. Balambal, M. Muniyandi, M. Vasantha, Beena Thomas, C. Nirupa, G. Sudha, V. Chandrasekaran and Fraser Wares, Perceptions of Tuberculosis Patients about Private Providers Before and After Implementation of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Indian J Tuberc 2009; 56: