MDRF - Key Persons
A Novel High Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention for Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention in Asian Indian Adolescent Girls - Taking HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) And Dance to Adolescent girls for Victory over Non-communicable diseases - THANDAV - a pilot study. Funded by Medical Research Council, UK (2022-2023)
Job Titles:
- Research Operations and Diabetes Complications
Job Titles:
- Preventive and Digital Health Research
Mohan V. Gokulakrishnan K. Ranjit Unnikrishnan I, Deepa R. Epidemiology of hypertension in India: Lessons from the Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS). In: Type 2 Diabetes in South Asians : Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Prevention. Mohan V, Gundu HR Rao (Eds), Under the Aegis of SASAT. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. 2006;317-330.
Job Titles:
- Foods, Nutrition & Dietetics
- Research Nutritionist
Sudha Vasudevan is a Research Nutritionist at Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), Chennai, India. She has 20 over years of experience as a dietitian/lecturer/research nutritionist both in India and abroad. Her current areas of Nutrition research include role of dietary glycemic carbohydrates in health and disease and studies on wellness foods in the Indian food market. We have also recently launched Glycemic Index Testing Centre For Foods and till now we have tested 15 products. We are currently involved in development of unique food visual atlas to capture population food and nutrient intake
As a lead member of the nutrition team from the department of Food and Nutrition Research (MDRF), she has developed and published a unique meal-based Food Frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess population food intake in India. Actively involved in the development and launch (2006) of EpiNu - Nutrition software first of its kind in India. She has represented and participated in both international and national seminars/ conferences. Represented the centre and won the best poster award in Singapore at the First International conference on Nutrigenomics - opportunities in Asia held in 2004. She addressed many public awareness programmes on diabetes through media and community lectures both in India and Singapore. Sudha is a life member of Indian Dietetic Association (IDA), Nutrition Society of India (NSI), Indian Diabetes Educator (IDE), Ex-member of Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association and Singapore Gerentological society.