Ruchika Handa

Experience

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  Lok Nayak Jai Prakask Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College

  Dec 2002 - Dec 2004

  Research Associate & Diet Counsellor, Nephrology Division

   Research Assistant (Part Time) - Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India. December 2002 –December 2004 under supervision of Dr. N. P. Singh [Professor of Medicine, Head Nephrology Division, Lok Nayak Hospital], for two research projects:-o To Assess the Nutritional Status of Pre-dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease patients and the Impact of Nutritional Intervention on Nutritional Parameters and Disease Progression. Abstract published in Journal of Nephrology, 2005.o Cross-Sectional Study Regarding Awareness amongst Diabetics of the Various Facets of the Disease and the Complications. Abstract published in JAPI, April 05.o Both the projects started with the conceptualization of the idea and went on with making a proper work plan, preparing the related questionnaires, recruiting patients, analyzing their health status, making customized diet plan for them and counseling them, taking their feed back every month, then statistically analyzing the data, formulating the result and forming a detailed report.Publications: Garg S., Singh N.P, Agarwal S.K., Handa R., Shweta, Lal Madan. To Assess the Nutritional Status of Predialysis CKD patients and the Impact of Nutritionsal Intervention on Nutritional parameters and disease progression, 3rd World Congress of Nephrology. Singapore, 2005, Nephrology 10 (Suppl) A138. Bharadwaj R, Singh N.P, Handa R., Wadhwa A, Makhija A, Agarwal S.K. Cross- Sectional Study Regarding Awareness Amongst Diabetics of the Various Facets of the Disease And Its Complications, Poster abstracts of Diamond APICON 2005 held at Renaissance Mumbai Hotel and Convention Centre, Mumbai 22nd to 25th January 2005. Journal of the Association of Physicians in India, Vol53, April 2005, pg 344 Show less

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  Canadian High Commission

  Dec 2008 - Jun 2009

  Program Assistant

  • Analysis and review of permanent residence and temporary residence files.• Providing administrative assistance to Immigration Officers.

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  Centre of Excellence Department, Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital

  Jul 2009 - Oct 2009

  Nutrition Counselor

  • Providing counseling to the outdoor patients.• Maintaining and constantly updating outdoor patient's weekly laboratory investigations.• Analyzing and interpreting gathered data.• Data disseminating• To prepare nutritional research programs related to HIV/AIDS

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  Regional Medical Office - New Delhi, High Commission of Canada

  Oct 2009 - Aug 2016

  Medical Assistant

  Job Description:• Ensuring effective public health risk management in immigrant populations.• Ensuring effective Immigration Medical Assessment and Immigration Medical Examination program delivery including effective Quality Assurance (QA) of Panel Physicians (PPs) and other Examiners (radiologists, chest MDs, medical laboratory specialists)• Ensuring effective management of Refugees and Special Measures populations and specific cases using risk management and sound program and case management, specifically the Bhutanese and Afghan Refugees and the Tibetan Special Measures population. • Report on trends, field intelligence and local health activities relevant to immigration and refugee health to assist in policy development and risk management practices. Show less

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  Université de Montréal

  Jan 2018 - now

  International Student Ambassador

  - Work with the admission and recruitment department of Université de Montréal- Represent Université de Montréal at major International Events- Answer queries of prospective international students- Conduct information sessions with prospective international students

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  Initiative Inc. (In partnership with PATH and supported by Central TB Division (CTD)).

  Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

  Research Coordinator (Consultant)

  Workforce Assessment of the staff working for RNTCP with support from the Bill and Melinda gates foundation, Central Government of TB Division, Ministry of Health and family welfare, guided by PATH.Brief description of activities/tasks performed:• Co-design and lead the data collector training with the Initiatives Senior Technical Advisor and/or PATH advisors; helping to select high-performing data collectors• Serve as a Team Leader during data collection in Karnataka and Maharashtra• Ensure that an appropriate contact is made with all the officials and that necessary support or permission for interviews and data collection is obtained.• Ensure quality data collection, conducted daily reviews of the database, & addressed issues with data collectors to improve performance & Quality• Conduct selected interviews with State and District TB Control program leaders.• Assist with selected analysis and report drafting Show less

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  Raman Rays

  Dec 2019 - Feb 2020

  Consultant Qualitative Researcher

  GAIN’s Workforce Nutrition program (WFN) aims to develop an effective and efficient set of Nutrition Interventions, which businesses in agricultural and industrial supply chains implemented. As part of the global workforce nutrition program for the cash crop value chain, GAIN has developed a nutrition project for tea Estate workers of Assam. The WFN program aims at enhancing Demand, Access and Consumption of Safe and nutritious foods by tea workers' families in Assam.Our job was to conduct an Evaluation and Monitoring research. The research was aimed at assessing the impact of the WFN project implemented by GAIN in the two districts of Assam, India: Dibrugarh and Golaghat. Also, to identify the gaps in the project and formulate recommendations for ongoing scale-up of the WFN project.Job Description:- Literature Review and outline of the study report- Assisted in preparation of study tools and pretesting of research tools in the field for evaluation and monitoring of the WFN project- Assisted in and Qualitative Data Management, and Data Analysis- Assisted in finalizing of the Project and PPT of topline findings Show less