Rajini Nagrani

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  • Timeline

    Oct 2014 - Aug 2017

    Scientific Officer D

    Tata Memorial Hospital
    Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

    Post Doctoral Fellow (Epidemiology)

    Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
    Oct 2018 - Sept 2021

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology
    Oct 2021 - Mar 2022

    Interim Professor

    University of Bielefeld
    Current Company
    Apr 2022 - now

    Head of the Unit Molecular Epidemiology

    Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
  • Skills

    Epigenetics
    Molecular biology
    Biochemistry
    Hplc
    Validation
    Public health
    Molecular epidemiology
    Genetic epidemiology
    Environmental epidemiology
    Cancer epidemiology
    Epidemiology
    High throughput genotyping
    Stata
    Genotyping
    Biostatistics
    Biotechnology
    Life sciences
    Cell biology
    Pcr
    Clinical research
    Research
    Polymerase chain reaction
    Statistical data analysis
    Data analysis
    Statistical software
    Project management
    Communication training
  • About me

    Epidemiologist with post-doctoral work experience of 4 years in conducting and designing studies, project management & analysing datasets using statistical softwares Stata and R.

  • Education

    • Tata memorial centre, homi bhabha national institute

      2009 - 2014
      Doctor of philosophy (phd) epidemiology

      Activities and Societies: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Computer Skills: Microsoft Office. Statistical Packages: STATA, R-package. Memberships: UICC Fellow, Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR); International Epidemiological Association (IEA) IEA Contituent ID - 00004608; American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATION Title: Role of obesity, polymorphism in inflammatory genes in development of breast cancer. Funding Agency: DBT (Department of Biotechnology) My Role: Co- Investigator INTERNATIONAL TRAINING •Mobi kids Project Consortium Meeting, in Paris, France April 2012 and in Barcelona, Spain March 2014..Short Course on Epigenetics Epidemiology, NewCastle UK, June 2012•Participation at Genomics and Epigenomics of Common Disease Consortium held in NewCastle, UK, March 2011•One month training on High-throughput genotyping on Illumina at International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, Oct 2010MAJOR POSTER/ORAL PRESENTATION• Oral… Show more INTERNATIONAL TRAINING •Mobi kids Project Consortium Meeting, in Paris, France April 2012 and in Barcelona, Spain March 2014..Short Course on Epigenetics Epidemiology, NewCastle UK, June 2012•Participation at Genomics and Epigenomics of Common Disease Consortium held in NewCastle, UK, March 2011•One month training on High-throughput genotyping on Illumina at International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, Oct 2010MAJOR POSTER/ORAL PRESENTATION• Oral Presentation on “Association of polymorphisms in obesity genes and different breast cancer subtypes” at National Research Scholars Meet, ACTREC, Mumbai, 21st – 22nd Dec 2012.• Oral Presentation on “Development of Concept Proposal in Molecular Epidemiological Study at Tata Memorial Hospital” at Genomics and Epigenomics of Common Disease Consortium held in New Castle, UK, 23rd -24th March 2011.• Oral Presentation on Trends in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Greater Mumbai, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, July 2010. Show less

    • University of mumbai

      2004 - 2007
      Advanced diploma biotechnology
    • University of mumbai

      2007 - 2009
      Msc biochemistry

      MSc Dissertation at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Food technology Division on "Studies on Proteolytic Enzymes of Jawala active at low temperature

    • University of mumbai

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor of science (b.sc.) biochemistry and life sciences

      Activities and Societies: Was part of 1 year Science Honors Program

  • Experience

    • Tata memorial hospital

      Oct 2014 - Aug 2017
      Scientific officer d

      •Analysing association datasets in epidemiology research incl. Molecular epidemiology.•Resourceful handling of Biobank & Performed High throughput genotyping in over 2000 samples•Monitoring and Project documentation of Hospital based Case-Control Studies (Lung, Breast and Gall Bladder Cancer).•Training Project Staff regularly on interviewing questionnaire to study participants.•Actively involved in development and conducting ISHA Cohort, Barshi.•National Co-ordinator of the multi-centric case control study on Mobile Phones and Brain Tumor (Mobi Kids).•Monitoring institutional clinical studies for data safety and ethical review.POSTER/ORAL PRESENTATION•Presented the Oral Rapid Fire Session on “Obesity and Risk of Breast Cancer in India” at 2014 UICC World Cancer Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 3rd – 6th Dec 2014.INTERNATIONAL TRAINING•Mobi kids Project Consortium Meeting; Barcelona, Spain 2016.• Short term training on Molecular Epidemiology in U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, USA, June 2015.TEACHING EXPERIENCEEpidemiology lectures to Master (Clinical Research) students. MAJOR WORKSHOPS ATTENDED• Organized & Participated the Scientific Symposium - “Frontiers in Epidemiology” held at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai on 6–7 Mar 2017.• Participation in workshop “Statistical Methods and Analysis of Environmental Health Data”, held at Mumbai, 30th May– 3rd June 2016• 37th Annual International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR), Mumbai, 7-10 Oct 2015.• Design & Analysis of Population-Based Genetic Epidemiologic Studies, Mumbai, 6-8 Jan 2015.CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS SETTING UP NEW UNIT/ LABORATORY• Actively participated in setting up Molecular Epidemiology facility at Centre For Cancer Epidemiology, Kharghar.• Developing GWAS facility, designing and developing required Quality control pipeline.• Setting up adult cohort in rural population of India.Reviewed articles submitted to journals: International Journal of Cancer BMC Cancer Show less

    • Medizinische universität innsbruck

      Sept 2017 - Sept 2018
      Post doctoral fellow (epidemiology)

      Research Projects handled• Bruneck Study: Meta-analysis, Cohort data analysis, Nutrition data analysis• EVA Study: Data Management, Imputation analysis, Life course data analysisORAL PRESENTATION• Oral Presentation on “Association of lipocalin-2 and risk of cardiovascular diseases in the Bruneck Study” at 21. Jahrestagung der Osterreichischen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft, Klagenfurt, Austria, 19th – 20th Jan 2018.Reviewed articles submitted to Journals:Plos One

    • Leibniz institute for prevention research and epidemiology

      Oct 2018 - Sept 2021
      Postdoctoral researcher

      Genetic Epidemiology analysis, Environmental epidemiology, Children cohort, Metabolic Diseases

    • University of bielefeld

      Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
      Interim professor
    • Leibniz institute for prevention research and epidemiology - bips

      Apr 2022 - now
      Head of the unit molecular epidemiology
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project management

      Nov 2017
    • Improving the quality of cause of death data in mumbai and surrounding areas and its application to epidemiology

      Centre for disease control
      Jan 2017
    • International course on surveying and evaluating ethical review practices

      Forrum for ethical review committees in the asian & western pacific region
      Aug 2016
    • Good clinical practices

      Quintiles
      Mar 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • Crvs data analysis and use

      Brihanmumbai municipal corporation
      Jan 2017
    • Presentation and communication skills

      Medizinische universität innsbruck
      Oct 2017
    • Training programme on icd-10 manual coding

      Brihanmumbai municipal corporation
      Jan 2017
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rajini Nagrani
      Munshi Ram Jain Cancer Scholar Award Cancer Research Foundation India Feb 2019 For Breast Cancer Research in Rural & Urban India
    • Awarded to Rajini Nagrani
      1st Prize for Poster presentation TMC platinum jubilee conference Feb 2016 Central obesity and not reproductive or genetic susceptibility is the most important factor for reducing breast cancer burden in India
    • Awarded to Rajini Nagrani
      UICC-ICRETT Fellowship UICC Jun 2011 One month training on Post- Illumina analysis and preliminary analysis of Nutritional Cohort at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA,