
Timeline
Skills
EpigeneticsMolecular biologyBiochemistryHplcValidationPublic healthMolecular epidemiologyGenetic epidemiologyEnvironmental epidemiologyCancer epidemiologyEpidemiologyHigh throughput genotypingStataGenotypingBiostatisticsBiotechnologyLife sciencesCell biologyPcrClinical researchResearchPolymerase chain reactionStatistical data analysisData analysisStatistical softwareProject managementCommunication trainingAbout 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 - 2014Doctor of philosophy (phd) epidemiologyActivities 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 - 2007Advanced diploma biotechnologyUniversity of mumbai
2007 - 2009Msc biochemistryMSc Dissertation at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Food technology Division on "Studies on Proteolytic Enzymes of Jawala active at low temperature
University of mumbai
2004 - 2007Bachelor of science (b.sc.) biochemistry and life sciencesActivities and Societies: Was part of 1 year Science Honors Program
Experience
Tata memorial hospital
Oct 2014 - Aug 2017Scientific 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 2018Post 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 2021Postdoctoral researcherGenetic Epidemiology analysis, Environmental epidemiology, Children cohort, Metabolic Diseases
University of bielefeld
Oct 2021 - Mar 2022Interim professorLeibniz institute for prevention research and epidemiology - bips
Apr 2022 - nowHead of the unit molecular epidemiology
Licenses & Certifications
Project management
Nov 2017Improving the quality of cause of death data in mumbai and surrounding areas and its application to epidemiology
Centre for disease controlJan 2017International course on surveying and evaluating ethical review practices
Forrum for ethical review committees in the asian & western pacific regionAug 2016- View certificate
Good clinical practices
QuintilesMar 2016 Crvs data analysis and use
Brihanmumbai municipal corporationJan 2017Presentation and communication skills
Medizinische universität innsbruckOct 2017Training programme on icd-10 manual coding
Brihanmumbai municipal corporationJan 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Rajini NagraniMunshi Ram Jain Cancer Scholar Award Cancer Research Foundation India Feb 2019 For Breast Cancer Research in Rural & Urban India
- Awarded to Rajini Nagrani1st 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 NagraniUICC-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,
Languages
- enEnglish
- hiHindi
- maMarathi
- geGerman
- siSindhi
- beBengali
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