Jebamalar J

Jerome G Thampi
8/3, 2nd floor, Victor Evelyn Heritage
8th Street, Gopalapuram, Chennai – 600086
Tamil Nadu
+91-9566049126 [email protected]
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jebamalar-j-77a59a82

PROFILE
Masters in Community Medicine and Public Health focusing on Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Clinical
research and Health Economics/Health technology assessment. I am currently working in remote
mode as an Associate Medical Data Review Manager in IQVIA with more than 2 years of experience.
Epidemiologist and researcher with a strong focus on evidence-based health care provided using
inferential statistics and modeling. Extensive and intensive experiences in the following:
A) Expert at ensuring the clinical trial data is compliant with clinical and regulatory standards –
conducting end to end thorough medical data reviews to ensure accuracy, consistency and
completeness of patient level safety/efficacy data.
B) Expertise in health economics, health technology assessment projects, and statistical modelling,
C) Management of large clinical trial datasets.
D) Organizing and managing field-level disease control activities such as pulse polio campaigns,
disaster management, vector-borne disease control, integrated disease surveillance, high-burden
communicable disease hospitals/TB clinics/immunization camps/primary health centres/health
outreach in slums, etc.,
E) Planning, organizing and leading medical education sessions such as lectures, continuing medical
education (CME), panel discussions, large capacity building and HR development sessions for
medical and para-medical field health staff, medical research workshops, scientific writing
workshops,
F) Managing and leading research and public health activities at Urban and Rural Health Training
Centers linked to tertiary care medical institutions,
G) Preparing and managing research protocols/projects for medical students (including short-term
scholarships for Indian Council for Medical Research) and medical interns.

Education
Doctor of Medicine in Community Medicine (MD) 68% 2014-17
Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai – The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR
Medical University
Concentration: Epidemiology, Tuberculosis, Tropical Medicine, Biostatistics,
Management
Postgraduate thesis work: Diagnostic Delay in Pulmonary Tuberculosis – A cross-sectional study
AWARD:
• Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R University Gold Medal for the highest marks in MD
postgraduate university examinations - 2017

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 74% 2007-13

Madras Medical College, Chennai – The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
AWARD:
• Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R University Medal for the Highest mark in Forensic Medicine and

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Toxicology - 2010

EXPERIENCE

Associate Medical Data Review Manager

IQVIA November 2022 – Present
• Identifying patient anomalies to ensure medical congruency/plausibility of a subject data per
protocol,
• Checking the eligibility of subjects included in the trials,
• Reviewing the data collected in clinical trials for efficacy, and safety,
• Finding out missed adverse events, reviewing the data on vitals, laboratory parameters and
patient reported outcome measures,
• Summarizing the findings and presenting using data visualization tools.

Research Scientist & Team Lead April 2021 – August 2021

Regional Resource Hub – HTA In, IIPH Hyderabad
• Helping with developing Health Technology Assessment (HTA) project proposals.
• Extracting and analyzing assessment data – cost utility analyses
• Carrying out statistical modeling of assessment data – Markov, decision tree,discrete event
simulation, Bayesian modeling
• Carrying out systematic review of literature —scoping, descriptive and systematicreview with meta-
analysis in RevMan and STATA.
• Writing reports and developing manuscripts.
• Analyzing large datasets such as LASI and NSSO
• Presenting project brief at ethical and technical committees.

Assistant Professor
Government Villupuram Medical College, Villupuram August 2018 to September 2019
Kanyakumari Govt. Medical College September 2019 to December 2020
Lady Medical Officer August 2017 to August 2018
Government Villupuram Medical College, Villupuram

Post-graduate Resident Medical Officer July 2014 to June 2017

Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
1. Jebamalar J, Senthilkumar P, Ramola M. Health seeking behavior in pulmonary
tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study. Int J Community Med Public Health 2018;5:1346-
53.
2. Priya Senthil Kumar, Vaishali D, Jebamalar J, K Mary Ramola. Prevalence of Disabling
Musculoskeletal Pain among medical professionals in Chennai. Nat J ResCommunity Med
2018; 7(2):107-112.
3. Priya Senthilkumar, Jebamalar J, Mary Ramola K. Perceptions on Pulmonary
Tuberculosis among DOTS Patients: A Quantitative Study. Nat J Res CommunityMed
2018;7(4): 242-245

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4. Jebamalar J, Kumar PKK. Awareness on health insurance and health care costs among
non-communicable disease patients attending a tertiary care centre. Int J Community
Med Public Health 2019;6:1301-5.
5. Sriradha, M., J, J., & S, S. (2019). Factors influencing the environment and sanitation of a
rural population in Villupuram district - A cross-sectional study. International Journal of
Medical and Biomedical Studies, 3(4).
6. Jebamalar J, Madhumitha M, Suresh Balan KU. EPIDEMIOLOGIC PROFILEOF THE
INITIAL COVID 19 PATIENTS AT A DESIGNATED COVID HOSPITAL IN SOUTH
TAMIL NADU. ijsr. 2021 Jul 1;73–5.
7. QUALITY OF LIFE USING WHOQOL-BREF AMONG ELDERLY IN A RURAL FIELD
PRACTICE AREA OF A TERTIARY CARE CENTER, SOUTH TAMILNADU, Dr.
Madhumitha Manohar, Dr. Jebamalar John, Dr. Suresh Balan Kumarasamy Uma
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: Volume-13 | Issue-5 |
May-2024
8. Presenter, ‘Impact of Health education on Food safety awareness & Behaviour’ International
Conference on Environment and Health in Changing Climate – ICEHCC2016, September 14-
16, 2016, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Awards:
1) Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R University Gold Medal for the highest marks in MD
postgraduate university examinations - 2017
2) Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R University Medal for the Highest mark in Forensic Medicine and
Toxicology - 2010

Computer and Software skills:

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office – Expert in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Proficient in Statistical Package for Social Sciences, STATA, Epi Data, Epi Info
Expert knowledge of R
Use of scientific writing apps and aids like Zotero, Mendeley, RevMan etcetera
English typing speed of 60 words-per-minute
Extensive knowledge of general computer and internet usage

Languages: English (Proficient), Tamil (Proficient), Hindi (Basic), French (basic), Spanish(basic)