Principal Investigator
Giridhara R Babu is the recipient of the Wellcome Trust strategic award to PHFI and UK universities for setting up a birth cohort in Bengaluru for studying the effect of hyperglycemia in pregnancy on the adiposity in infants. Subsequently, he has been awarded the Wellcome Trust / DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship for establishing the MAASTHI birth cohort.
Mentors and collaborators
Dr. Sanjay Kinra
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Sarah Benjamin Neelon
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Administrative Guidance and Support
Special Officer & Director (I/c)
Public Health Foundation of India
IIPH Bangalore
Mr. Ramesh T.S
Research Administrator,
IIPH Bangalore
Research Team
Ms Keerthi
Research Assistant
IIPH- Bangalore
Mr Kiran Kumar
Biorepository and Logistics Manager,
IIPH- Bangalore
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