Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan

General / Preventive / Lipids

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre

About

Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre.

Dr. Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan is Head of the Department of Public Health at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi. He previously served as Professor and Head at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology and as Professor at Central University of Kerala. He holds an MD in Social and Preventive Medicine and an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health.

Research focus

Non-communicable disease prevention and controlTobacco control and cessationHypertension and diabetes epidemiologyCardiovascular risk factors and lipoproteinsPublic health policy and global epidemiology

Impact

281 pubs · 13,920 cites · h-index 52

Training

MPH
Harvard School of Public Health
1997
MD
Medical College Trivandrum
1986
MBBS
Medical College Kottayam
1974

Affiliations

Work Experience

Head, Department of Public Health

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham · 2023 - Present

Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine

Central University of Kerala · 2010 - 2022

Senior Professor and Head, AMCHSS

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology · 2016 - 2019

Professor and Head, AMCHSS

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology · 2006 - 2016