As I reflect on my short journey in biostatistics, I am reminded that data is more than just numbers—it's a powerful tool for discovery, decision-making, and improving lives. 

My greatest privilege has been collaborating with brilliant colleagues and mentoring students who will shape the future of this field.

Academic Appointments & Affiliations 

• 2025 - Dean (Basic Sciences) & Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India

• 2025 – Associate Dean (Basic Sciences) & Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India

• 2012 –  Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India

• 2008 - Additional Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India

•  2004 - Associate Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India

•  2000 - Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India

• 1999 - Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Head, PGIMER, Chandigarh,  India

• 1994 – Lecturer Biostatistics & Head, , PGIMER, Chandigarh,  India

Complete Publications List: ( click here)

Number of Papers (till 2024): 378       Citations:      9642,      h-index:      55      i10-index:      175 

** Thennarasu’s Stability measures for GxE Interaction (click here)

                In the field of genetical statistics my work provided a new method of non-parametric G x E stability measures. These have been named           Thennarasu’s measures of stability with high citations.  These are available in R packages for researchers

Inventions and Patent:

“Top2a Inhibition By Temozolomide Useful For Predicting GBM Patient's  Survival”( click here for patent) as a co-inventor. This invention provides a TOP2A inhibition by temozolomide useful for predicting glioblastoma patient's survival.     

Contribution to the field of Biostatistics/ Medical Statistics

• Thennarasu's Stability measures development and testing procedures

• Biostatistical methods and Research methodology to the postgraduates and Ph.D scholars of NIMHANS.

• During headship started MSc (Biostatistics) with NIMHANS institute stipend

• During headship Three Ph.D (Biostatistics) institute fellowship was made available to the research scholars

• Course co-ordinator for NIMHANS MSc.(Biostatistics)

Research areas of doctoral Fellows Guided (core area only)

• Cluster Formation in Latent Class and Finite Mixture Models

• Categorical Data Modeling and Their Applications in Biomedical Research 

• Exploration of Quantile Regression Methods and their Applications in Biomedical Research

• A Study on Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression Models for Count Data.

• A Comparative study on imputation techniques in incomplete data Analysis

• Application of Latent Growth Mixture Modeling Approach in Longitudinal Behavioral Research

• Statistical methods to assess and develop a stability measure for reference genes in gene expression studies

• Application of Regression based latent class techniques in Medical Research 

Doctoral Fellows as joint guide:

• On Certain Statistical Methods to Handle Incomplete Data in Research Studies 

• Utility of Multidimensional Scaling and Causal Modelling in the interpretation of fMRI Data 

• Neocortical Synchronization and Coherence in Generalized Epileptic Discharge 

• The Neuro-feedback Training in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

Other Ph.D, Postgraduate, M.Phil. thesis guide/joint guide :   28

Awards and Fellows

• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from IASRI, New Delhi. India

• Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from IASRI, New Delhi. India

• Fellow of Society for Medical Statistics (FSMS) year 2014 

• Fogarty INDO-US Fellowship 2005-2006

• Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) from Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA

• Elected as Fellow of The Royal Statistical Society (FRSS) London, UK,

• Received 25th Business School Affairs and Dewang Mehta National Education Award under " Best Professor in Biostatistics" (2017).

• SWAN-NaThaM award for best field-based article published Journal of School Social work for the year 2008-2009

• Prof. Ashok Sahai oration award from International Biometric Society (IR) 2023

Contribution to Indian Society for Medical Statistics

• Currently President - Elect of ISMS

• Member of ISMS from 1995

• Executive council member of Indian society for Medical Statistics(ISMS)

• Member of ISMS search committee  

• Member of Award Committee of Indian society for Medical Statistics(ISMS)

• ISMS Bulletin Editor (2018-2022)

• Organized virtual ISMS annual conference ISMSCON2020 (during COVID) at NIMHANS along with JIPMER between 9-12 Dec. 2020.

Member of Scientific Advisory/academic committees

• ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis 

• ICMR- National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research

• TAG member ICMR Task Force Projects

• NIMHANS Board of Studies member

• NIMHANS Ethics Committee

• Technical Advisory and Monitoring Committee (TA&MC) member of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-3) 

• TAG member for TB Vaccine Modelling study in India

• Steering Committee member for National Metal Health Survey 2

• Chairman /member of  DSMB for various research projects from NIH USA, Canadian Institute of Health Research,  Wellcome Trust UK, ICMR, ICSSR, etc
  
  Committee member for various decision making bodies of Institute of National Importance (INIs), ICMR, and central and other universities 

  • • • Chairman of NIMHANS IT Advisory Committee

      • Chairman of Information Security System Management (ISMS) Committee

      • Chairman Library Advisory Committee.

      • Associate Dean (Basic Sciences) 

Books/Chapters: NIMHANS Neuropsychological Battery for Children Manual

Complete List of Publications: ( click here)

If you are interested in biostatistics, research, or simply the beauty of data-driven insights, Feel free to reach out, whether for a discussion, collaborations, or to exchange ideas.

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