Aswath Karunakaran

Area of Expertise:

• Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
• Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
• Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
• Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility

Professional Experience:

Worked as a casualty medical officer in various hospitals before working as TB medical officer in MOSC medical college, Kochi. I recieved training from NITRD, Delhi. Thereafter I worked for close to three years in the field of leprosy with NLR India. I was given medical officer training in leprosy at TLMTI, Nepal.I was also a sponsored PhD student (Public health) at Erasmus University, Netherlands. I did not complete the PhD. At NLR India I supported a clinical trial project called PEP++. I recieved ICH-GCP certification as a clinical trial investigator. Then as a medical consultant for organisations like WHO, WHP, The Union