Dr Usha Rani
HOD & Associate Professor, MHA Programme
Coordinator- 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Health Literacy Unit, PSPH & Cultural Coordinator, PSPH
Department of Health Care and Hospital Management
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Dr. Usha Rani is?Head of Department of Health Care and Health Management and an Associate Professor in PSPH, MAHE, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网. She is a Respiratory Therapist with post-graduation in Hospital Administration and a Ph.D. in the area of 'Infection control and prevention through system process mapping and re-engineering the process'. She has worked on Infection prevention and control among neonates and developed antimicrobial policies. She has published more than 20 scholarly publications indexed in Scopus & Web of Sciences and has obtained 2 international grants, and also holds an IPR.
She has completed 40+ projects and organized 20+ National and 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 conferences and workshops in healthcare. She is a member of the board of study (BoS) for the MHA programme. She holds certificates on Lean six sigma (Green and Black Belt) from IASSC accredited Anexas Europe, NABH-POI from Quality Council of India, QMS (ISO 9001: 2015), and EMS (ISO 14001:2015) from Suprabha Quality Solutions, Biostatistics, Epidemiology & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Methodology, systematic analysis, and meta-analysis from MAHE. She is also the awardee of the Individual 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 grant by the 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Society for Infectious Diseases and is the recipient of the Young 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Health Literacy Award 2018 by the Asian Health Literacy Association, Taiwan.
?She is the Coordiantor - 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Health Literacy Unit and cultural coordinator for PSPH and also a Ph.D. supervisor.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
Subject | Semester / Year |
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General Management | Year 1 - Block 1 |
Non-Clinical Services and HIS | Year 1 - Block 5 |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
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Ph.D | Development of prevention bundles for Neonatal healthcare associated infections | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education | April 2021 |
Master in Hospital Administration (MHA) | Hospital Administration | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education | July 2014 |
Associate of Respiratory Therapy (ASRT) | Respiratory Therapy | California College of Health Sciences (USA), Independence University (USA) | Dec 2008 |
Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy (BSc RT) | Respiratory Therapy | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 College of Allied Health Sciences, MAHE | July 2008 |
Diploma in Anaesthesia Technology | Anaesthesia Technology | St. Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi Christian Medical Association of India | July 2003 |
Experience
Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
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Prasanna School of Public Health | Associate Professor | 2023- Present | |
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India | Assistant Professor- Senior Scale | Teaching, Cultural Coordinator, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 | Jan 2021 – April 2023 |
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India | Assistant Professor | Teaching, Cultural Coordinator, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网, QMR/IMR/APHEA coordinator | Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 |
Max Super Specialty Hospital, Delhi, India | Respiratory Therapist and 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Coordinator | Pulmonary Rehabilitation (IP & OP) & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 | March 2010 – April 2012 |
Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Delhi, India | Respiratory Therapist | Critical Care Support & Pulmonary Rehabilitation | Oct 2008 –Feb 2010 |
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Group of Hospitals, Karnataka, India | Intern - Respiratory Therapist | Critical Care Support & Pulmonary Rehabilitation | August 2007- July 2008 |
Delhi Heart & Lung Institute, Delhi, India | Junior Technician | Critical care technical assistance | August 2003 – July 2004 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
Infection Prevention & Control, Antimicrobial Policy Development, Healthcare reform, Mother and Child Care, Healthcare system re-engineering
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Institutional Management Representative (2019-2020) and APHEA coordinator for PSPH.?
- Member Indian Association of Respiratory Care (IARC), since 2022.
- Member Board of Studies- MHA program since 2016, Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网.
- Secretary to Academy of Hospital Administration (AHA) Mangalore-亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Chapter since 2018.?
- Associate life member of National Neonatology Forum since 2019.
- Life member of Epidemiology Foundation of India since 2019.
- Active Member Asian Health Literacy Association since 2018.
- Member of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (ISOPR) 2016-18.
- Member of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2018.?
- Delivery of a Special Interest Session on "Health Literacy Interventions & Its Impacts" at the 8th?Asian Health Literacy Conference on 27-29 October 2022 in Taiwan.
- Moderator of General Sessions on Health Literacy Interventions & its Impacts at the 8th Asian Health Literacy Conference on 27-29 October 2022 in Taiwan.
- Member General Assembly of 'Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA)'.
A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study of Knowledge of Doping at Grassroot Level in India.
2021 Sivakumar Kannan Anup Naha Robindra Ramnarine Singh Punit Bansal Vinod C Nayak Sandeep Goud Usha Rani
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Journal of Pharmacy and Technology.
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices among dental practitioners on methods of infection control while carrying out dental procedures during novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2021 Neetha Shenoy Vasudev Ballal Usha Rani
Pan African Medical Journal.?
Development of an algorithm to prevent neonatal Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): A multimodal approach.
2021 U. Rani L. Lewis K. Chawla
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Journal of Infectious disease.?