Past Experience

• Biostatistician (1986-93), National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
• Asst. Professor of Biostatistics (1993-99), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• Associate Professor of Biostatistics (1999-03), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• Professor of Biostatistics (2003-06), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
• Professor of Biostatistics (2006-Presently), Department of Statistics, Manipal

Areas of Interest in Teaching

Design and analysis of clinical trials, Epidemiological survey and Epidemiology of maternal and child health, Systematic review and Meta-analysis.

Top 5 research Publications

• 2008 Tom Jefferson, Ruth Foxlee, Chris Del Mar, Liz Dooley, Eliana Ferroni, Bill Hewak, Adi Prabhala, N. Sreekumaran Nair and Alex Rivetti. Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: systematic review. BMJ; 336; 77-80; originally published online 27 Nov. 2007. doi:10.1136/bmj.39393.510347.BE.
• 2007 B Reshmi, N. Sreekumaran Nair, K.M. Sabu and B. Unnikrishnan. Awareness of health insurance in a south Indian population – A community-based study. Health and population-Perspectives and Issues 30(3) 177-188.
• 2007 Ankur Barua, Das Acharya, K Nagaraj, H Vinod Bhat and NS Nair. Depression in elderly: A cross-sectional study in Rural South India. JIMSA official publication of International medical sciences academy.
• 2007 Lavanya Rai, Preethi Prabakar and Sreekumaran Nair. Injectable depot medroxyprogesterone – A safe and an effective contraception for an Indian setting. Health and population perspectives and issues: 30(1) 12-23
• 2007 T.S. Chandrashekhar, H.V. Bhat, R.P. Pai and S.K. Nair, Coverage, utilization and barriers to cataract surgical services in rural South India: Results from a population-based study. Public Health, 121:130-136.