CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr. Nayva Vyas is an Assistant Professor-Senior Scale in Master of Public Health Programme, Dept of Global Health Policy and Governance, PSPH, MAHE, Manipal. She has post-graduation in Public Health specialising in maternity and child health and a Ph.D. on ‘An Assessment of civilian biodefense preparedness in the state of Karnataka’. She has worked as District Epidemiologist, under Integrated Disease Surveillance Porgram (IDSP), Govt. Of Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada. She has a very good understanding of Public Health System in India. She currently is  Alummi Coordinator for PSPH, MAHE.

She coordinates ‘Global Health Symposium’ which is an event in collaboration with Maastricht University, The Netherlands, and McMaster University for over 300 Masters students of public health and global health across 6 universities around the globe. She also Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine course (GHHM) , an online course on Tropical Medicine for doctors run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).  She participated in COVID-19 response activity as WHO External Monitor at Udupi District in 2021 and is part of a team in MAHE for the development of a module for Global Health for Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) virtual student exchange program.

Dr. Vyas has  attended and conducted training prorgramme and workshops on basic Medical entomology, outbreak investigation, biosecurity and field epidemiological training programme. She has completed projects for UNICEF and BOSH as Co-PI and has received project grant under MAC ID seed grant, D A Prasanna endowment fund, ISID-Pfizer as PI. . She has published more than 25 scholarly publications indexed in Scopus & Web of Sciences and has contributed to 4 book chapters. She is a recognised guide for doctoral candidates and serve on doctoral advisory committee within MAHE.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Infectious disease and surveillance	Year 1 - Block 4
Nutritional Epidemiology	Year 1 - Block 4
Global Public Health in Emergencies	Year 1 - Block 5
Certificate Course on Global Health Security	Year 1 - Block 6
Internship (mentoring)	Year 2
Project Work	Year 2

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
Ph.D	Public Health	Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE	2022
Master of Public Health (MPH)	Maternity & Child Health	Department of Public Health, MAHE	2013
Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS)	Homeopathic Medicine	Vinayaka Missions University, Salem	2009

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE, Manipal	Assistant Professor	Academics & Publications; Field Supervision; Project & Research Management & Alumni Coordinator, PSPH.	Jan 2016- present
Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP), Govt. Of Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada.	District Epidemiologist	•Member of the Rapid Response Team • Investigation & preparing outbreak reports of outbreaks like Cholera, Kyasanur Forest Disease, Scrub Typhus, Malaria, Dengue, and Leptospirosis.	2014- 2015