SCIENTIST of National Institute for Research in Environmental Health

Dr. Ruma Galgalekar

Scientist-C
Environmental Health & Epidemiology

DATE OF JOINING: 2nd February, 2011

E-MAIL: r.galgalekar@icmr.gov.in

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

M.B.B.S.
D.H.A

THRUST AREA

Epidemiology

PUBLICATIONS

1. Technical Report on population based long term epidemiological studies part-II (1996-2010) 2. Abstract of research Paper – Persistently high all cause morbidities in the exposed survivors following 1984 industrial disaster in Bhopal. Published in conference / abstract no. p-3-342/ID:4295 Sushil Singh, Nalok Banerjee, K.K. Soni, Ruma Galgalekar, Moina Sharma Abstract was presented in conference at Rome Italy on 1-4 Sept 2016 on international society for environment Epidemiology.
3. Research paper titled – Morbidity differentials in affected and control area in reference to socio- economic parameters in cohort population. Paper in ISMS on 2-4th Nov 2017 at SGPI, Lucknow.Sushil Singh, Nalok Banerjee, K.K. Soni, Ruma Galgalekar, Anil Prakash, Rajnarayan Tiwari.
4. Trends in prevalence of chronic respiratory morbidity among gas exposed population of Bhopal across different age groups based on their age at the time of disaster and severity of exposure from 1986-2016. Paper submitted to international archives of occupational and environmental health (Impact factor 2.196)
5. Point prevalence morbidity in Bhopal city, India with reference to drinking water source and distance of residence from Union carbide factory.