Vijaya Kumar Karra

About Vijaya Kumar Karra

Public health professional with over 11 years of experience in the field of health care research, scientific writing, funding, and management, offering distinguished career in bridging the gap between scientific, medical, and governmental communities in order to move research projects that control, eliminate, and eradicating infectious diseases. I have used my research, analytical, and scientific writing skills to solve complex problems, leading to scientific peer-reviewed publications, national and international conference poster presentations. Attained Project Management and Surveillance skills by formulating and designing large multi-centric projects, Coordinating and Managing large multi-centric research projects in the eight north-eastern states of India. My attention to detail and tenacity to work with large data-set has driven excellence in data analysis leading to publication. technical writing, data analysis, report writing for submission to the funding agencies. I am currently seeking new opportunities in public health, health research, pharmaceutical industry, where I can contribute my scientific knowledge beyond lab bench. Area of Expertise and Skills: • Project Design and Evaluation • Project Management and Administration • Project start-up and close-out activities • Strategic Planning, Implementation, and Coordination • Acted as Primary Contact for day-to-day liaison for project investigators and project staff • Research Methodologies • Monitoring and Evaluating project activities • Operational Research • Report writing, work plan development • Developed guidelines, SOPs and Training materials • Organized high-level Task Force and Advisory Group Meetings, brainstorm session with key opinion leaders, decision-makers, and policy makers • Designed Data Collection Tools and Data Management • Prepared minutes of the meeting, communications and approvals • Resource allocations and deliverable schedules • Prepared manuscripts, articles, abstracts, and poster presentations • Provided Training and Laboratory Diagnostic Support • Statistical Analysis and Data Management tools (REDCap)

Experience

1. Senior Scientific Writer - Health Economics & Value Assessment (Heva)

   Sanofi

   Jun 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• Acharya Nagarjuna University

  Bachelor's degree, P B Siddhartha College, Vijayawada, Genetics, First

  1998 — 2001

• Andhra University

  Master's degree, Human/Medical Genetics, First

  2001 — 2003

• University of Delhi

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Maulana Azad Medical College, Faculty of Medical Sciences., Infectious Disease, Molecular Biology, Virology, Genetics, and Immunology, First

  2011 — 2015

• Indian Institute of Public health, PHFI

  ePost Graduate Program, Health Economics, Health Care Financing and Policy, First

  2018 — 2019

• ANDHRA LOYOLA COLLEGE

  Board of Intermediate education., Botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry., First

  1996 — 1998