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Dr. Prashanth Thankachan

BSc , MSc , PhD

Professor

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English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil
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Dr. Prashanth Thankachan is a Professor at Division of Nutrition

Qualification/ Education

  • PhD, 2008
    St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India
  • MSc, 1998
    KMC, Manipal, India
  • BSc, 1998
    St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science

Experience

  • Professor
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    Jun 2024 - till date
    Bangalore, India
  • Associate Professor
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    Jun 2016 - Jun 2024
    Bangalore, India
  • Adjunct Faculty
    Division of Epidemiology, St. John's Research Institute
    Aug 2012 - Jun 2016
    Bangalore, India
  • Head, Micronutrient Unit
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    May 2008 - Aug 2012
    Bangalore, India
  • Research Scientist, Micronutrient Unit
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    Jan 2007 - May 2008
    Bangalore, India

  • Professor
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    Jun 2024 - till date
    Bangalore, India
  • Associate Professor
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    Jun 2016 - Jun 2024
    Bangalore, India
  • Adjunct Faculty
    Division of Epidemiology, St. John's Research Institute
    Aug 2012 - Jun 2016
    Bangalore, India
  • Head, Micronutrient Unit
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    May 2008 - Aug 2012
    Bangalore, India
  • Research Scientist, Micronutrient Unit
    Division of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute
    Jan 2007 - May 2008
    Bangalore, India

No areas of interest specified.

No groups and associations specified.

No project details available.

Fractional iron absorption from enteric coated iron tablets. Ind J. Med Res. 2019 (In press).

Groups and Associations Prashanth Thankachan , Beena Bose , Rajarajan Subramanian , Raju Koneri , Anura V Kurpad
Indian Journal of Medical Research 2019
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Associations of bone health biomarkers and bone mineral density with dietary intakes in vitamin D deficient women: a cross-sectional study

Groups and Associations Peris CH, Selvam S, Swaminathan S, Rangarajan R, Raj T, Thankachan P
Scientific Reports 2025
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Protocol of the Nutritional, Psychosocial, and Environmental Determinants of Neurodevelopment and Child Mental Health (COINCIDE) study

Groups and Associations 5. Lobo E, R D, Mandal S, Menon JS, Roy A, Dixit S, Gupta R, Swaminathan S, Thankachan P, Bhavnani S, Divan G, Prabhakaran P, van Schayck OC, Babu GR, Srinivas PN, Mukherjee D
Wellcome Open Research 2024
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No Others Contributions details available.