Faculty & Staff
Dr. Sumathi Swaminathan
MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Nutrition
Languages
English, Kannada, Tamil
- Overview
- Projects
- Publications
- Other Contributions
Has more than three decades of experience in nutritional research, academic teaching, nutrition counselling, education of patients and the community, and conducting and analysing large scale nutritional surveys across rural and urban India.
Qualification/ Education
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR FIELD OF STUDY Bangalore University, Bangalore, India PhD 2003 Nutrition Sri Avinashilingam Homescience College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India MSc 1982 Food and Nutrition Women’s Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India BSc 1980 Homescience
Experience
September 2015 till the present: Associate Professor, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
July 2011- August 2015: Assistant professor, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
2006 – 2011: Lecturer, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
2003 – 2006: Research Fellow, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
2001 – 2002: Lecturer, SNDT University, Mumbai, India.
2000 – 2001: Nutritionist, Division of Nutrition, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India.
1998 – 2000: Honorary nutritionist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India.
1992 – 1998: Nutrition consultant, Mumbai, India.
1988- 1991: Nutrition consultant, Bangalore, India.
1986 – 1988: Lecturer, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, India.
1983 – 1986: Chief dietician of the Chinmaya Mission Hospital, Bangalore, India.
1982 – 1983: Dietician, Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, India.
Areas of interest
Public health Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Food based interventions
Fellowship & Membership
Life member of the Nutrition Society of India and Indian Dietetic Association
September 2015 till the present: Associate Professor, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
July 2011- August 2015: Assistant professor, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
2006 – 2011: Lecturer, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
2003 – 2006: Research Fellow, St John’s Research Institute, Bangalore, India
2001 – 2002: Lecturer, SNDT University, Mumbai, India.
2000 – 2001: Nutritionist, Division of Nutrition, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India.
1998 – 2000: Honorary nutritionist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India.
1992 – 1998: Nutrition consultant, Mumbai, India.
1988- 1991: Nutrition consultant, Bangalore, India.
1986 – 1988: Lecturer, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, India.
1983 – 1986: Chief dietician of the Chinmaya Mission Hospital, Bangalore, India.
1982 – 1983: Dietician, Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, India.
Public health Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Food based interventions
No groups and associations specified.
| S.I. No | Project Title | Project Lead | Year of Initiation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powdered egg: Improving egg consumption in India | Dr Sumathi Swaminathan | 2021 | completed |
| 2 | Evaluation of the effectiveness of a specially designed food product in promoting weight gain and changes in body composition in children with Severe Acute Malnutrition | Dr Sumathi Swaminathan and thereafter Dr Nancy Angeline | 2022 | ongoing |
Associations of bone health biomarkers and bone mineral density with dietary intakes in vitamin D deficient women: a cross-sectional study
Peris CH, Selvam S, Swaminathan S, Rangarajan R, Raj T, Thankachan P Estimation of habitual intake of infrequently consumed nutrients using the mixture distribution method
Joseph S, Ghosh S, Swaminathan S, Thomas T A new approach to estimate habitual intake of nutrients with skewed distribution
Joseph S, Swaminathan S, Ghosh S, Thomas T Protocol of the Nutritional, Psychosocial, and Environmental Determinants of Neurodevelopment and Child Mental Health (COINCIDE) study
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 Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study Investigators. Assessing the built environment through photographs and its association with obesity in 21 countries: the PURE Study
6. Corsi DJ, Marschner S, Lear S, Hystad P, Rosengren A, Ismail R, Yeates K, Swaminathan S, Puoane T, Wang C, Li Y, Rangarajan S, Kruger IM, Chifamba J, Vidhu Kumar K, Mohan I, Davletov K, Artamonov G, Palileo-Villanueva LM, Mat-Nasir N, Zatonska K, Oguz A, Bahonar A, Alhabib KF, Yusufali A, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Lanas F, Galatte A, Avezum Á, Mckee M, Yusuf S, Chow CK Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study investigators. Associations of the glycaemic index and the glycaemic load with risk of type 2 diabetes in 127 594 people from 20 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Miller V, Jenkins DA, Dehghan M, Srichaikul K, Rangarajan S, Mente A, Mohan V, Swaminathan S, Ismail R, Luz Diaz M, Ravindran RM, Zatonska K, Bahonar A, Altuntas Y, Khatib R, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Yusufali A, Yeates K, Chifamba J, Iqbal R, Yusuf R, Catherina Swart E, Bo H, Han G, Li X, Alhabib KF, Rosengren A, Avezum A, Lanas F, Yusuf S Evidence on milk consumption and production linkages from rural Bihar, India
Ravindran R, Swaminathan S, Webb P, Kurpad AV, Thomas T Predictors of anemia in mothers and children in Uttar Pradesh, India
Larson LM, Thomas T, Kurpad AV, Martorell R, Hoddinott J, Adebiyi V, Swaminathan S, Neufeld LM Assessing association of household diet diversity with mother's time-use on productive and reproductive activities - A case for gender sensitive social safety nets
Chaturvedi S, Swaminathan S, Makkar S, John AT, Thomas T The evidence base of supplementary feeding programmes and SBCC interventions on nutritional and behavioural outcomes globally: a scoping review protocol
Gupta N, Zode M, Nair SC, Sharieff S, Padi S, J P, Kandpal V, Swaminathan S, Kuriyan R, Jerath SG, Kulkarni B, Lyngdoh T; NECCTAR Trial Collaborating Group Addressing nutritional needs across ages and Ready-to-eat foods
The one-day Stakeholder Consultation on Addressing Child Malnutrition (Severe Acute Malnutrition - Moderate Acute Malnutrition) was a consultation meeting held by the State Planning Commission, Govern…
Nutrition Research Course to Translate and Utilize Research Findings into Practice – 'NURTURE
Nutritional assessment and anthropometry
Proposal writing
Course held for Postgraduate students of Medical, Dental and Nursing Colleges and was organized by Sree Mookambika Centre for Research and Innovation. The essentials of good proposal writing was taugh…
Consultation on “Strengthening Poshan Abhiyan and Addressing Child Undernutrition in India - Challenges and Opportunities” held by MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
The purpose of the consultation was to share the experiences of the NGOs in addressing Early Childhood undernutrition and from these experiences, discuss ways of strengthening our national programme, …