Staff Profile

Educational Qualification

MBBS, MD(ComMed), DNB, PGDBE.

Personal Statement

Dr. Newtonraj A is a Public Health specialist graduated from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Government of India. He was awarded with Silver Medal in Community Medicine and Bronze in Research. He had published more than 50 research articles in various journals including the Lancet and BMC. His main areas of interest are in TB epidemiology, public health, TB mortality and incidence reduction and health system strengthening.

Research Focus

• Tuberculosis Mortality

• Tuberculosis Post TB Lung Disease

• Tuberculosis implementation research

• Tuberculosis Health system strengthening research

• Tuberculosis epidemiology and biostatistics

Ongoing projects as Principal investigator

1. Prevalence, pattern and progression of Post TB Lung Disease in India: A prospective single arm study.
2. Impact of the m-Health counselling support on adherence and treatment outcome among newly diagnosed DSTB patients under programmatic setting in India: An implementation research study

Significant Publications

1. Newtonraj A, Selvaraj K, Purty AJ, Nanda SK, Arokiaraj MC, Vincent A, Manikandan M. Feasibility and outcome of community-based screening for cardiovascular disease risk factors in a remote rural area of South India: The Chunampet rural–Cardiovascular health assessment and management program. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2019 Nov 1;23(6):628.
2. Newtonraj A, Vincent A, Selvaraj K, Manikandan M. Status of coverage of MR vaccination, after supplementary immunization activities in a rural area of South India: a rapid immunization coverage survey. Rural and remote health. 2019 Sep;19(3):5261-.
3. Newtonraj A, Kaur M, Gupta M, Kumar R. Level, causes, and risk factors of stillbirth: a population-based case control study from Chandigarh, India. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2017 Dec;17(1):371.
4. Lalitendu Mohanty, Madhav Prabhu, Amit Kumar Mishra, Anil J Purty, Reba Kanungo, Goutam Ghosh, R Prahan Kumar, A. Newton Raj, Sumit Bhushan, Manoj Kumar Jangir, Anu Gupta, Anju Bhakri, Safety and immunogenicity of a single dose, live-attenuated ‘tetravalent dengue vaccine’ in healthy Indian adults; a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled phase I/II trial,Vaccine: X,Volume 10,2022,100142,ISSN 2590-1362
5. Newtonraj A, Venables E, Selvaraj K, Kundu D, Purty AJ, Manikandan M, Shewade HD. Xpert negative means no TB: A mixed-methods study into early implementation of Xpert in Puducherry, India. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2019 Apr 1;8(4):1379.

Awards and Honours

1. Silver Medal in Community Medicine – PGIMER Chandigarh, awarded by Shri.J.P. Nadda, The Union Health Minister (2019), Govt of India.

2. Bronze Medal for Research Work - across all specialties, in PGIMER Chandigarh, awarded by Shri.J.P. Nadda, The Union Health Minister (2019), Govt of India.

3. Best Achiever Award in NAPCON 2024 – for best Oral Paper Presentation held on 21-24th November 2024 at PSGIMSR, Coimbatore

Research Profiles