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Dr. Jose Jom Thomas
Dr. Jose Jom Thomas

Dr. Jose Jom Thomas

Consultant - Community Medicine

Community Medicine

About

Dr. Jose Jom Thomas is a public health intervention specialist, community physician and researcher with an MBBS and MD in Community Medicine. He served as a Medical Consultant for World Health Organization. He is focused on outcome oriented public health interventions and committed to advance community health through evidence-based research and policy making. His areas of expertise include disease control, epidemiology, disaster management, tribal health, health-program management, research and health education.

Professional Qualification

MBBS, MD Community Medicine

Professional Experience
  • Medical Consultant, World Health Organization (WHO) -NTEP Technical Support Network, Karnataka State. (2022- 2025)
  • Consultant Research Officer, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (2021)
Areas of Expertise:

Health Program Management, Public Health Interventions, Resource Mobilization, Tuberculosis, Tribal Health, Disaster Management, Epidemiology, Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Implementation Research, Clinical Trials, Health Education.

Awards:
  • Best paper presentation at IAPSM national conference 2020, Chennai, India
  • Gold medal in online course on ‘Health Research Fundamentals’ through Indian Counsil of Medical Research- National Institute of Epidemiology and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Papers presented at international conferences: 08
Workshops/CME facilitated as resource person: 44

Publications:
  • Thomas JJ, Prakash B, Kulkarni P, MR NM. Exploring the psychiatric symptoms among people residing at flood affected areas of Kodagu district, Karnataka. Clinical epidemiology and global health. 2021 Jan 1;9:245-50.
  • Thomas J, Kulkarni P, Kumar D, Prakash B, Murthy M. COVID-19 infodemic: Unveiling the root causes through public perspectives. Int J Health Allied Sci. 2020 Apr 1;9(5):31.
  • Thomas JJ, Chandana H, Kulkarni P, Prakash B, MR NM. Participatory workshop-based intervention for better preparedness and awareness about disaster management among Accredited Social Health Activists in India: A brief report. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2022 Feb;16(1):33-5.
  • Thomas JJ, Prakash B, Kulkarni P, Murthy MN. Prevalence and severity of depression among people residing in flood affected areas of Kerala. International journal of community medicine and public health. 2019 Mar;6(3):1143-6.
  • Thomas JJ, Kulkarni P, MR NM. Awareness about disaster management among accredited social health activists in field practice area of a medical college in Mysuru. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Dec;6(12):5211-4.
  • Kumar SD, Thomas JJ, Prakash B, Narayana Murthy MR, Chakrashali SB. Auditory and non-auditory health effects of noise exposure among people working near traffic junctions in Mysuru city, Karnataka. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2020 Apr;7(4):1427.
  • Kulkarni P, Thomas JJ, Dowerah J, Murthy MN, Ravikumar K. Mass drug administration programme against lymphatic filariasis-an evaluation of coverage and compliance in a northern Karnataka district, India. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2020 Mar 1;8(1):87-90.
  • Kumar DS, Thomas JJ, Mohandas A, Chandana H, George PS, Murthy MN. Prevalence of substance use and awareness about its ill effects among people residing in a rural village in Chamarajanagara district, Karnataka. Clinical epidemiology and global health. 2020 Jun 1;8(2):442-5.
  • Kulkarni P, Thomas JJ, Dowerah J, Murthy NM, Ravikumar K. Awareness and practices on malaria and its prevention in two northern districts of Karnataka-understanding the ground realities.
  • Kumar DS, Prakash B, Chandra BS, Kadkol PS, Arun V, Thomas JJ. An android smartphone-based randomized intervention improves the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes in Mysore, Karnataka, India. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2020 Sep 1;14(5):1327-32.
  • Kumar DS, Prakash B, Chandra BS, Kadkol PS, Arun V, Thomas JJ, Kulkarni P, Gopi A, Murthy MN. Technological innovations to improve health outcome in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled study. Clinical epidemiology and global health. 2021 Jan 1;9:53-6.
  • Anil S, Ghatage S, Kiran K, Davalgi S, Aithal SS, Shireen N, Anjum S, Hamsaveni G, Sethumadhavan RN, Thomas JJ, Aithal S. Reassessing Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes by Sputum Liquid Culture Testing at the End of Treatment in Karnataka, India. Cureus. 2026 Mar 30;18(3).
  • Thomas JJ, Kulkarni P, Prakash B, MR NM. Does Child Friendliness of Schools Influence Prevalence of Depressive Disorders among School Going Adolescents?–A Study in Two Southern Districts of Karnataka. International Journal of Medicine and Public Health. 2020 Oct;10(4):169-73.
  • Thomas JJ, Kulkarni P, MR NM. Quality of Life among Survivors of a Disaster in Kodagu District, India. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 2020 Mar 1;11(3):367.
  • Narendran M, Smitha MC, Thomas JJ, Kulkarni P, MR NM. Co-constructing fishbone diagram to understand the barriers to immunization in an urban community in Mysuru, Karnataka: a brief report of a qualitative study. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health. 2020 Dec 4;9(8).
  • Manohar S, Yashwanth A, Thomas JJ, kiran Donthu R, Anil D. Stress, Resilience and their Correlation among Medical Undergraduates during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional study. Global Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 2022;11(3):01-9.
  • Anil S, Ghatage S, Alwani AA, Shubha DB, Hamsaveni G, Kiran K, Aithal SS, Anjum S, Nirmala R, Arjun KV, Thomas JJ. Beyond a cure: post-treatment recurrence and death among people with isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis. IJTLD Chronic Respiratory Disease. 2026 Sep 1;1(3):150-2.
  • Rakshitha J, Krishnamurthy KV, Jose Jom Thomas PK, Bilimale AS, Narayana Murthy MR. Exploring the child-friendliness of high schools in two southern Karnataka districts: a cross sectional study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2020 Sep;7(9):3649.
  • Shabadi N, Thomas J, Sunil Kumar D, Narayana Murthy MR, Shwethashree M, Gopi A. Anaemia prevalence among school children of southern districts of Karnataka. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2019 Sep;6(9):4067-70.
  • Thomas J, Prakash B, Kulkarni P, Murthy M. Flood relief interventions in Kerala: A factsheet and critical analysis based on experiences and observations. International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences. 2019 Oct 1;8(4):290-.
  • Shabadi N, Hombaiah C, Thomas J, Mathews N, Khanum R, Shwethashree M, Murthy M. Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward COVID-19 among the college students in a southern city of Karnataka. International journal of health & allied sciences. 2020 Oct 1;9(4):343-.
  • M C Smitha, Thomas J J. Personal Trackers: A Potential Aid to Home Quarantine in India. Annals of Community Health. 2020 Oct 01; 8(3): 3-5
  • Thomas JJ, Chandana H, Prakash B, Kulkarni P, Murthy MRN. Empowering frontline health workers to manage disasters at village level: a lesson from Mysuru, Karnataka. Int J Sci Res. 2019 Sep;8(9)
  • Kulkarni P, Dowerah J, Thomas JJ, Murthy MR, Ravikumar K. Exploring effectiveness of mass drug administration program against lymphatic filariasis in Raichur district, Karnataka. Int J Health Allied Sci. 2019;8:268-272.
  • Hassan-Vasudev P, Anil D, Rao-Vadaga V, Thomas JJ. Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle behaviours among children living in urban Mysuru: a cross-sectional study. Port J Pediatr. 2024;55(2):76-82

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