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Dr. Yadlapalli S. Kusuma
Dr. Y.S. Kusuma is a faculty member at the Centre for Community Medicine of AIIMS since 2005. Previous to it she was in Andhra University and Utkal University as doctoral and post-doctoral fellows, respectively. Her research interests are cultural epidemiology of hypertension across cross-cultural populations, in addition to social and behavioural health research.
Specialization: Medical Anthropology, Social and behavioural aspects of health and healthcare Education: Post-Graduate and Doctoral degrees in Anthropology from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1992 and 1999, respectively. Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics from Andhra University in 1995.
Research projects undertaken: 1. Epidemiology of blood pressure across a few cross-cultural populations of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh (funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi). 2. Blood pressure and its correlates among urban communities of Bhubaneswar city (funded by CSIR, New Delhi). 3. Blood Pressure epidemiology in tribal, rural and urban slum and urban rich communities of Orissa with special reference to physical and social parameters (funded by CSIR, New Delhi). Research publications: 1. Y.S. Kusuma, B.V. Babu and J.M. Naidu, 2004 - Prevalence of hypertension among a few cross-cultural populations of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ethnicity and Disease, 14 (2): 250-259. 2. M. Banerji, Y.S. Kusuma and P.K. Das, 2003 - Prevalence of hypertension among an urban population of Bhubaneswar city, Orissa, India. Journal of Human Ecology, 14 (5): 377-381. 3. Y.S. Kusuma, B.V. Babu and J.M. Naidu, 2002 – Blood pressure levels among a few cross-cultural populations of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Annals of Human Biology, 29 (5): 502-512. 4. Y.S.Kusuma, B.V. Babu and J.M.Naidu, 2002 – Finger ridge count correlations among four tribes of Andhra Pradesh, India. Collegium Antropologicum, 26 (1): 319-323. 5. B.V. Babu and Y.S. Kusuma, 2002 - Demographic structure and its implications among two breeding isolates of Mali tribe from Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Anthropology, 17 (1): 7-16. 6. B.V. Babu, B.L. Krishna Leela and Y.S. Kusuma, 2002 – Sickle cell disease among tribes of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa States, India. Anthropologischer Anzieger (Germany), 60 (2): 169-174. 7. Y.S. Kusuma, B.V. Babu and J.M. Naidu, 2001 – Group- and sex- specific effects of age, body composition and pulse rate on blood pressure variability in some cross-cultural populations of Visakhapatnam district, South India. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk, 8 (6): 337-347. 8. Y.S.Kusuma, B.V. Babu and J.M.Naidu, 2001 - Asymmetry of finger ridge counts among four tribal populations of Andhra Pradesh, India. Homo (Germany), 52 (2): 110-116. 9. B.V. Babu, Y.S. Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 2000 - Anthroposcopic variation among sub tribes of Mali from Andhra Pradesh. The Anthropologist, 2 (3): 143-146. 10. B.V. Babu and Y.S. Kusuma, 2000 - Association study of acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1) polymorphism and body mass variability in a lean Indian tribal population. Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 37: 404-408. 11. B.V. Babu, Y.S. Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 2000 – Ethnography of Jatapu tribe of Andhra Pradesh. Man and Life, 26 (3 & 4): 181-192. 12. A. Dash. Y.S. Kusuma and P.K. Das, 2000 – An epidemiological study of blood pressure in a tribal community – The case of Paraja of Damanjodi, Koraput. Man in society, 13 : 58-72 13. W.S. Watkins, M. Bamshad, …, Y.S. Kusuma et al., 1999 – Multiple origins of the mtDNA 9-bp deletion in populations of South India. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 109 (2): 147-158. 14. B.V. Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1999 - Jatapu tribe of Andhra Pradesh: an ethnographic profile. In: Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies (Vol. 4; Social Realities). D.K. Behera and G. Pfeffer (eds.), Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp. 216-224. 15. B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1998 - Influence of age, sex, body mass index and subcutaneous fat on blood pressure in a tribal population. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 42 (4): 543-547. 16. B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1997 - Asymmetry and correlation of palmar ridge counts. Journal of Human Ecology, 8 (6): 499-501. 17. B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1996 - Distribution of blood pressure and influence of subcutaneous fat on systolic and diastolic levels in a tribal population. Journal of Indian Medical Association (JIMA), 94 (8): 289-293. 18. B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1996 - Genetic diversity of PTC taste sensitivity among tribal and caste populations of Andhra populations. Zeitschift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie (Germany), 81 (2): 217-221. 19. Y.S.Kusuma, B.V.Babu and J.M.Naidu, 1995 - Marriage distance among Jatapu of Andhra Pradesh. Bionature, 15 (1): 7-9. 20. B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1995 - Opportunity for natural selection among four Andhra caste populations. Journal of Human Ecology, 6 (1): 63-64. 21. J.M.Naidu, B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma, Yasmin and S.Sachi Devi, 1995 - Inbreeding effects on reproductive outcome among seven tribes of Andhra Pradesh. American Journal of Human Biology, 7 (5): 589-596. 22. Y.S.Kusuma, B.V.Babu and J.M.Naidu, 1994 - C-line polymorphism and its association with some dermatoglyphic traits. Journal of Human Ecology, 5 (2): 139-142. 23. Y.S.Kusuma, B.V.Babu, K.A.Naidu and J.M.Naidu, 1994 - Palmar patterns among Andhra tribes. Man in India, 74 (3): 297-301. 24. B.V.Babu, Y.S.Kusuma and J.M.Naidu, 1994 - Genetic load among four Andhra caste populations. Social Biology (USA), 41 (1-2): 127-129. Memberships in Professional bodies: 1. Life Member, Indian Society for Human Genetics 2. Life member, International Association for Human Biologists 3. Life Member, S.C. Roy Institute of Anthropological Studies 4. Member, Indian Society for Medical Statistics 5. Member, Nutritional Society of India 6. Member, Anthropological Association of Orissa
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