Strengths of Department:

• The Dept. is active in the development of education methods for students.

• Involved in under-graduate and post-graduate teaching program.

• Research projects are undertaken in both Clinical & Experimental Epidemiology.

• The department has well equipped public health laboratory.

• Anti rabies vaccination which is carried out in ARV OPD No.24 under department of Preventive & Social Medicine.

• There are two health care centers under the Preventive & Social Medicine department. One center focuses on Urban community at Urban Health Center, Bandra, Mumbai and others activities are geared towards Rural Community at Rural Health and Training Centre, Palghar, Dist. Thane.  

• The department of Preventive & Social Medicine and its faculty has been involved in organizing, conducting and participating in various workshops & conferences in the field of Public Health and Applied Epidemiology.

• The undergraduate results of dept. are around 95% with over 25 distinctions. The students have won prizes in quiz competitions.

Faculty:

 Professor & Head

Dr. S.V.Akarte·       

Professor & Incharge of Urban Health center, Bandra

Dr. D.M.Meshram·

Professor and Incharge, Rural Health and Training Centre, Palghar:

Dr. M. D. Khobragade

Associate Professor              

1. Dr. A.S. Daga

2. Dr. M.K. Kakeri

3. Dr. P.B. Sawant

4. Dr. Usha Ranganathan

Lecturer                

1. Dr. Ranjit Mankeshwar

2. Dr. Shilpa Dontoolwar

3. Dr. Lalit Sankhe

4. Dr. Mangesh Nanaware

Student & Staff facilities:

• Lecture Hall with seating capacity of 100 students

• Meeting/Seminar Room

• Mini-lecture Halls

• Public Health Laboratory

• Clinical Epidemiology Unit

• Health Museum

Services Provided:

• Immunization against Rabies

• Drop in center: Care, support, Counselling, Training, Advocacy, Empowerment of PLHAs

• Active involvement in Epidemic control measures.

• Disaster management

• Rural Health & Training center, Palghar: Pioneer RHTC, established in year 1956. It is located around 120 Kms. from Mumbai on Western Railway. Primary & secondary health care services for community & training for interns, nursing students from various institutes in Mumbai. It has a 16 bedded Maternity hospital and 4 functional sub-centers.

• Urban health Center, Bandra: Preventive & Curative Health services for community & under graduate teaching. It has a 50 bedded hospital and lecturers in various clinical faculties.

• Under-graduate & Post-graduate teaching in the subject of Preventive & Social Medicine at Grant Medical College, Mumbai.

• Teaching for the II year students of GNM & B.Sc. Nursing courses involving community Medicine.

• Functioning of Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC), which reviews the research protocols of the studies involving humans conducted at Grant Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of hospitals and its associated hospitals (St. George Hospital, Cama & Albless hospital and G.T. Hospital).

Equipments available:

Majority of the equipments which are required for the teaching and research are available with the department. Functioning and necessary equipment required for running a basic public health laboratory is available.

Courses offered with intake capacity:

• II & III M.B.B.S. Preventive & Social Medicine          200 per year

• M.D. Preventive & Social Medicine                         2 per year

• D.P.H.  Preventive & Social Medicine                      4 per year

Academic activities, Publications & Presentations:

• Under-graduate & Post-graduate teaching in Preventive & Social Medicine.

• Journal Club, Book Reviews & Case presentations

• Post-graduate Seminars

• Presentation of study protocol/synopsis/study findings

• Many research articles based on the work conducted in the department (individual and collaboration with other clinical & non-clinical department of the institute) have been published by the faculty in reputed scientific journals.

Training Programs:

Workshop on “ Deciphering and Applying Research Evidence” for teaching faculty and Post graduate students in November 2005

• Workshop on “Research Methodology” for teaching faculty and postgraduate students organized in 2005.

• Workshop on “Immunization Strengthening” for teaching faculty and post graduate students organized in 2004.

• Active contribution of faculty & Post graduate students for the WHO NPSP in Monitoring the Pulse Polio Programme & evaluation of the Programme.

• Training of interns, Class IV workers, Nurses, Post graduate Students in the field of HIV/AIDS by conducting workshop.

•  Internship Orientation Program.