Smt. G. Vijayalakshmi B.Sc.Nursing (Post Basic), doing Ph.D (Yoga) is a technical professional (Staff Nurse) with 27+ years of experience in Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention (MMDP) clinic for Filarial lymphodema patients. She is working in Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Chemotherapy (CEC), handling various collaborative projects with JIPMER, Siddha Reginol Research centre, Indira Gandhi Govt. General Hospital, Puducherry and Anna university Chennai in filariasis.
Office: Indian Council Of Medical Research,Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Chemotherapy (CEC), Vector Control Research Centre, Indiranagar, Puducherry-6
Research Interests:
Assessment of Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention (MMDP) for the filarial lymphodema patients in community level
Application of yoga as a complementary therapy for filarial lymphodma
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) study in Lymphatic filariasis
Application of self administered questionnaire for the assessment of Disability among Filarial lymphodema
Assessment of stigma induced stress level in filarial lymphodema patients