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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Amutha Ramadas is a Senior Lecturer with the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. She is a nutritionist with a Master's degree in Clinical Nutrition (UPM) and a doctorate from Monash University. She has also completed the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education to strengthen her skills as an educator. Recently she completed a second Master's degree in Applied Statistics (University of Malaya).
Her fields of research interest include clinical and community nutrition, health education, health promotion, and biostatistics, given her academic and professional training in these areas. She is particularly interested in nutrition for preventing and managing metabolic diseases. Her research targets the identification of nutrition and lifestyle behavioural risks for metabolic diseases and modification of these behaviours to reduce the risk for chronic conditions. Specifically, she has been working on research involving individuals with or at risk for metabolic disorders, primarily type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome.
She has since published and presented her scientific findings in various indexed journals. She is also an independent reviewer for several international journals. She is currently serving as a Council member of the 19th Nutrition Society of Malaysia Council (2022-2024) and played a vital role in the Technical Working Committee of the Malaysian Dietary Guidelines for Vegetarians under the auspicious of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. She is a member of the Malaysian Society of Body Composition and a life member of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia.
Research interests
- Nutrition (clinical & community)
- Prevention and management of metabolic diseases
- Health education
- Health promotion
- Health behaviour change
- Biostatistics
Monash teaching commitment
Bachelor of Medical Science & Doctor of Medicine
Year 1: Population health, Problem-based Learning
Year 2: Evidence-based Medicine, Health Promotion, Student project case
Year 5: Scholarly intensive placement
Young Scholar Program supervision
Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons)
Research Methodology & Systematic Review, Basic & Intermediate Statistics
Graduate Research (Ph.D.)
MDP modules: Basic, Intermediate, and Advance Statistics for Biomedical Science
Consulting
Dr Amutha provides statistical consultation to academics and graduate research students of Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She can be consulted on medical study designs, sample size calculations, basic & multivariate statistical analysis using SPSS, and systematic reviews & meta-analysis using RevMan.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Nutrition
- Dietary interventions
- Dietary pattern
- Behaviour Change
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Obesity
- Metabolic syndrome
Network
Projects
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Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Community Intervention Program to Improve Lifestyle Behaviour ina Malaysian Population
Kia Fatt, Q., Ramadas, A., Chan, C., Zain, D. A. Z. M. & Kadir, K.
1/04/15 → 30/09/17
Project: Research
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Nutrition and lifestyle behaviours in cardiometabolic syndrome: development of a community-specific peer-support programme.
Ramadas, A., Kadir, K., Kia Fatt, Q. & Riad Botros, A.
16/12/13 → 16/12/15
Project: Research
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Diet quality and measures of sarcopenia in developing economies: A systematic review
Ramadas, A., Law, H. H., Krishnamoorthy, R., Ku, J. W. S., Mohanty, P., Lim, M. Z. C. & Shyam, S., 18 Feb 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 4, 15 p., 868.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Assessment of community pharmacists’ communication and comfort levels when interacting with deaf and hard of hearing patients
Chong, E. Y., Jacob, S. A., Ramadas, A., Goh, P. H. & Palanisamy, U. D., 12 May 2021, In: Pharmacy Practice. 19, 2, 10 p., 2274.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Diet quality of Malaysians across lifespan: A scoping review of evidence in a multi-ethnic population
Ramadas, A., Tham, S. M., Lalani, S. A. & Shyam, S., 20 Apr 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 4, 14 p., 1380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Gestational diabetes mellitus in southeast Asia: A scoping review
Kunasegaran, T., Balasubramaniam, V. R. M. T., Arasoo, V. J. T., Palanisamy, U. D. & Ramadas, A., Feb 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 3, 21 p., 1272.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus) -
Exploring the role of gut bacteria in health and disease in preterm neonates
Lee, J. K. F., Tan, L. T. H., Ramadas, A., Mutalib, N. S. A. & Lee, L. H., Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 19, 18 p., 6963.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus)
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4th Global Public Health Conference (GlobeHeal 2021)
Amutha Ramadas (Member of programme committee)
25 Feb 2021 → 26 Feb 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (Journal)
Amutha Ramadas (Associate editor)
18 Feb 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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BMC Public Health (Journal)
Amutha Ramadas (Associate editor)
17 Sep 2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press / Media
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Metabolic syndrome: Solace and solution through peer-support lifestyle intervention
8/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature