Biography:
Dr. Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil holds an MBBS (1993), MD in Community Medicine (1998) from Bangalore University, and a Ph.D. in Community Medicine with a focus on Infectious Diseases (2017) from the University of Kerala, India. She served as faculty at the Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kannur, Kerala, before joining Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE, in 2009, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate programs including MPH and MDS. Her research interests span determinants of health, non-communicable and infectious diseases, and environmental influences on health. She has 170 publications, over 100 conference presentations, and has received 29 research and scholarly awards, nine international scholarships, and seven travel grants. Notable honors include the Sri Kallu Ram Memorial Young Scientist Award (2005) and the Sri R N Roy Award for Best Paper in the Indian Journal of Public Health (2003). She has secured research grants from Harvard University, the Emirates Foundation, and UAE Tobacco Collaborative Research, among others. She also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Arizona, USA.
