Sanil Joseph
Aravind Eye Care System, India
Biography
Sanil Joseph holds an MSc. in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a Master’s in Hospital Administration (MHA) from Mahatma
Gandhi University, India. For the last 13 years, he has been working as a Senior Faculty and Health Management Consultant at the Lions Aravind Institute of Community
Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India. His primary role in the organization is to anchor health services and epidemiological research, and he has
published many scientific papers in reputed international peer reviewed journals. In 2012, he was awarded a Masters Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust UK as a part of
which he successfully completed a Masters in Public Health with specialization is Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. His current
areas of research include refractive errors, use of telemedicine in screening of diabetic retinopathy and primary eye care.
Abstract
Abstract : Prevalence and risk factors for myopia and hyperopia in an adult population in southern India