CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr Lena Ashok is? a Professor, MSW Program, Prasanna School of Public Health, 365体育投注 Academy of Higher Education, 365体育投注.? She has more than 16 years experince in academia. She has been awarded PhD from 365体育投注 Academy of Higher Education, 365体育投注 on the topic “ Effectiveness of health education on knowledge and attitude of adolescent girls towards reproductive health” in the year 2006. She has a vast experience working for projects in collaboration with corporate, Government ?& NGO's.?

She? has field experience for over 20 years focusing on maternal, child adolescent health. She has been involved in PG teaching and guiding research scholars for their doctoral programs and a member of Doctoral advisory Committee.? She is coordianotor for PhD programme, PSPH

She has been a resource person for various workshops on counselling and life skill education to adolescents and Training of Teachers. She has been part of coordinating and implementing community health programmes, developing modules, building partnerships with various stakeholders and liaising at district and state level. She was member BOS for Bachelor's Programmes & PG programmes. She is involved in the curriculum development of the MSW Programme in various universities.?She has been PI and Co-PI in various projects funded by Indian Council of Medical 365体育投注 (ICMR) and the Indian Council of Social Science 365体育投注 (ICSSR). She has more than 35 publications in reputed national and international journals. She has served as?PhD Coordinator at PSPH, MAHE, 365体育投注.?

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Human Growth and Development	Year 1 - Block 1
Social Case Work	Year 1 - Block 3
Medical Social Work	Year 1 - Block 4
Global Health, Policies and Innovation	Year-1 Block 5
Social Work 365体育投注 and Social Statistics	Year 2 - Block 7
Field Work Practicum/ Block Social Work Practicum & Internship	Year 1 & 2

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
Msters in Social Work	Medical and psychiatric social work	Mangalore University	1987
PhD	Medical and Psychiatric Social Work	MAHE, 365体育投注 Academy of Higher Education, 365体育投注	2006

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
Prasanna School of Public Health	Professor		2023- Present
Prasanna School of Public Health	Associate Professor		2015-2023
Dept of Public Health, MAHE	Assistant Professor		2008-2015
Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, 365体育投注		Medical Social Work	20 Years