Name: Akash Gajanan Prabhune
Birthplace: Agartala, Tripura, India
Educational Qualifications: Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, India (2008-2013)
Masters of Sciences in Clinical Research from Academy for Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
PhD fellow Population Health Informatics from DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (2020-2023)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Management Research, Bangalore (IIHMR-B)
Languages you speak/write: English
Where are you working currently?
Assistant Professor at Institute of Health Management Research, Bangalore (IIHMR-B), India
What are your areas of interest within your profession?
Health Informatics, Health IT, Decision Science, Consumer Health Informatics, Digital Health
Things that you are passionate about concerning the clinical/research/current aspects of your profession:
Digtial Health institutionalization and sustainability
What made you choose teaching or mentoring as a profession?
The increasing need for capacity building in digital health
According to your experience, what is more important: getting good scores or acquiring knowledge?
Acquiring knowledge
Any 3 topics/subjects that you like the most:
Geopolitics, Drug Development, Digital Epidemiology
Any 3 topics/subjects that you dislike/ detest the most:
Geometry
What are your fields of interest in Research/clinical practice?
Digital Epidemiology, Consumer Health Informatics
What are your career goals or expectations?
Probably institutionalization of digital health in common medical practice
What would you be doing if not for the current profession?
Running my dental practice
What do you like to do in your leisure time?
Listen to Podcasts
What change would you like to bring about in the Education sector?
Focus more on application than learning
What is your mantra for success?
Persistence
Kindly mention your publication(s), if any:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JWO4Nq0AAAAJ&hl=en
And finally, what message would you like to give to today's youth?
Today's youth need to learn patience. Good things always take time, be it in personal or professional life. Instant gratification and solutions seldom help.
(MedTeacher/AP)