BELL RAJ EAPEN
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Key Skills:

  • Thorough understanding of clinical trial protocols.

  • Bioinformatics skills: Biological databases, Sequence analysis, commonly used bioinformatics software and basic knowledge of docking and protein modeling.

  • IT skills: Operating systems like Windows & Linux, Programming languages like VB and Java, Web technologies like PHP/MySQL, ASP, Perl, and Basic database management skills including Oracle 8i.

  • Clinical skills.

Personal Profile:

Educational Qualifications:

  • MBBS Saint John's Medical College, Bangalore. (Bangalore University). INDIA,
    Internship Completed on 07/06/96

  • MD (Dermatology and Venereology), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. (Manipal Academy of Higher Education). INDIA, July 2000

  • DNB (Dermatology and Venereology) National Board Of Examinations, INDIA, Nov 2000

  • Dip. Derm. Royal College of Physicians And Surgeons of Glasgow, UK, Oct 2005

  • MSc (Bioinformatics) Sikkim Manipal University, INDIA, Feb 2005

  • PGDBI (Post Graduate Diploma In Bioinformatics) Bioinformatics Institute Of India, 2003

  • Diploma in Drug Designing & Patenting, Bioinformatics Institute Of India, Jan 2004

  • PGDBM (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management) Rajiv Gandhi Education Foundation, Dec 2005

Teaching Experience:

  • I have worked as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology in a Harvard Medical International associated medical school in India. My duties included taking Theory classes and bed-side clinics for under-graduate and post-graduate students, Out-patient and In-patient management, organising academic conferences and guiding post-graduate research and thesis.

Career Profile:

  • Assistant Professor, Skin & STD; Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research institute (DU), INDIA (A Harvard Medical International associated institution) April 2001 to Jan 2004.

  • Dermatologist, Dubai, UAE, Jan 2004 to present.

Selected Publications

  • Eapen BR. A new insight into the pathogenesis of Reiter's syndrome using bioinformatics tools.International Journal of Dermatology March-2003. 42 (3); 242-243. [Citation]

  • Eapen BR. Structural analysis of Staphylococcal enterotoxin G (SEG) and its inactive mutant (SEGL29P) using the bioinformatics tools. Biomedicine. 2002; 22: 89-93. [Citation] 

  • Sandra A, Eapen BR, Shenoi SD. Effect of thickness of sunscreen on SPF. British Journal of Dermatology (Suppl). 2000; 143 (57); 24 [Citation]

  • Bell Raj Eapen. Bioinformatics - A Clinician's perspective. Bioinformatics - India Apr-
    jun(2003). 1 (1); 17-18.  [Abstract]

  • Bell Raj Eapen, Shrutakirthi D Shenoi, Sandra A. Patch Testing with Shoe series in
    suspected cases of footwear dermatitis. Indian J Dermatol 2001; 46(3): 146-148 [Abstract]

  • Bell Raj Eapen, T Salim, S D Shenoi. Clinical Presentation and treatment outcome in
    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. (Vol 47 No 3 July - September 2002, Indian Journal of
    Dermatology    ).  [Abstract]

  • Eapen BR. Data sharing using internet: A suggestion – Letter to Ed. Indian J Dermatol
    Venerol Leprol.     2003;69:194.     [Full Text]

  • Eapen BR. Vit1 gene in Vitiligo - Letter to Ed. Indian J Dermatol Venerol Leprol. 2004;70:184. [Full Text]

  • Eapen BR. Neural network algorithm to predict the severity of Epidermolysis Bullosa
    Simplex. Indian J Dermatol Venerol Leprol. 2005;71:106-8. [Full Text]

  • Bell Raj Eapen, Murali Srinivasan, Geetanjali Bhas. Antibiotic sensitivity profile of
    common bacterial pathogens in Dubai – A study of 107 cases. MEJFM 2005; 3(4): 28 -
    32. [Full Text]

  • Eapen BR. EndNote 7.0. Indian J Dermatol Venerol Leprol. 2006;72(2):165-6. [Full Text]

Current Research Interests:

Conducts online research using an application conceptualized, designed and maintained by me.
My present projects include

Memberships:

  • Associate Editor of International Journal of Trichology

  • Member of the reviewer panel of Indian Journal of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists.

  • Editorial board member of the journal 'Bioinformatics and Biology Insights'.

  • Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences. (MNAMS India)

  • Fellow of Academy of General Education. (FAGE India)
     

Awards:

  • State award for best research paper in the State conference of Dermatologists in Manipal in the year 2000 (Karnataka-Tamil Nadu branch).

Conferences Attended:

  • Attended and presented papers in various national and state level conferences.

  • I have successfully completed the NIH Clinical Research Training course and fulfilled the Training and Education Standard issued by the NIH for conducting clinical research within the intramural research program.

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IT Skills:

  • Operating System: Win 2000/XP, Linux.

  • Database: Oracle (basic knowledge only)

  • Languages: Visual Basic, Prolog, Java.

  • Web: php + MySQL, ASP, Java Servlets, PERL, HTML, JavaScript

Selected IT Projects:

  • Online appointment management system and doctors directory (PHP / MySQL). An application for doctors to manage appointments online and to save their profile for patients to search. ( http://www.gulfdoctor.net/gd )

  • Online clinical trial management system. (ASP with Access DB). An application for doctors to enter clinical trial data and for drug companies to monitor progress. ( http://asp.gulfdoctor.net/clinfog/login.htm )

Referees:

  • Available on request.
     

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