awards and fellowships

“Every Footstep Counts" 20th AIDS conference Award, Australia, to Mr. Karl Krupp

1. International Leadership Award for Dr. Purnima Madhivanan from Elizabeth Glaser

Paediatrics AIDS Foundation in 2007

2. Fordham University Ethics Center HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute

Fellowship for Dr. Purnima Madhivanan in 2011-2013

3. Faculty Award for Excellence in Research & Creative Activities, Florida International

University, 2018 to Dr. Purnima Madhivanan

4. Video titled ‘Stop cervical cancer before it starts!’ selected for an honorable mention at global

health video competition run by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting at 10th  Annual

Consortium of Universities for Global Health's (CUGH) conference at Chicago, USA between

March 8-10, 2019. Ms. Poornima Jayakrishna represented the organization to collect the

award.

5. Karnataka Health Care Award by Youth Efforts for Society 9 (YES) for Best Innovation and

Research in Health are on 16/10/19, Bangalore to Dr. Vijaya Srinivas

6. In September 2021, our team attended the virtual meeting of the Healthy Longevity Global

Innovator summit by National Academy of Medicine supported by Johnson and Johnson

and the John A Hartford Foundation, in which our team of investigators were honoured as

the Catalyst Awardees of 2020 for our study.

7. “2021 Maria Teresa Velez Outstanding Mentoring Award” by University of Arizona, USA on

10 th April 2021 to Dr. Purnima Madhivanan.

8. Karnataka Excellence Award by Virtual Council for Professional Education Mission(VCPEM)

trust for Best Innovation and Research in Healthcare, 6 th November 2021, Mrs. Poornima

Jayakrishna.

9. Research Publication award by the government of Karnataka’s Vision Group on Science and

Technology to Dr. Purnima Madhivanan for the year 2021.

10. Health Gamechanger Award 2022 by NAACP, Tuscon, USA to Dr. Purnima Madhivanan.

11. Dr. Purnima Madhivanan was Honorable mention and one of four finalists for the

Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award, University of Arizona Postdoctoral Affairs,

2022.

12. Dr. Purnima Madhivanan was as one of the finalist in the category ‘Exemplary leadership in

Rural Medicine and Healthcare and Smt. Gayatri Jaipuria women’s Medical and Healthcare

excellence’ and was awarded special mention from Sitaram Jaipuria Foundation, 2023.

13. Mrs. Poornima Jayakrishna represented India as World Health Organisation(WHO)

committee Temporary Advisor for HPV TPP work group, 7th-9th November 2023, Costa

Rica.

Scholarships & Travel Grants

  1. 36th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVC 2024) in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK from November 12th-15th, 2024. Dr. Ragavi Karnam, PHRII Research Physician won Conference Full Scholarship.

  2. 36th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVC 2024) in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK from November 12th-15th, 2024. Dr. Kiranmayee Muralidhar, PHRII Research Physician got Travel Scholarship from Foundation.

  3. APACC 2023, HIV Cascade of Care: Closing the Gap and Asian Stigma & Discrimination Forum, June 2023; Singapore. Ms. Anisa Khan, PHRII Research Associate won Conference Full Scholarship.

  4. Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference, April 2023, Washington DC, USA. Dr. Kiranmayee Muralidhar, PHRII Research Physician won Conference Scholarship awarded by GID Scholarship, Fogarty International Center, NIH. 

  5. International Papillomavirus Conference in Washington DC, USA, April 2023. Mrs. Poornima Jayakrishna, PHRII Chief Administrative officer was awarded partial scholarship from conference committee.

  6.  American College of Epidemiology Annual Scientific Meeting, September 2022, Scottsdale, AZ, USA awarded by GID Scholarship, Fogarty International Center, NIH. Dr. Kiranmayee Muralidhar, PHRII Research Physician won Conference Scholarship.

  7. Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2022 virtual Conference, March 28– April 01, 2022 Virtual, United States of America. Registration waive off to Ms. Poornima Jayakrishna

  8. Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2022 virtual Conference, March 28– April 01, 2022 Virtual , United States of America. Registration waive off to Dr. Kiranmayee Muralidhar

  9. 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual), 6-10 July 2020. Partial Scholarship to Ms.Poornima Jayakrishna

  10. 10th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference 2019, Chicago, USA. 8-10th March 2019. Partial Scholarship from the conference committee and Travel grants from Foundation to Ms.Poornima Jayakrishna

  11. Asia-Oceania Research Organization in Genital Infection and Neoplasia (AOGIN), Singapore. 12-14th of August 2016. Full grants from Foundation to Dr.Vijaya Srinivas, PHRII Senior Research Physician

  12. 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 12-14th March, 2016. Partial Scholarship to Ms.Poornima Jayakrishna

  13. 37th National Conference of IASSTD & AIDS, ASTICON -2013, India, September 27th to 29th 2013. Partial Scholarship to Dr.Purnima Madhivanan, PHRII Co-Founder

  14. 20th Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, 9-13 July 2013, Vienna, Austria. Full Scholarship to Dr.Vijaya Srinivas

  15. 4th National Conference of AIDS Society of India, Lucknow, December  16 - 18th 2011. Partial Scholarship to Dr.Bhavana Niranjan, PHRII Research Physican

  16. 3rd National Conference of AIDS Society of India, Hyderabad, October 29-31st 2010.Full Scholarship to Ms.Keerthi, PHRII Lab Research Assistant

  17. 4th Biennial Meeting of the Asia Oceania research organization on Genital Infection and Neoplasia, New Delhi, March 26-28th 2010 to Dr.Purnima Madhivanan

  18. 17th ISSTDR Meeting, Seattle, July 28th- Aug 2nd 2007 to Dr.Purnima Madhivanan

  19. 4th International AIDS Society Meeting, Sydney, July 22-26th 2007 to Dr.Purnima Madhivanan

Prizes Won in Conferences:

  1. First prize for the Poster presentation at 4th National Conference of AIDS Society of India, Lucknow, December 16 – 18th  2011 to Dr.Bhavana Niranjan

  2. Bronze medal for Oral presentation at ISSTDR-IUSTI World Conference at Vienna, July 14th - 17th 2013 to Mr.Karl Krupp

  3. Third prize for the Poster presentation at ASTICON 2013, 37th National Conference of   IASSTD & AIDS at Dept. of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy, JSS Hospital, M.G. Road, Mysore, Karnataka, India, 27th to 29th September 2013 to Ms. Kavitha

  4. Winner of the ‘Every Footstep Counts’ competition at the 20th World AIDS Conference 2014  in Melbourne, Australia for the best short film on PMTCT project. Mr. Karl Krupp represented the organization to collect the award.

  5. Winner of the ‘Every Footstep Counts’ competition at the 21st  World AIDS Conference 2016 in Durban, South Africa for the best short film on PMTCT project. Ms. Poornima Jayakrishna represented the organization to collect the award.

  6. Cash award for the Oral presentation at AIGON 2016, Singapore 12th to 14th August 2016 to Dr. Vijaya Srinivas

  7. Dr. Smitha and Ms. Sasha, PHRII GHES fellows won award for Best Oral presentation at 3rd Global Public Health Conference 2020, 13-14th February 2020, Bangalore. Ms. Sasha was also awarded Best Student presenter at the conference.

  8. Mr. Daulat S, PHRII Intern won Public Health Education and Health Promotion award for Oral presentation on Evaluation of Educational Material for Low Literacy Population at the American Public Health Association Conference in Boston, USA on 4 November 2022.

  9. Dr. Raghavi Karnam, PHRII Research Physician won second prize for Oral presentation at 12th National Conference of AOGIN India 2023; September, 2023, Rishikesh, India.