Dr Kanica Kaushal, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology actively worked with various states in India this year to implement the integration of NAFLD guidelines into National Programme for prevention and control of NCDs(NP NCD)including Jharkhand and Meghalaya. She represented ILBS at various international forums including AASLD, EASL and APASL annual conferences this year and won three different international travel support awards from ICMR, DST and Liver Care Foundation. Her research interest lies in use of digital health to make liver health screening more accessible and affordable for general public. She is the course director of the national workshop on 'Grant writing and implementation of research grants' being held annually at ILBS.

Name of the conferences/course/training/workshop where you have delivered lecture/presented paper:

• Presented oral research paper at32nd Conference of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)at the Taipei International Convention Center, Taiwan,February 15 – 19, 2023. International Travel Award winner from the Liver Care Foundation
• Course Directorfor second online course on research grant writing and implementing a grant project, 21 - 23 August, 2023, ILBS, New Delhi
• Expert Speaker at Hypertension Care and Control Workshop on the NP-NCD organised by SPH, AIIMS, Jodhpur with support from GHAI and NIHFW on August 3rd, 2023 at NIHFW, New Delhi
• Attended the first European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Steatotic Liver Disease Summit 2023, Prague, 21-23 September, 2023
• Presented research poster at the American Association for the Study Of Liver Diseases (AASLD) The Liver Meeting® 2023 in Boston, MA, USA.

International travel support award from ICMR and SERB DST Total Number of Projects in which the faculty member is PI/ Co PI in 2023: 4

• Total Number of publications (till date): 61
• Total Number of publications in 2023: 9