Sai Manasa
MPH Epidemiology  ·  PharmD
SaiManasaAdduru

Kent State University  ·  Ohio, USA

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Good health doesn't reach every community equally. I work on closing that gap.

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PharmD + MPH
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1 Health Mission
01 / JOURNEY

India to Ohio
Every Stop Mattered

A path shaped by curiosity, clinical rigor, and a genuine desire to understand why populations get sick.

2017 – 2023
Clinical Roots
Doctor of Pharmacy
India · Kakatiya University
7 DeptsChronic DiseaseClinical Research
2023 – 2025
Academic Leap
MPH in Epidemiology
Kent State University, Ohio
R · SASArcGISCausal Inference
2025
Field Work
Epidemiology Intern
Portage County Health District
ODRSDashboardsGIS Mapping
Now
2026 –
Current Role
Associate Teacher
KSU Child Dev. Center
CurriculumDev. Obs.Infant–PreK
Depression in Chronic Disease
1,066-patient study · PHQ-9 · SCCL Hospital · 2021–22
Vaccine Hesitancy Practicum
SIR modeling in R · Portage County · Jan–Apr 2025
Infectious Disease Surveillance
STI · foodborne · real-time dashboards · May–Aug 2025
Teaching Assistant · Kent State
Public Health & Epidemiology · MPH program · 2023–2025
02 / RESEARCH

Work That
Shaped Me

Eight projects across clinical, behavioral, infectious disease epidemiology, and healthcare data science, each rooted in a real public health problem. Dashboards use synthetic data modeled on real study parameters, built to demonstrate methodology while protecting confidentiality.

01
Child Wellbeing · Early Childhood
A Dashboard That Tracks How Children Grow
02
Mental Health + Chronic Disease
Depression Hidden Inside Chronic Disease
03
Behavioral Epidemiology
Does a Doctor's Word Change Sodium Behavior?
04
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
When Anxiety Sits Next to a Heart Condition
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Public Health Program Planning
Designing a Real STI Prevention Program for Campus
06
Infectious Disease Modeling
What Happens When People Stop Trusting Vaccines?
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Predictive Health Analytics · Health Equity
Predicting Who Gets Readmitted Before It Happens
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Patient Care · Hospital Outcomes
One Dedicated Person - 35% Fewer Returns to the Hospital.
SURFACE Chronic Disease what gets diagnosed Depression 41% UNDETECTED
High-risk patients who needed counseling 100% Who actually received counseling 42% 58% never received it the missing conversation "The counseling gap · 26 points larger than the behavior gap itself."
THE MECHANISM MEDICINE MISSED Anxiety persistent stress response activated Cortisol stress hormones flood the body Heart elevated strain blood pressure rises Disease cardiac risk compounds over time "Anxiety is a driver of heart disease · not just a passenger."
Stigma Cost Access Awareness The Intervention "One solution - four barriers unlocked."
VACCINE TRUST & HERD IMMUNITY Protected High vaccine trust Cracking Trust declining Broken +17,375 infections "Hesitancy doesn't just affect individuals · it unravels collective protection."
~75% Low Risk ~20% Medium Risk Top 5% Critical 88.7% readmitted "The model finds them before they leave the hospital."
NO GUIDE WITH A GUIDE discharged discharged ? ♥ ER Readmitted within 30 days 35% fewer returns · $3,329 saved
A CHILD'S GROWTH STORY Birth arrives 1 yr first steps ! 2 yrs flag detected 3 yrs plays together 4 yrs draws shapes 5 yrs school ready One wilting branch caught early · before it could affect the whole tree.
Mental Health + Chronic Disease
Depression Hidden Inside Chronic Disease
Problem
Depression undetected in chronic patients
Method
PHQ-9 · 1,066 patients
Finding
CKD carries heaviest hidden burden
CKD mean PHQ-9 = 11.2 · r = 0.34, p < 0.001
PHQ-9Study DesignExcel Statistics
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Behavioral Epidemiology
Does a Doctor's Word Change Sodium Behavior?
Problem
High-risk patients not receiving counseling
Method
Logistic regression in R · national data
Finding
Advice helped but counseling gap is large
The counseling gap was larger than the behavior gap
RLogistic RegressionBehavioral Analysis
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Chronic Disease Epidemiology
When Anxiety Sits Next to a Heart Condition
Problem
Anxiety treated as correlate, not mechanism
Method
Epi literature · autonomic pathways
Finding
Case for anxiety screening in cardiac care
Mental health and heart disease are biologically entangled
Literature SynthesisChronic Disease EpiIntegrated Care
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Public Health Program Planning
Designing a Real STI Prevention Program for Campus
Problem
Stigma, cost and access blocking testing
Method
IMB + HBM · mobile units · SMART objectives
Finding
Full logic model with pre/post evaluation
One cohesive intervention addressing all four barriers
IMB ModelHealth Belief ModelProgram Planning
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Infectious Disease Modeling
What Happens When People Stop Trusting Vaccines?
Problem
Hesitancy not quantified at county scale
Method
SIR model · N=500 counties · R
Finding
17,375 excess infections per 100k
Social drivers r = −0.934 · presented to Portage County health staff
SIR ModelingRGeospatial Analysis
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Predictive Health Analytics · Health Equity
Predicting Who Gets Readmitted Before It Happens
Problem
Social determinants of health not captured in readmission risk
Method
SDOH-driven risk stratification · patient-level analysis
Finding
Top 5% of patients · 88.7% actual readmission rate
Predictive model enabling targeted patient navigation before discharge
SDOH AnalysisRisk StratificationHealth Equity
Patient Care · Hospital Outcomes
One Dedicated Person - 35% Fewer Returns to the Hospital.
Problem
No one knew if having a guide at discharge actually helped
Method
Compared matched patients · guided vs. unguided after discharge
Finding
35% fewer hospital returns · $3,329 saved per patient
A single navigator reduced both hospital returns and the financial burden on patients
Patient OutcomesCost SavingsHospital Policy
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Child Wellbeing · Early Childhood
A Dashboard That Tracks How Children Grow
Problem
Most developmental delays go unnoticed until school age · by then, it's harder to help
Method
Tracks five skill areas from birth to age 5 and flags early warning signs
Finding
Catches delays early · when a single conversation can change a child's trajectory
Built to exceed the quality of a real health department dashboard · because children deserve better tools
Early ChildhoodChild WellbeingClinical Tools
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03 / SKILLS

How I Find
Answers

Built across clinical training, graduate coursework, and real-world field experience.

Data and Tools hover to explore
Data and Tools
  • Python
  • R Programming
  • SAS
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Excel · Biostatistics
  • ArcGIS Mapping
  • AI-Assisted Research
Epi Methods hover to explore
Epi Methods
  • Study Design
  • Causal Inference
  • Logistic Regression
  • SIR Modeling
  • Outbreak Modeling
  • Disease Surveillance
  • Spatial Epidemiology
Clinical and Field hover to explore
Clinical and Field
  • Patient Counseling
  • Medication Safety
  • Community Assessment
  • Health Equity Analysis
  • Program Planning
  • Grant Writing
  • Literature Synthesis
  • Chronic Disease Education
04 / PASSION

What Drives Me

"I sat with 1,066 patients' worth of data and thought about each of them as a real person carrying something heavy. That's what made me want to understand the population, not just treat the condition."

What I want is simple.

To work somewhere that takes the question "why is this community sick?" as seriously as the treatment itself. And to use everything I have - clinical training, data skills, the tools I keep learning - to help them answer it better.