Sai Manasa
Public Health · Epidemiology · Clinical

Sai Manasa

Adduru

PharmD  ·  MPH Epidemiology  ·  Kent State University

Clinical Pharmacy · India
Epidemiology Research
Associate Teacher · KSU CDC
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Patients in
Research Study
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Clinical Rotation
Departments
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Years of
PharmD Training
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Analytical Tools
Mastered
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Countries
One Story
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
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Clinical Roots
Doctor of Pharmacy
🇮🇳 India · Kakatiya University
7 DeptsChronic DiseaseClinical Research
2023 – 2025
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Academic Leap
MPH in Epidemiology
🏛️ Kent State University, Ohio
R · SASArcGISCausal Inference
2025
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Field Work
Epidemiology Intern
📍 Portage County Health District
ODRSDashboardsGIS Mapping
Now
2026 –
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Current Role
Associate Teacher
🏫 KSU Child Dev. Center
CurriculumDev. Obs.Infant–PreK
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Depression in Chronic Disease
1,066-patient study · PHQ-9 · SCCL Hospital · 2021–22
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Vaccine Hesitancy Practicum
SIR modeling in R · Portage County · Jan–Apr 2025
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Infectious Disease Surveillance
STI · foodborne · real-time dashboards · May–Aug 2025
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Teaching Assistant (PharmD era)
Pharmacology · Human Anatomy · Kakatiya University
02 / RESEARCH

Work That Actually
Meant Something

Six projects across clinical, behavioral, and infectious disease epidemiology — each rooted in a real public health problem.

01
Mental Health + Chronic Disease
Depression Hidden Inside Chronic Disease
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Problem
Depression undetected in chronic patients
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Method
PHQ-9 · 1,066 patients
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Finding
CKD carries heaviest hidden burden
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CKD mean PHQ-9 = 9.43  ·  r = 0.1, p = 0.05
PHQ-9Study DesignExcel Statistics
02
Behavioral Epidemiology
Does a Doctor's Word Change Sodium Behavior?
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Problem
High-risk patients not receiving counseling
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Method
Logistic regression in R · national data
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Finding
Advice helped but counseling gap is large
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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
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Problem
Anxiety treated as correlate, not mechanism
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Method
Epi literature on stress and autonomic pathways
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Finding
Case for anxiety screening in cardiac care
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Mental health and heart disease are biologically entangled
Literature SynthesisChronic Disease EpiIntegrated Care
04
Public Health Program Planning
Designing a Real STI Prevention Program for Campus
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Problem
Stigma, cost and access barriers blocking testing
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Method
IMB + HBM · mobile units · SMART objectives
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Output
Full logic model with pre/post evaluation
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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?
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Problem
Vaccine hesitancy impact not visualized
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Method
SIR models in R · multiple hesitancy scenarios
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Impact
Presented to Portage County health staff
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Modest hesitancy = longer outbreaks and higher peak infections
SIR ModelingRScenario Analysis
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Community Health Assessment
Community Health Needs Assessment End to End
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Scope
Full community health profile · PRECEDE model
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Method
Federal data mapping + Qualtrics survey
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Result
Every component graded independently — perfect score
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End-to-end: from data gaps to actionable recommendations
PRECEDE ModelSurvey DesignQualtrics
03 / SKILLS

Capabilities &
Technical Tools

Hover any node to explore. Built across clinical training, graduate coursework, and real-world field experience.

R / ggplot2 SAS SPSS Excel ArcGIS ODRS Qualtrics Tableau
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Hover a skill
8 core competencies
04 / PASSION

What Actually
Excites 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."
Sai Manasa Adduru
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Finding the pattern nobody noticed yet
Surveillance data · Emerging signals · Messy datasets
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Understanding why people make the health decisions they do
Vaccine hesitancy · Behavioral theory · Human context
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Being someone children trust
Developmental care · Emotional safety · Real connection
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Making the complicated actually understandable
Patients · Students · Families · Health departments
Roles That Call to Me
Epidemiology Analyst
Mental Health Researcher
Public Health Data Specialist
Disease Surveillance Analyst
Child Development Specialist
Behavioral Health Researcher
Community Health Educator
MCH Program Coordinator
Science Communicator
GIS and Spatial Epi Analyst