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Dr. Johnson Pradeep

Position HOD Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru.
Biography
He participates in initiatives with ICMR, WHO, and NIH research (MITHRA and HARMONY studies). He serves as the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Addictive Diseases for the years 2024 and 2025. He serves as a mentor for the Psychiatric Research Infrastructure for Intervention and Implementation in India (PRIIIA) initiative. He has about 22 international articles, 31 national publications, and 8 book chapters. He has received accolades for his community psychiatry research, including the “Best Research Paper in Community Psychiatry Competition” 2nd Prize at the national level from the Community Psychiatry Specialty Section of IPS in 2021, the “Biju Mercy Siju Memorial Prize for Social Consciousness” for his work on the Tobacco Cessation Advocacy Program in Anekal Village on April 16, 2024, and most recently, the esteemed DS Rajeswari Chandrashekar and Samadhan Centre Award for the year 2024- 2025 by the Indian Psychiatric Society – Karnataka Chapter.