Archives: Award Winning Research presentations
First Prize: Barriers to cervical cancer screening by HPV Self sampling across diverse setting: Multi setting assessment of women’s attitude and perception
Format : Oral Paper
Name of conference : MHIAPSMIPHACON (27th Joint Maharashtra State Conference of IAPSM and IPHA), KEM Hospital, Mumbai 6th February 2026
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Vasundhara Kulkarni (Mumbai)
Authors : Dr. Vasundhara Kulkarni , Dr. Gauravi Mishra , Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Mandana Vahabi
Best paper: Women Empowerment and Cancer Awareness Nexus (WE-CAN): Implementation Challenges and Mitigation Strategies in Cervical Cancer Prevention through Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling and Education in Karnataka, India
Format : Oral Paper
Name of conference : 1st National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, Kerala State Conference, Sree Uthradom Thirunal Academy of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram. 7th November 2025
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Basma Reem Ameer (Mangalore)
Authors : Dr. Basma Reem Ameer¹, Dr. Abhay Nirgude¹, Dr. Gauravi Mishra², Dr. Poonam Naik ,Dr. Rochelle Tellis, Dr. Mariam Ifthikar, Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Mandana Vahabi
Award for this Category: Awareness Is Power: Transforming Lives through Innovative Cervical Cancer Awareness Tools
Format : Poster (Stream 1- Creative Communication)
Name of conference : Annual Scientific Meet ,GACD 2025, Rwanda, South Africa, 10th June 2025
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Gauravi Mishra (Mumbai)
Authors : Dr. Gauravi A Mishra, Dr. Mandana Vahabi, Dr. Sharmila Pimple, Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Josephine Wong, Dr. Aisha Lofters, Dr. Umesh Mahantshetty, Dr. Ashish Gulia, Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty, Dr. Ranajit K. Mandal, Dr. Abhay S. Nirgude, Dr. Kallol Roy, Dr.Kalavathy Mathur Chennath
First Prize: Women Empowerment-Cancer Awareness Nexus (WE-CAN): An Implementation Research Study of Cervical Cancer Prevention through HPV Self-Sampling and Education in Karnataka State, India.
Format : Oral Paper
Name of conference : 52nd Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar(J & K) 13th April 2025
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Abhay Nirgude (Mangalore)
Authors : Dr. Abhay Nirgude, Dr. Gauravi Mishra, Dr. Poonam Naik, Dr. Basma Reem, Dr. Rouchelle Tellis, Dr. Marium Iftikhar, Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Mandana Vahabi
Second Prize: Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and its genotypes in women from a conservative community of Northeast India and effect of innovative community engaged evidence-based intervention on HPV self-sampling (HPV SS)
Format : Oral Paper
Name of conference : 1st March 2025
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty (Guwahati)
Authors : Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty, Dr. Gauravi A Mishra, Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Sharmila Pimple, Dr. Mandana Vahabi
First Prize: Ground realities related to cervical cancer screening amidst advancing research to prevent cancer- Local context.
Format : Poster
Name of conference : 1st Annual Symposium of CORA “Advance Research to Preventive Cancer”, ACTREC, Mumbai, India.
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Kavita Anand (Mumbai)
Authors : Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Gauravi Mishra, Dr. Sharmila Pimple, Dr. Sayantika Kumari, Dr. Mandana Vahabi
Second Prize: Multidimensional approach in increasing the awareness and participation rates for cervical cancer screening.
Format : Poster
Name of conference : Apollo Cancer Conclave 2024, Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India. 8th November 2024
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Kavita Anand (Mumbai)
Authors : Dr. Kavita Anand, Dr. Gauravi Mishra, Dr. Sharmila A. Pimple, Dr. Sayantika Kumari, Dr. Mandana Vahabi
First Prize: Effect of an Educational intervention on the uptake of HPV DNA Self sampling in Rural community of western India- A pilot study.
Format : Poster
Name of conference : National Conference on Family Medicine and Primary Care 2024, AIIMS, Rishikesh, India, 28th September 2024
Year/ Presentation type/Presenter : Dr. Kallol Roy (Gujarat)
Authors : Roy K, Mishra G, Mistri P, Dr. Vahabi M