Present Position

Senior Consultant Epidemiologist
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai.

Career History :Positions Held

• Clinical trails in Tuberculosis Chemotherapy
  1. Tuberculosis in Children
  2. Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
  3. Acute Respiratory Illness in Children
  4. HIV and TB
  5. Filariasis
  6. Primary Health Care Strategies, Mainly for prevention
  7. Non Communicable diseases – field studies
  8. Modelling and projections

Present  Interest and Responsibilities :

Major Achievements

1. Institutional Development
   • Establishment of the Advanced Centre for Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training (ACCERT) which is a joint venture of Tuberculosis Research Centre, The Madras Medical College and the Institute of Child Health.
   •  Reorganization of the B.C.G. trial infrastructure into the Department of Epidemiology at the Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai.
   • Established the Department of Epidemiology in the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
   • Contributed to the Development of the IndiaCLEN.
   • Helped in the Development of the Epidemiology Section of the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation.
   • Helped in Establishing Ethical Committees in Several Institution
2. Education and Capacity Building
   • Developed the curriculum for M.Sc. in Epidemiology for funding by the WHO-UNDP Special Programme on tropical disease.
   • Established a Ph.D programme in the Department of Epidemiology,  The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University 
   • Started a Master’s Course in the Department of Epidemiology in The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
   • Developed Course Material For the training in Leadership and Development in Health Research as part of the Global Core group on Leadership Development (The LAMP Programme) under the INCLEN
   • Faculty Member for a course in NCD Epidemiology at the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
   • Trained over 400 Doctors in Tamilnadu in Research Methodology and Biostatistics and an equal number in Evidence Based Medicine
3. Research (Major Achievements)
   • Have participated in several Clinical trials in the Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis
   • Responsible for conducting, concluding and reporting on the BCG trial in Chingleput and wrote the 15-year report
   • Organized and carried out an epidemiological evaluation of the TB programme in North Arcot, along side a sample survey for tuberculosis in the district. – Won a National Award for this.
   • Established a long-tem project on HIV infection and Tuberculosis:  This involves follow-up of a cohort of 220 HIV infected persons for clinical and immunological profile and the development of tuberculosis.
   • Coordinated a multi-centre study on the Perceptions of the Community regarding DOTS and brought out a booklet for the education of health workers
   • Carried out a multi-centric study for the development of Diagnostic Criteria in Childhood Tuberculosis
   • Carried out a large epidemiological study on Tuberculosis in Children
   • Carried out Tuberculosis Surveys in Tribal Areas in North Arcot and Madhya Pradesh.
   • Have facilitated research by several faculty members in the government service
   • Established a field programme for the development of Surveillance and control of NCDs in the community. Showed that this programme cam reduce the incidence of complications to one fourth of control level.
   • Guided the Development of a Diabetes Risk Score by the Madras Diabetes Research Centre

Key Positions Held

Past Positions

1. Member, Steering Committee for the Advanced Centres for Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training, Institute of Child Health and Chennai Medical College, Chennai 1986 - to date.
2. Member, Monitoring  Committee for Tuberculosis Control Programme in the 18 district Monitored by the Tuberculosis Research Centre, 1987 - to 1998
3. Member, National Task Force for control of Acute Respiratory Infections in Children: 1986.
4. Member and resource person, State Core group for training in ARI Control 1988.
5. Temporary adviser to WHO-UNDP Special Programme, July 1983.
6. Member, Review Committee for the Bohol ARI Control Program, Jan. 1985.
7. Member, Task force II on Medical Education, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada, 1985.
8. Faculty member: Advanced Centre of Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training  (ACCERT) Madras Medical College, Chennai.
9. Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of the Maternal Anemia  Project.
10. Member, Scientific Advisory group for the nutrition network of Tamil Nadu and  Kerala.
11. Member, Review Committee on TB Program in India, World Bank. 1992
12. Hon.Lecturer in Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, Chennai.
13. Member Scientific advisory Committee of the Regional Research Medical Centre (ICMR) Jabalpore 1991 -1994
14. Member, Governing Council, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University 1999 -2003
15. Chairman, Board of Studies for Research, The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University 1999 -2003
16. Member, Core group on Leadership Development under the INCLEN.
17. National Coordinator, LAMP Program (Leadership and Management); IndiaCLEN
18. Academic Officer, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai
19. Registrar, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai

Present Positions :

1. Member, Steering Committee, the Vaccine Research & Development group of the Global Programme for vaccines, WHO.
2. Member, Task force, Tuberculosis Vaccines Evaluation and Field Studies  - WHO.
3. Consultant in Epidemiology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai.   
4. Member, Special Committee for development of curriculum for post graduate Degree in Epidemiology, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Guindy, Chennai - 32,  - 1990 - to date.
5. Convener, Research Committee, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical
6. University, Guindy, Chennai - 32.
7. Member, IndiaCLEN Institutional Review Board Chennai
8. Member, Research Steering Committee, IndiaCLEN, Chennai
9. Chairman, Ethical Committee Madras Diabetic Research Foundation Chennai
10. Member, Ethical Committee, Shankar Nethralaya, Chennai
11. Member Ethical Committee, Saveetha University
12. Member, State Coordination Committee for HIV-TB co infection Tamil Nadu
13. Member, Expert Committee for HIV-TB co infection Tamil Nadu
14. Member, Scientific advisory Committee of the Regional Research Medical Centre (ICMR) Port Blair.
15. Member, ICMR Task Force on Tribal Research
16. Examiner, M.Sc. Epidemiology, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University
17. Convener, Inspection Committee for M.Sc. Course, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University

1. Akkaraju Seetharamaiah Medical for proficiency in Paediatrics.
2. M.G. Kini Memorial Prize for Orthopedics.
3. St. Louis  Barnard prize in Medicine.
4. Best paper award of the International Clinical Epidemiology meeting in Mexico, 1987.
5. Krishna Memorial National Award for best paper in Tuberculosis Presented in TB 1991, at the National Tuberculosis Conference, Rohtak, India.
6. National Award for the Best paper in Tuberculosis Lab Methods.

Important Meetings Attended - National &  International :

National Meetings

1. ICMR task force on Research needs in Tuberculosis 1980. Presented a Status Paper on diagnostic aspects of childhood tuberculosis.
2. Neo-natology workshop Sponsored by WHO and Institute of Child health. Oct.1985. Presented two papers: 
   • Quantifying Burden of illness; A method for Estimating the magnitude of the problem.
   • Setting priorities in Health care.
3. Govt. of India Planning Workshop for ARI Control Khajuraho. Oct.1987.
4. Epidemiology for the clinician. ACCERT Govt. General Hospital, Chennai. May 1989.
5. Research Methodology for Post graduates. Institute of Child Health, Chennai. May 1989.
6. Research Methodology for Medical Teachers.  Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Chennai,1989.
7. 45th National Tuberculosis Conference, Rohtak, January 1991.
8. ICMR Task force on diagnostic criteria for childhood TB, New Delhi. Oct. 25th 1991.
9. WHO workshop on scoio economic impact of lymphatic filariasis, Bhubaneshwar, Feb 4th - 14rh, 1992

International Meetings :

1. Second International Clinical Epidemiology Network Meetings, Pattaya, Thailand, Jan. 1984.
2. III International Clinical Epidemiology Network Meeting at Cavite, Philippines, Feb. 1985.
3. IV International  Clinical Epidemiology Meeting at Shanghai, China, April 1986.
4. V International Clinical Epidemiology Network Meeting at Oaxaco, Mexico. Jan.1987.
5. WHO-TDR Workshop on Research methods in Tropical disease Research Calcutta, India. Feb.1987.
6. VII International Clinical Epidemiology Network meeting at Goa, India Jan. 1989.
7. II Indo-UK workshop on major advances in Tuberculosis research, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, Dec.1989.

As Guest Speaker By Special Invitation

1. South East Asia and Pacific Research for Development workshop on control and Morbidity of Acute respiratory Infections in Childhood, Sydney, Australia 27-31 August, 1984.
2. Review Committee Meeting of the Bohol ARI Project, Manila, Philippines. Feb. 1985.
3. The VI Annual meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials, New Orleans, USA., May 1985.
4. Task force II on Clinical Epidemiology in Medical Education McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. May 1985.
5. Joint meeting of the International Child Health Society and Royal Society for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England Oct.1989.
6. National Institute of Health, Washington to develop a proposal for Evaluating the efficiency of the Vi Polysaccharide vaccine in typhoid fever. June 1992.
7. III Meeting of the World Health Forum, London, U.K. April 1993.  Chaired a Session on BCG.
8. International Symposium on Tuberculosis Vaccine Development & Evaluation. August 26-28, 1998 in Sanfrancisco, California, USA.
9. The Steering Committee on the Immunology of Mycobacterial Diseases - Vaccine Development. Geneva, April 20-22 '99.
10. International Clinical epidemiology Network , INCLEN Meeting in Bangkok,  Thailand. Feb 28 - March 5th '99.
11. Training Course on TB Epidemiology 28th June to 2nd July '99 at Bangalore India.
12. INCLEN Bangkok, (IC 2000) Jan 2000, Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Children
13. McMaster University, Canada Jan 2001: Tuberculosis in Children: An Epidemic waiting to Happen
14. John’s Hopkins, Baltimore Jan 2001 Training Needs for IMCI in India: A pilot study
15. INCLEN Sharm-el Sheik Feb 2002 Risk Factors for Tuberculosis  in Children
16. World Tuberculosis Congress June 2002: Epidemiology Of Tuberculosis In North Arcot District: Implications For Control
17. IndiaCLEN Lucknow : Sep 2003: Tuberculosis Where are we?
18. Beijing, China: ChinaCLEN August 2003: Leadership and Management Programme; General Principles
19. Beijing, China: ChinaCLEN August 2003: Leadership and Management Programme; an Outline for action
20. Sanjeevi oration: Childhood Tuberculosis June 2004

List of Publications

Chapters in Books

1. Manjula Datta, 1992 Tuberculosis control in the developing world: A Review: Epidemiology in Medicine, Ed.: G.N. Menon, Interline publishing, Bangalore.
2. Manjula Datta and Mohan Alladi 1995, Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in India: In A Text Book On Respiratory Disease In INDIA - Published by the Oxford University Press.
3. Manjula Datta 1993, You Can’t Exclude The Explanation You Have Not Considered: In Pitfalls In Epidemiology Edited By Judith Glynn. Elsevier publication.
4. Manjula Datta  2002, Tuberculosis in Children and Women in Tuberculosis: Epidemiology and Control Ed. J.P. Narain World Health Organization, Regional Office for South east Asia, New Delhi, India.
5. Manjula Datta and Marek Smieja, 2004 Tuberculosis in Evidence Based Infectious diseases Ed: Mark Loeb, Marek Smieja and Fiona Smeiil BMJ Books, BMA house, London.
6. Kalpana S and Manjula Datta Stigma in Tuberculosis: Health, Illness and Society in the New Millennium edited By Philomena Mariados ,2004,4.2,137.
7. Padma Raman and Manjula Datta, Factors Influencing treatment Compliance in Oral cancer and Pre Cancer: Health, Illness and Society in the New Millennium edited By Philomena Mariados ,2004,4.5,155.
8. Punitha C.V and Manjula Datta, Psycho-Socail Effects and Coping mechanisms in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: Health, Illness and Society in the New Millennium edited By Philomena Mariados,2004,7.4,244.
9. Manjula Datta and Mark Nichter, 2005: Introducing Culturally Sensitive  Tuberculosis Education and Context specific Patient Screening: www.indiaclen.org.
10. Manjula Datta And Mark Nichter, 2005: Tuberculosis is Curable: Learn more about Tuberculosis available at www.indiaclen.org.
11. Manjula Datta and M.K.Mani Chapter 19: Community Based Approach to Prevention of chronic kidney disease EL-NAHAS: Kidney Diseases in the Developing world with Ethic Minorities.

Technical Reports

12. Children with cough. A training manual for health workers. Published by UNICEF  - 1988.
13. Dr. K. Anandakannan and Dr. Manjula Datta: Perspectives in Medical  Education : 1999 Association of Indian Universities.
14. Cost effective Health Interventions in Health Care. 2001; The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University for the Government of Tamilnadu.
15. Contributed the Research and Education sections of the Health Policy Document of Tamilnadu.
16. Dr. Manjula Datta, The principles of epidemiology in the study of bone and joint diseases

 Significant Abstracts

17. Clinical Trials in the Third World: Abstract, Controlled Clinical Trials. June 1986.
18. B. Ramamurthy, Manjula Datta, Kanthimathi David : Anticonvulsant drugs and women with seizures. Published in the Souvenir of the VII Convention of the All Indian Co-ordination Committee of RCOG, Chennai.
19. Manjula Datta, Radhamani M.P, and Sashidhara R., Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Children : Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

Review Articles

20. Manjula Datta, Samdani, P.G. Udani,  P.M. Bermejo, A., Costello, A., Crofton, J., Cundall,D., Cutting, W., Hone, N., Miller, F. and King M. Tuberculosis in Children in India – I,  National Medical Journal of India, 1992, 5, 226-234.
21. Manjula Datta, Samdani, P.G. Udani,  P.M. Bermejo, A., Costello, A., Crofton, J., Cundall,D., Cutting, W., Hone, N., Miller, F. and King M. Tuberculosis in Children in India – II, National Medical Journal of India, 1992, 5, No.4 281-285.
22. Soumya Swaminathan and Manjula Datta Primary Complex. Indian Academy  of  Paediatrics Journal of Practical paediatrics, 1993,1,21-23.
23. M. Datta and S. Swaminathan. Global aspects of Tuberculosis in Children. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2001, 2: 1 – 7

Research Publications:
(Those in italics either won awards or influenced health policy)

24. B. Ramamurthy and Manjula Datta : A Collaborative study on Epilepsy - A report on P.L.480 scheme. Proc. Institute of Neurology, Chennai, 1975, 5: 158-164.
25. Manjula Datta, B.Ramamurthy  & Z.A. Sayeed : Comparative follow-up of EEG   study  of 416 patients with seizures (A preliminary study) Proc.Institute of Neurology, Chennai -1975,5:1675-1679.
26. Manjula Datta : A proposed scheme for diagnosis of tuberculosis in children. Proc. of  the Symposium on Recent Advances in TB, Bombay 1981. 
27. Tuberculosis  Research Centre, Chennai.  Study of Chemotherapy regimens of 5 & 7 months duration and the role of cortico steroids in the treatment of   sputum positive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in South India. Tubercle, 64-73-91.
28. Manjula Datta; Antibiotic management of respiratory infections by village Health Workers.  Thesis presented to McMaster University for Masters Degree in Epidemiology June 1983.
29. K. Sivadasan, C.N. Paramasivan,  & Manjula Datta et. Al. : Bacteriology of Acute Respiratory infections in Children.  Indian J.Med. Microbiol., 5, Oct.  1987. 237-244.   
30. C.N. Paramasivan, K. Sivadasan, Manjula Datta et.al.: Non Fermenting Gram Negative Bacilli associated with  Acute Respiratory  infection  Children in Chennai. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics Vol.33. Dec.1987. PP 343-345.
31. G.R. Sharma, S.Kailasam, Manjula Datta et.al. : Classification of children as slow or rapid acetylators based on concentrations of Isonaized in Saline following oral administration of Body weight and surface area Related dosages of the drug. Indian Paediatrics, 1990 Vol. 27 pp 134 - 142.
32. Manjula Datta - Status of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients after chemotherpay under the District Tuberculosis Programme: Paper presented at the 45th National Conference on TB & Chest Diseases held at Rohtak in January  1991. Ind.J.Tub.1991, 38,63. 
33. Chakma T, Vinoy Rao P, Pall S, Kaushal LS, Manjula Datta, Tiwary RS. Survey of pulmonary tuberculosis in a primitive tribe of Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 1996;43:85-9.
34. B. Ramamurthy, Manjula Datta, Kanthimathi David : Anticonvulsant drugs and  women with seizures. Published in the Souvenir of the VII Convention on the  All India Co-ordination Committee of RCOG, Chennai.
35. B. Ramamurthy, Manjula Datta, Kanthimathi David : Anticonvulsant drugs and women with seizures, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology India, Vol.42  August, 1992. No.4. Page 438 - 441.
36. Shuk Han Cheng, Barry Walker K., Douglas B., Lowri Denis A., Mitchision, Rajiswamy, Manjula Datta and Prabhakar R., Monocytle antimycobacterial activity before and after mycobacterium bovis BCG  Vaccination in Chengalpattu, India and London, United Kingdom. Infection and Immunity, 1993, Vol.61 No.10,Page 4501-4503.
37. Manjula Datta. You cannnot exclude the explanation you have not considered. The Lancet, 1993, 342,345-347.
38. Manjula Datta, Radhamani, M.P., Selvaraj, R. Paramasivan, C.N., Gopalan, B.N., Sudeendra, C.R. and Prabhakar, R. Critical assessment of smear-  Positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients after chemotherapy under District       Tuberculosis Programme.  Tubercle and Lung diseases, 1993, 74, 180-186.
39. Nirmala Chandrasekaran, Edwin Amalraj, R., Manjula Datta, Krishnamurthy, P.V. Vijayasarathi,  Subramaniam, S. and Rajasambandam, P. - Hereditary pattern of cancer. Indian Journal of cancer, 1994, 31,86-91.
40. Nirmala Chandrasekaran, Edwin Amalraj R., Manjula Datta, Krishnamurthy, P.V. Sankaran, JR., and Rajasambandam P. - Association between obesity and hypertension in South Indian Patients. Indian Heart Journal, 1994, 46, 21-24.
41. Sara Mathew, Paramasivam, C.N., Manjula Datta and Prabhakar, R; Vancomycin  for controlling contamination of selective Kirchner's liquid         Medium in the culture of gastric lavage for tubercle bacilli.  Indian Journal of Medical Research, 1995, 102, 152-155.
42. Selvakumar, N., Vanajakumar, Gopi, P.G., Venkataramu, K.V., Manjula       Datta , Paramasivan, C.N. and Prabhakar, R. 1995, - Isolation of tubercle  bacilli from  sputum samples of patients in the field studies by the cetylpyridinium chloride - sodium chloride and sodium hydroxide methods.  Indian Journal of Medical Research. 102, 149-151. 
43. Daniel Herbert, Paramasivan, C.N., Manjula Datta, Vallishayee, R.S., and Prabhakar, R., 1995: IgG antibodies against antigens of various mycobacterial species in children and in pre - & post BCG young adults. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 42, 15-21.
44. Kolappan, C., Selvaraj, R., Abdul Khudoos, Appe Gowds, B.N. Manjula Datta and  Prabhakar, 1995: Repeatability of nerve thickness assessment in the clinical examination for leprosy:  Leprosy review, 66, 224-226.
45. S Swaminathan, R Ramachandran, G Bhaskaran, C N Paramasivan, U Ramanathan, P Venkatesan, R Prabakar, Manjula Datta. Risk of development of Tuberculosis in HIV infected patients. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease September2000,Vol.4(9):839 - 844.
46. Sowmya Swaminathan, P.Umadaevi, S. Santha, A. Radhakrishnan, and Manjula Datta, Sero diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children using two ELISA Kits; Indian Journal of Paediatrics, 1999; 66: 837 – 842.
47. Tuberculosis Research Centre, ICMR, Chennai. Fifteen year follow-up of Trial of BCG vaccines in South India For Tuberculosis Prevention Indian Journal of Med. Res. 1999, 110: 56 –69.
48. Ramaiah, K.D., Radhamani, M.P., John, K.R., Evans, D., Guyatt, H., Joseph, A., Datta, M. and Vanamail, P. The impact of lymphatic filariasis on labour inputs in Southern India: results of multi-site study. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 94 (2000) 353.
49. Manjula Datta, P.G. Gopi, B.N. Appegowda, K.R. Bhima Rao, B.N. Gopalan, tuberculosis in North Arcot district , Indian Journal of Tuberculosis;2000;47, 147-154.
50. Manjula Datta, Radhamani M.P., Sadacharam K., Selvaraj R., Satyanarayana Rao D.L., Nagabushana Rao, R.S., Gopalan B.N., and Prabhakar R. Survey For Tuberculosis In A Tribal Population In North Arcot District The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2001, 5(2):1 –10.
51. Datta M, Shtauvere-Brameus A, Gupta V, Mani MK, Sanjeevi CB. Autoimmune diabetes in 26 villages outside Madras. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Apr;958:285-8.
52. Srinivas G, Suresh E, Jagadeesan M, Amalraj E, Datta M. Treatment-seeking behavior and compliance of diabetic patients in a rural area of south India. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 Apr; 958:420-4.
53. R.Ramachandran, M. Datta, R.Subramani, G.Bhaskaran, CN Pramasivan,and S. Swaminathan; Seroprevalence of Human Immuno Deficience virus (HIV) infection among tuberculosis patients in Tamil Nadu Ind. Journal of Medical Research, 2003,118, 147 - 151.
54. M. Dhanraj, S.R. Kannan, A Jeya velu, E. Amalraj and M. Datta Cost of Epilepsy Treatment in a state Government hospital – A preliminary study Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2003 6: 7 -10.
55. Shivbalan S, Anandnathan K, Balasubramanian S, Datta M, Amalraj E Predictors of spontaneous bleeding in Dengue. Indian J Pediatr. 2004 Jan;71(1):33-6.
56. Balasubramanian S, Anandnathan K, Shivbalan S, Datta M, Amalraj E. Cut-off hematocrit value for hemoconcentration in dengue hemorrhagic fever. J Trop Pediatr. 2004 Apr;50(2):123-4.
57. Manjula Datta and Mark Nichter; 2005:  For the INDIACLEN Tuberculosis Study GroupTowards Introducing Culturally Sensitive Tuberculosis Education And Context Specific Patient Screening.
58. Mohan V, Deepa R, Deepa M, Somannavar S, Manjula Datta.  A Simplified Indian Diabetes Score for screening for Undiagnosed Diabetic Subjects. The Journal of Association of Physicians of India.  2005; 53: 759 - 763.
59. Mohan V, Gokulakrishnan R, Deepa R, Shanthirani CS, Manjula Datta.  Association of physical inactivity with components of metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease – the Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS 15).  Diabetic Medicine. 2005; 22:1206 - 1211.
60. Deepa M, Deepa R, Shanthirani CS, Manjula Datta, Unwin NC, Kapur A, Mohan V. Awareness and knowledge of diabetes in Chennai – The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (Cures – 9).  The Journal of Association of Physicians of India. 2005; 53: 283 - 287.
61. Swaminathan S, Raghavan A, Datta M, Paramasivan CN, Saravanan KC.Computerized Tomography Detects Pulmonary Lesions in Children with Normal Radiographs Diagnosed to have Tuberculosis. Indian Pediatr. 2005 Mar;42(3):258-61. PMID: 15817975.
62. Mohan V, Deepa M, Deepa R, Shanthirani CS, Farooq S, Ganesan A, Manjula  Datta.  Secular trends in the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in urban south India - The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES -17). Diabetologia.
63.  Mohan V, Shanthirani CS, Deepa M, Deepa R, , Unnikrishnan RI, Manjula  Datta.  Morality rates due to diabetes in a selected urban south Indian population - The Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS - 16). Journal of Association of Physicians of India J Assoc Physicians India. 2006 Feb;54:113-7.
64.  Deepa M, Shanthirani CS, Deepa R, Datta M, Mohan V. Personal, Social And Demographic Patterns In Urban Chennai – Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES - 5), Submitted to Indian Journal of Public Health.
65.  Maternal Glycemia and neonates Birth Weight  among  Asian Indian women Balaji.V, Shyam Mukundan, Madhuri.S.Balaji, Seshiah. V, Manjula Datta: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2007 Sep;77(3):482-4. Epub 2007 Feb 9.
66. V. Seshiah, V. Balaji, Madhuri S Balaji, A Paneerselvam, Manjula Datta Rationale For Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Screening In Early Pregnancy in preparation.
67. Mohan V, Deepa M, Farooq S, Narayan KM, Datta M, Deepa R. Anthropometric cut points for identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in an urban Asian Indian population. Metabolism. 2007 Jul;56(7):961-8.
68. Gunaseelan R, Sankaralingam S, Ramesh S, Datta M. Areca nut use among rural residents of Sriperambudur Taluk: a qualitative study. Indian J Dent Res. 2007 Jan-Mar;18(1):11-4.
69.  Seshiah V, Balaji V, Balaji MS, Paneerselvam A, Arthi T, Thamizharasi M, Datta M. Gestational diabetes mellitus manifests in all trimesters of pregnancy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2007 Sep;77(3):482-4. Epub 2007 Feb 9.
70. Mohan V, Shanthirani CS, Deepa M, Datta M, Williams OD, Deepa R. Community empowerment--a successful model for prevention of non-communicable diseases in India--the Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS-17). J Assoc Physicians India. 2006 Nov;54:858-62.
71. Balaji V, Balaji MS, Seshiah V, Mukundan S, Datta M. Maternal glycemia and neonates birth weight in Asian Indian women. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2006 Aug;73(2):223-4. Epub 2006 May 30.

Commentaries:

72.  Manjula Datta, 1996:Zinc Supplementation reduced duration and severity of diarrhoea in Children; Evidence Based Medicine 1, 3: p75.
73. Manjula Datta, Commentary on Qualitative Research. Indian Journal of Clinical Epidemiology  1999 vol. 1;No.2 p 4 – 6.
74. Manjula Datta, Review: Killed whole vaccines prevent cholera for two years. Evidence Based Medicine 1999: 4, p: 42.8.
75. Manjula Datta, Commentary on Low Volume, High Frequency cows' milk feedings sped recovery from diarrohea in infants. Evidence Based Medicine 2000,July/August; 112.
76. Manjula Datta, Commentary on Low Volume, High Frequency cows' milk feedings sped recovery from diarrohea in infants. ACP Journal club 2000,July/August; 23.
77. Manjula Datta, Commentary on Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV -Infected patients with Tuberculosis.ACP Journal club 2000,March/April; 45.
78. Manjula Datta, Commentary on Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV -Infected patients with Tuberculosis. Evidence Based Medicine  2000,vol.5 no.2; 55.
79. Manjula Datta, Commentary on Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV -Infected patients with Tuberculosis. ACP Journal Club: 2000,Vol 132, no.2; 45.
80. Manjula Datta, Review: Usefulness of DOTS under programme conditions. Evidence Based Medicine 2001: 4, p: 24.18.
81. Manjula Datta, Review: Racecodotril was effective for severe watery diarrhoea in Children. Evidence Based Medicine 2001: 6, p: 87.
82. Manjula Datta, Review: Racecodotril was effective for severe watery diarrhoea in Children. ACP Journal Club 2001: 134: p110.
83. Manjula Datta, Review: Zinc or vitamin A reduced diarrhea in young, poor Bangladeshi children. ACP J Club. 2002 Mar-Apr;136(2):66.
84. Manjula Datta, Commentary The 5 component acellular pertussis vaccine combined with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids was efficacious in adolescents and adults. Evid Based Med. 2006 Apr;11(2):51.
85. Manjula Datta, Commentary: Vaccinating infants with a wide long needle was non-inferior to a narrow short needle for immune response. Evidence Based Medicine. 2007 Apr;12(2):41.