{"id":178,"date":"2022-10-02T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T11:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2022-10-24T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:00:48","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"178\" class=\"elementor elementor-178\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79a7531 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79a7531\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f36cc8\" data-id=\"1f36cc8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a07f92a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a07f92a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Team<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2217d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2217d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bf65e4\" data-id=\"0bf65e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1d87cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1d87cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbb5987\" data-id=\"cbb5987\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da62677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da62677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3666818 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3666818\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b51ad3\" data-id=\"4b51ad3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579faaa match-height biography elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"579faaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1627 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nathan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nathan.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nathan-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 176px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 176\/176;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nathan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nathan.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Nathan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><h3>Prof Nathan Congdon<\/h3><p>Prof Nathan Congdon, MD, MPH, is Ulverscroft Chair of Global Eye Health at Queen\u2019s University Belfast and Director of Research and North Asia Advisor for ORBIS International, helping also to shape the organization\u2019s global strategic approach to diabetic eye disease and glaucoma. Prof Congdon is a Visiting Professor at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) in Guangzhou, and was based there and elsewhere in China for nearly ten years until 2015.<\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); color: var( --e-global-color-e71634a );\">He received an AB degree from Princeton University and an MPhil from Cambridge in the UK, both in Oriental studies, and is fluent in written and spoken Chinese. His medical and public health education were at Johns Hopkins University, where he pursued an ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Prof Congdon\u2019s work has focused on the design and evaluation of high-quality, low-cost models of eye care delivery in areas of limited resources throughout the world, which frequently involves NGOs working together with academic institutions in Asia and the west. In addition to other recognitions, Prof Congdon has received the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology\u2019s highest prize for blindness prevention work in 2009 and a Chinese government Thousand Man Plan award in 2011. His research has been supported by the UK government MRC, EU, World Diabetes Foundation, USAID, WHO, World Bank, United States NIH, several NGOs and the governments of China and Hong Kong. He has over 215 peer-reviewed publications in journals including Lancet Global Health, BMJ and JAMA.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d6eea4\" data-id=\"9d6eea4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f5b25 match-height biography elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45f5b25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1626 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rohit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rohit.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rohit-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 176px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 176\/176;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rohit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rohit.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.drivesdgs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rohit-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<h3>Dr Rohit C Khanna<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Rohit C Khanna is the Network Director for the Public Health Unit of LVPEI \u2013 The Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at school of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, USA, and Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. An active participant in various working groups of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Khanna is the IAPB Regional Chair for the South-East Asia region. His areas of clinical interest are cataract and glaucoma. An alumnus of the Government Medical College in Nagpur and an LVPEI fellow, he holds dual master\u2019s degrees in Community Eye Health and Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health respectively.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Dr Khanna has led multiple studies, including the cohort of Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS) \u2013 a milestone study. He has to his credit over 150 peer-reviewed publications, is on the editorial boards of several journals, and has been awarded several prestigious research grants for his work focusing on studying the outcomes of different interventions as well as on geriatric and child eye health. In collaboration with the University of New South Wales, Dr Khanna was involved in designing the Master\u2019s Program in Community Eye Health and is also the course convenor of the Diploma and Master\u2019s program led by LVPEI in Community Eye Health. A recipient of the IAPB Eye Health Leader Award and Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology&#8217;s Blindness Prevention Award, Dr Khanna has vast experience in leading capacity building initiatives, and working as consultant for both national and global organizations, including IAPB and WHO.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b437672 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b437672\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9defd1d\" data-id=\"9defd1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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