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• PhD in Nutritional Rickets and Osteomalacia, University 麻豆精选, 2022
• MMedSci in Child Health, University of Leeds, 2014
• MBBS, Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore, 2004

Suma obtained her basic medical qualification from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India in 2004. She subsequently moved to the UK in 2004 and undertook specialist run through training in Paediatrics in the Yorkshire deanery followed by national GRID training in endocrinology and diabetes at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Alongside her GRID training she completed a PhD under the supervision of Professors Wolfgang Hoegler and Martin Hewison. She is the recipient of the Global Challenges PhD scholarship and her study focused on the burden of vitamin D deficiency, nutritional rickets and osteomalacia in UK children and its implications on public health policies.

After completion of training she was appointed as a consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic bone disease at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital in May 2019.

• MBChB, University 麻豆精选, Metabolic bone disease
• Postgraduate Teaching in Paediatrics – Paediatric Endocrinology
• module – Birmingham City University
• Advanced course in paediatric bone and calcium metabolism – national course 

PhD co-supervisor: 2021- Thesis exploring the effects of Ramadan fasting on metabolic syndrome

Intercalating medical student supervisor:

2022: Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children with Brittle bone disease

2019: Ethnic and seasonal variation in vitamin D deficiency in newborns 

Suma is very keen to supervise medical students as well as doctoral research students in the following areas:

• Paediatric metabolic bone disease
• Vitamin D deficiency and bone health
• Public health aspects of vitamin D supplementation policies
• Childhood obesity and Metabolic syndrome including type 2 diabetes
• Other aspects of Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Suma on the contact details above

Vitamin D deficiency

Suma’s research is based around the health impact of vitamin D deficiency in ethnic minorities. Her research focuses on exploring the hidden burden of nutritional rickets and osteomalacia due to vitamin D deficiency and its impact on public health policies.

Rare bone disease

Suma has researched the phenotype genotype correlation in hypophosphatasia using invitro mineralisation techniques

Suma is the local PI for the international XLH registry and has a research interest in the area.

Diabetes

Suma has a keen interest in research addressing health inequalities in diabetes care and outcomes. She is a co-applicant on an NIHR grant addressing health inequalities in diabetes care in UK children.

Suma has a specific interest in the interplay between type 2 diabetes and obesity in childhood.

Research Groups and Centres

Type 2 diabetes lead, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Inclusion champion and inclusive panel member at BWCH

Advisory board member of the International Hypophosphataemia Network