Dr. Chilumula Monica is a Medical Scientist with an MD in Paediatrics from Gandhi Medical College,Hyderabad. She is a physician scientist working in the areas of maternal and child nutrition, early childhood development, growth monitoring, and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention. She is involved in multidisciplinary research and clinical field implementation in both urban and rural contexts. Her work bridges medical science, nutrition research, and public health systems. She has been contributing to national and international studies addressing childhood stunting, dietary inadequacies, early growth trajectories, and school health surveillance. Dr. Monica is also involved in academic teaching as faculty for the M.Sc. in Applied Nutrition, Sports Nutrition, and Post Graduate Certificate Course in Nutrition at ICMR-NIN.

1. Jaleel A, Chilumula M, Chukkala Satya S, et al. (May 07, 2024) The Assessment of Nutritional Status of Adolescents Aged 15-18 Years Using BMI Cutoffs and BMI Z Scores: A Secondary Analysis of National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) Data. Cureus 16(5): e59800. DOI 10.7759/cureus.59800
2. Banjara SK, Challa SR, Augustine LF, Dasi T, Madhari R, Fernandez Rao S, Palika R, Pullakhandam R, Kalashikam RR, Kumar RN, Palepu DP, Chilumula M, Selvaraj K, Gopinath P, Davies-Kershaw H, Jobarteh ML, Haggarty P, Heffernan C, Ferguson E, Kulkarni B. Eggs for Improving Nutrition, cognitive development and reducing linear growth retardation among Infants and young Children (ENRICH): protocol of an egg supplementation trial among children aged 9-18 months in Hyderabad, India. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Feb 27;8(Suppl 1):e001892. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001892. PMID: 38417922; PMCID: PMC10900354.
3. Jobarteh ML, Saxena DB, Kulkarni B, Shah K, Banjara SK, Shah PA, Memon F, Chilumula M, Palepu DP, Selvaraj K, Dasi T, Madhari R, Calvo-Urbano B, Dockrell J, Antalek C, Davies-Kershaw H, Ferguson E, Heffernan C. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mitigation strategy during pregnancy on prenatal outcome, growth and development in early childhood in India: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol paper. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Feb 27;8(Suppl 1):e001900. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001900. PMID: 38417925; PMCID: PMC10900341.
4. RSSDI 2025 NUTRITION GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES (Supported by ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition). Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 45, 1119–1324 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-025-01502-0
5. Monica C, Saleem. Glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels and Lipid Profile in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Precipitating Factors in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Asian J.Clin.Pediatr.Neonatol.2020;8(1):47-51. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.47009/ajcpn.2020.8.1.12

1. Mahtab Bamji’s Textbook of Human Nutrition 5th edition (chapters on Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation and Protein-Energy Malnutrition)