Raju Kanukula

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - ongoing	Research Fellow	School of Public Health, University of Adelaide
  2021 - 2022	Teaching Associate	School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
  2020 - 2023	Research Officer	School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
  2017 - 2020	Research Assistant	The George Institute for Global Health
  2014 - 2015	Assistant Professor	Chaitanya College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can read, write, speak and peer review
  Hindi	Can read, write and speak
  Telugu	Can read, write and speak

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2020 - 2023	Monash University	Australia	PhD
  2012 - 2014	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	India	Master of Pharmacy
  2008 - 2012	Kakatiya University	India	Bachelor of Pharmacy

• Research Interests

  Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology Efficacy of medications Epidemiological methods Public Health and Health Services

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2024	Kanukula, R., McKenzie, J. E., Bero, L., Dai, Z., McDonald, S., Kroeger, C. M., . . . Page, M. J. (2024). Investigation of bias due to selective inclusion of study effect estimates in meta-analyses of nutrition research. Research Synthesis Methods, 19 pages. DOI
  2024	Kanukula, R., Page, M. J., Turner, S. L., & McKenzie, J. E. (2024). Identification of application and interpretation errors that can occur in pairwise meta-analyses in systematic reviews of interventions: A systematic review.. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 111331. DOI
  2023	Page, M. J., Sterne, J. A. C., Boutron, I., Hróbjartsson, A., Kirkham, J. J., Li, T., . . . Higgins, J. P. T. (2023). ROB-ME: a tool for assessing risk of bias due to missing evidence in systematic reviews with meta-analysis. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 383, 1-9. DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC1
  2023	Kanukula, R., McKenzie, J. E., Cashin, A. G., Korevaar, E., McDonald, S., Mello, A. T., . . . Page, M. J. (2023). Variation observed in consensus judgements between pairs of reviewers when assessing the risk of bias due to missing evidence in a sample of published meta-analyses of nutrition research. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 166, 111244-1-111244-10. DOI
  2023	Turner, S. L., Korevaar, E., Cumpston, M. S., Kanukula, R., Forbes, A. B., & McKenzie, J. E. (2023). Effect estimates can be accurately calculated with data digitally extracted from interrupted time series graphs. Research Synthesis Methods, 14(4), 622-638. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC3
  2022	Turner, S. L., Korevaar, E., Cumpston, M., Kanukula, R., Forbes, A., & McKenzie, J. (2022). Effect estimates can be accurately calculated with data digitally extracted from interrupted time series graphs. DOI
  2022	Nguyen, P. Y., Kanukula, R., McKenzie, J. E., Alqaidoom, Z., Brennan, S. E., Haddaway, N. R., . . . Page, M. J. (2022). Changing patterns in reporting and sharing of review data in systematic reviews with meta-analysis of the effects of interventions: Cross sectional meta-research study. BMJ, 379, 1-13. DOI Scopus15 WoS11 Europe PMC9
  2022	Kanukula, R., McKenzie, J. E., Bero, L., Dai, Z., McDonald, S., Kroeger, C. M., . . . Page, M. J. (2022). Methods used to select results to include in meta-analyses of nutrition research: A meta-research study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 142, 171-183. DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
  2022	Page, M. J., Nguyen, P. Y., Hamilton, D. G., Haddaway, N. R., Kanukula, R., Moher, D., & McKenzie, J. E. (2022). Data and code availability statements in systematic reviews of interventions were often missing or inaccurate: a content analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 147, 1-10. DOI Scopus18 Europe PMC6
  2022	Nguyen, P. -Y., Kanukula, R., McKenzie, J., Alqaidoom, Z., Brennan, S., Haddaway, N., . . . Page, M. (2022). Changing patterns in reporting and sharing of review data in systematic reviews with meta-analysis of the effects of interventions: a meta-research study. DOI
  2022	Kanukula, R., Dhurjati, R., Vidyasagar, K., Rehana, N., Talari, A., Salam, A., . . . Page, M. J. (2022). Quality of systematic reviews supporting the 2017 ACC/AHA and 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines for the management of hypertension. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 27(2), 79-86. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
  2021	McKenzie, J., Kanukula, R., Page, M., Dwan, K., Turner, S., Loder, E., . . . Forbes, A. (2021). Development of a checklist to detect errors in meta-analyses in systematic reviews of interventions: Study protocol. F1000Research, 10, 455. DOI Scopus2
  2021	Page, M. J., Moher, D., Fidler, F. M., Higgins, J. P. T., Brennan, S. E., Haddaway, N. R., . . . McKenzie, J. E. (2021). The REPRISE project: protocol for an evaluation of REProducibility and Replicability In Syntheses of Evidence. Systematic Reviews, 10(1), 1-13. DOI Scopus14 Europe PMC8
  2021	Kanukula, R., Bansal, D., & Ghai, B. (2021). Real Time Medical Management of Chronic Lumbosacral Radicular Pain: Effectiveness and Outcomes. American Journal of Therapeutics, 28(2), E247-E250. DOI
  2021	Esam, H., Kanukula, R., Dhurjati, R., Aerram, R., Chevireddy, S., Bhaumik, S., . . . Salam, A. (2021). Systematic reviews of antihypertensive drugs: A review of publication trends, characteristics, and quality. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 23(5), 915-922. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC3
  2021	Kanukula, R., Salam, A., Rodgers, A., & Kamel, B. (2021). Pharmacokinetics of Rosuvastatin: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials in Healthy Adults. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 60(2), 165-175. DOI Scopus11
  2020	Salam, A., Huffman, M. D., Kanukula, R., Hari Prasad, E., Sharma, A., Heller, D. J., . . . Kishore, S. P. (2020). Two-drug fixed-dose combinations of blood pressure-lowering drugs as WHO essential medicines: An overview of efficacy, safety, and cost. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 22(10), 1769-1779. DOI Scopus20 WoS14 Europe PMC14
  2020	Ghai, B., Gudala, K., Asrar, M., Chanana, N., Kanukula, R., & Bansal, D. (2020). Development, validation and evaluation of a novel self-instructional module in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 64(4), 299-305. DOI Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC5
  2019	Salam, A., Kanukula, R., Atkins, E., Wang, X., Islam, S., Kishore, S. P., . . . Rodgers, A. (2019). Efficacy and safety of dual combination therapy of blood pressure-lowering drugs as initial treatment for hypertension: A systematic reviewandmeta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Hypertension, 37(9), 1768-1774. DOI Scopus54 WoS45 Europe PMC25
  2019	Kanukula, R., Ganta, S., Sirumalla, Y., Salam, A., Baddam, R., & Pasupuleti, B. C. (2019). Risk of Venous Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Cancer Treated with Aflibercept: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. American Journal of Therapeutics, 26(4), e549-e552. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
  2019	Kanukula, R., Esam, H., Sundström, J., Rodgers, A., & Salam, A. (2019). Does Co-administration of Antihypertensive Drugs and Statins Alter Their Efficacy and Safety? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 73(6), 352-358. DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC2
  2018	Invally, M., Kanukula, R., Salam, M. A., & Shruthi, G. (2018). Regorafenib-Associated Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. American Journal of Therapeutics, 25(6), E715-E717. DOI
  2017	Dang, A., Kanukula, R., Shah, C., & Shetye, V. (2017). The Emerging Role of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) in Clinical Trials: An Indian Perspective. Value in Health Regional Issues, 12, 24-26. DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC1
  2017	Ghai, B., Bansal, D., Kanukula, R., Gudala, K., Sachdeva, N., Dhatt, S. S., & Kumar, V. (2017). Vitamin D supplementation in patients with chronic low back pain: An open label, single arm clinical trial. Pain Physician, 20(1), E99-E105. DOI Scopus32 WoS27 Europe PMC18
  2015	Ghai, B., Kumar, K., Bansal, D., Dhatt, S. S., Kanukula, R., & Batra, Y. K. (2015). Effectiveness of parasagittal interlaminar epidural local anesthetic with or without steroid in chronic lumbosacral pain: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Pain Physician, 18(3), 237-248. Scopus33 WoS27 Europe PMC2
  2015	Ghai, B., Bansal, D., Kapil, G., Kanukula, R., Lavudiya, S., & Sachdeva, N. (2015). High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in Indian chronic low back patients. Pain Physician, 18(5), E853-E862. Scopus21 WoS17 Europe PMC14
  2015	Gudala, K., Kanukula, R., & Bansal, D. (2015). Reduced Risk of Parkinson's Disease in Users of Calcium Channel Blockers: A Meta-Analysis.. International journal of chronic diseases, 2015, 697404. DOI Europe PMC26
  2015	Kanukula, R., Vsn, M., Ganji, K., Likhar, N., & Dang, A. (2015). PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING AND PAIN IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS OUTCOMES MEASURES. VALUE IN HEALTH, 18(7), A708-A709. DOI
  2014	Kanukula, R., Gudala, K., Bansal, D., & Ghai, B. (2014). Comment on: The effect of vitamin D on non-specific low back pain. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 17(7), 820-821. DOI

2021-2022, Monash University, Teaching Associate, Systematic Reviews Training Workshops

https://handbook.monash.edu/2024/units/BMS3052?year=2024 

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2023 - ongoing	Member	GRADE Working Group	Australia
  2022 - ongoing	Member	Society for Research Synthesis Methodology	United Kingdom
  2021 - ongoing	Member	Statistical Society of Australia	Australia
  2020 - ongoing	Member	Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science	Australia
  2020 - ongoing	Member	Cochrane Methods Bias Group	United Kingdom
  2017 - ongoing	Member	International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research	United States

• Email: raju.kanukula@adelaide.edu.au