Mohan Karunanithi

Research Team Leader /Project Leader

Contact

The Australian e-Health Research Centre
Level 5, UQ Health Sciences Building 901/16, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hopsital
Herston QLD 4029 Australia

Tel: 61 7 3253 3623
Mob: 61 411700476
Fax: 61 7 3253 3690

Themes

  • e-Health

Projects

  • Care Assessment Platform
  • Health Promotion Queensland
  • ICT for Aged-Care

Science Area

  • Human Computer Interaction

Biography

Mohanraj Karunanithi obtained a BE in Mechanical Engineering at the University of NSW (UNSW), during which he took an interest in Biomedical Engineering with the thesis work on Cardiovascular Mechanics. He pursued this interest by establishing and running a cardiac research unit at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) for 9 years, during which time he completed a Masters in Biomedical Engineering (UNSW) with thesis and publications of research work characterising Right Ventricular Contractile Performance in intact hearts. He has also completed a PhD degree on Ventricular Mechanics, in which one of the highlights was the development of a Non-invasive Index of Left Ventricular Performance. Most of these studies, in association with the VCCRI, have been published in leading cardiac journals.
Following this, he worked in the commercial sectors of the medical systems industry for five years: as a Service and Support Delivery Engineer with Agilent Technologies (formerly HP Medical) and as an Asia Pacific Engineering Regional Manager, Medical Information Technology Division, Philips Medical Systems.
He joined CSIRO as a Project Leader in 2004 and is currently a Research Team Leader. Dr. Karunanithi leads the research work that focuses on applying information communication technolgies in enabling personal monitoring for ongoing care for chronic diseases and aged care. His area also focuses on the mobile-health technologies to enable design of home care models for chronic disease management, such as the Care Assessment Platform and testing them through clinical trials.

Academic Qualifications

2002 Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Biomedical Engineering (Ventricular Mechanics)
1992 Master of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Biomedical Engineering (Right ventricular contractile performance)
1987 Bachelor of Engineering, University of New South Wales, Mechanical Engineering

Grants

2010: NHMRC Project Grant "Improving activity level of older patients in rehabilitation settings"

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
Feneley MP, Karunanithi MK, Michniewicz J: Right ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic compliance: response to increased afterload in conscious dogs. In: Compliance of the cardiovascular system. Starc V, Kenner T, eds. Ljubljana: Medicinski Razgledi,
Karunanithi MK, Michniewicz J, Copeland SE, Feneley MP: Right ventricular preload recruitable stroke work, end-systolic pressure-volume and dP/dtmax - end-diastolic volume relations compared as indexes of right ventricular contractile performance in consc
Feneley M, Karunanithi M, Michneiwicz J, Young J, Kalnins W: Rapid contractile upregulation rematches stroke work to increased afterload independent of ventricular geometry, afterload-related coronary perfusion pressure fluctuations and baseline contracti
Karunanithi MK, Young JA, Kalnins W, Scott Kesteven, Feneley MP: Response of the intact left ventricle to increased afterload does not depend on a concomitant increase in coronary perfusion pressure. Circulation 100:1562-1568, 1999.
Karunanithi MK, Feneley MP: Single-Beat Preload Recruitable Stroke Work Relationship: Derivation and Evaluation in Conscious Dogs. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 35: 502-513, 2000.
Karunanithi MK, Feneley MP: Limitations of Unidimensional Indexes of Right Ventricular Contractile Function in Conscious Dogs. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 120: 302-312, 2000.
Karunanithi MK, Michniewicz J, Feneley MP: Effect of acute increments in left ventricular afterload on global and regional work output from the right ventricle. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 121: 116-124, 2001.
Karunanithi M, Monitoring technology for the Elderly Patient, Expert. Rev. Devices 4(2): 267-277, 2007
32. Darren L Walters, Antti Sarela, Anita Fairfull, Kylie Neighbour, Cherie Cowen, Belinda Stephens, Tom Sellwood, Bernadette Sellwod, Marie Steer, Michelle Aust, Becky Francis, Chi-Keung Lee, Sheridan Hoffmann, Gavin Brealey and Mohan Karunanithi. A mobile phone-based care model for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: the care assessment platform (CAP), BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2010, 10:5.
36. Marlien Varnfield, Mohanraj Karunanithi, Antti Sarela, Elsa Garcia, Anita Fairfull, Brian Oldenburg, Darren Walters. Uptake of Technology Assisted Home-Care Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Medical Journal of Australia Supplement, 2011: 194 (4), S15-S19.