Mamidanna Seshagiri Rao

Background

Rao, Mamidanna Seshagiri was born on June 21, 1931 in Kaikalur, India. Son of Suryanarayana and Satyavatidevi (Banda) Mamidanna.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Vivekananda College, Madras, India, 1951; Master of Arts, Punjab U., New Delhi, 1960; Master of Science, U. Pittsburgh, 1968; Doctor of Science, U. Pittsburgh, 1970.

Career

Statistician, Safdarjnag Hospital, New Delhi, 1955-1962; statistician, Indian Council Medical Research, New Delhi, 1963-1967; statistician, St. Francis General Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1969-1970; assistant professor, University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1970-1971; assistant director, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, 1971-1972; regional adviser, statistician, World Health Organization, Washington, 1972-1976; associate professor, Howard U., Washington, 1976-1988; professor College Medicine, Howard U., Washington, since 1988. Statistician, liaison United States Agency for International Development/Sudan, Khartoum, 1982-1984. Consultant Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department Labor, Washington, 1980, Family Health International, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1984, The World Bank, Washington and Sudan, 1988, bureau of Injuries andDisabalities, Washington, since 1994.

Achievements

• Mamidanna Seshagiri Rao has been listed as a noteworthy Biostatistics educator, consultant, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding trustee Chinmaya Mission Regional Center, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1988. Trustee Hindu Temple of Metropolitan Washington, Adelphi, Maryland., since 1993, chairman activities committee, 1993-1995. Chairman cultural committee Sri Siva Vishnu Temple, Lanham, Maryland., 1993-1994.

Member APHA, International Biometric Society, American Statistical Association, Washington Statis.Soc., Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, yoga, classical music, drama, dance.

Connections

Married Jayasheela Golla Chinna, June 15, 1976. Children: Suryasatyasree, Gayatriveena.

Father:

Suryanarayana Mamidanna

Mother:

Satyavatidevi (Banda) Mamidanna

Spouse:

Jayasheela Golla Chinna

child:

Suryasatyasree Rao

child:

Gayatriveena Rao