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Profile summary
Dr. Prashanti Eachempati completed her graduation and post-graduation in India and has 17 years’ experience in academia, teaching Prosthodontics to undergraduate and post graduate students. She is currently the Clinical Lecturer at Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth and is the year 3 course lead. She is also the co-lead for the Professionalism module.
She served as a Deputy Dean, Professor and Head of Prosthodontics and the Research coordinator at Faculty of Dentistry, Manipal University College Malaysia till July 2023.
Dr. Prashanti has more than 30 national and international awards for best paper and poster presentations, a patent in Prosthodontics and various research grants to her credit. She is the recipient of the best teacher award from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, GC Das Memorial National Award for best research in Prosthodontics and the prestigious Ron Harden Innovation in Medical Education Award (RHIME Award) for her innovation in dental education.
She has more than 80 publications to her credit and is adept at conducting Cochrane systematic reviews. She has been associated with the Cochrane Oral health group for the past 11 years, with 10 published systematic reviews and a few ongoing reviews. She is a trainer for Cochrane Malaysia and the co-convenor of the Cochrane Priority setting methods group. Dr. Prashanti has vast experience in conducting workshops pertaining to Cochrane and in training medical and dental teachers in health professions education.
Professional memberships
1. Member of International Association of Dental Research- (IADR, BSODR)
2. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
3. Association for the study of medical education (ASME)
4. Association of Medical Educators (AoME)Member, Indian Prosthodontic society
5. Member, International congress of oral Implantologists
6. Member of Association of Medical Education in Europe 2017
7. Member, International College of Continuing Dental Education
8. Member of Faculty of General Dental Practitioners
9. Member of Academy of Dentistry Internationale
10. Member of Karnataka Prosthodontic Society
11. Member, Indian dental association, Dakshina Kannada branch
Roles on external bodies
1. Reviewer in Clinical Case reports from March 2020
2. Reviewer in Contemporary Clinical Dentistry from December 2019
3. Reviewer for Journal of interdisciplinary dentistry from June 2011
4. Reviewer for International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative dentistry from October 2011
5. Reviewer for Journal Orbit from January 2015
6. Board member of International Journal of Dental Science, 2015
7. Reviewer in MedEd publications, an open access peer reviewed journal.
Teaching interests
Prosthodontics:
Fixed and removable Prosthodontics
Implant Prosthetics
Evidence based dentistry:
Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis
Health Professions education:
Assessment
Teaching learning strategies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A decision algorithm for assessing indirectness in core GRADE
Guyatt, G., Eachempati, P., Hultcrantz, M., Montori, V., Vandvik, P. O., Iorio, A. & Agoritsas, T., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 190, 112099.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Misusing I2 for inconsistency, overlooking OIS for imprecision, and ignoring the continuum of certainty ratings: common pitfalls in GRADE assessments
Eachempati, P. & Guyatt, G., Jun 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 194, 112210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SPICE-GRADE: Simultaneous Processing of Indirect Causal Evidence in Complex Pathways Using GRADE -An Exploratory Case Study
Eachempati, P., Guyatt, G., Vandvik, P. O., Guerin, P. J., Dahal, P., Barnes, K. I. & Agoritsas, T., 7 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 194, 112219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Core GRADE 1: overview of the Core GRADE approach
Guyatt, G., Agoritsas, T., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Mustafa, R. A., Rylance, J., Foroutan, F., Prasad, M., Agarwal, A., De Beer, H., Murad, M. H., Schandelmaier, S., Iorio, A., Yao, L., Jaeschke, R., Vandvik, P. O., Zeng, L., Parpia, S., D'souza, R., Rind, D. & Chu, D. K. & 4 others, , 22 Apr 2025, In: BMJ. 389, e081903.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Core GRADE 2: choosing the target of certainty rating and assessing imprecision
Guyatt, G., Zeng, L., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Prasad, M., De Beer, H., Murad, M. H., Iorio, A., Agarwal, A., Yao, L., Agoritsas, T., Rylance, J., Mustafa, R. A., Vandvik, P. O., Eachempati, P., Zhai, C., Zhang, L., Montori, V. M. & Hultcrantz, M., 29 Apr 2025, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 389, p. e081904 e081904.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
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Advance HE - Educational Excellence Symposium 2025
Avery, N. (Participant) & Eachempati, P. (Participant)
9 Dec 2025Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
Theses
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Uncertainty in Decision-making Within the Dental Context of Malaysia’s Multi-ethnic Population – a Mixed-methods Study
Eachempati, P. (Author), Nasser, M. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Hanks, S. (Other Supervisor) & Martin, J. (Other Supervisor), 2025Student thesis: PhD
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