Rajeena Shahin

Since 2022, I have been serving as the Medical Director of the Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) India, where she leads national efforts to embed nutrition into the core of healthcare. Her work spans curriculum reform, medical education, development of clinical guidelines, research dissemination, and institutional collaborations across leading medical colleges. She also plays a key role in building local evidence through research, and translating global science into culturally relevant resources for healthcare professionals.

• Trained 10,000 medical professionals on the fundamentals of evidence-based nutrition through 35+ CMEs and online learning sessions.
• Collaborated with India's top research institutions to advance research in nutrition and NCDs.
• Built a team of 5 regular employees and 30+ consultants working at various capacities to drive the mission forward.
• Created multiple protocols for clinical studies.
• Co-created multiple clinical guidelines to manage NCDs, with EBN at its core.

In 2015, I co-founded Invest On Health (IOH), one of India’s earliest health-tech platforms focused on delivering structured, therapeutic lifestyle solutions for the prevention, management, and reversal of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).. IOH integrates clinical expertise with digital innovation to build scalable, evidence-based systems that enable sustainable behavior change and long-term health outcomes.

Key contributions:

• Conducted an in-depth analysis of over 150,000 nutrition data points, alongside a large volume of clinical studies, to explore associations between dietary patterns and disease risk—informing the development of data-driven systems, algorithms, and digital intervention tools.
• Designed clinical processes and decision-support tools for NCD management, grounded in Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI) models.
• With support from a multidisciplinary clinical team, the platform has impacted over 5,000 individuals, helping them adopt sustainable lifestyle changes to manage—and, in some cases, reverse—chronic conditions.

Currently in a strategic pause, with plans to relaunch by 2027 with deeper innovation, sharper strategy, and expanded scale to advance lifestyle medicine at the population level.

Running a home-based clinical setup since 2004, offering

• Part-time, personalized care with a focus on prevention, chronic disease management, women’s health, and nutrition-led lifestyle interventions.
• The practice served as a foundation for developing patient-centered care models later applied in public and digital health initiatives.

• Company Overview: Website: https://islm.org.in/past-board-of-director/.
• Led national efforts to expand ISLM’s reach and impact by driving strategic alliances, advocacy, and membership engagement. Collaborated with medical institutions and hospitals to build awareness around lifestyle medicine across India.
  Successfully coordinated the IBLM certification exam in 2021, in partnership with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), and facilitated candidate training and support. Played a key role in growing ISLM’s membership base 7–8 fold within two years, strengthening the organization’s presence and credibility in the medical community.

• Company Overview: Web link: https://www.facebook.com/Vivriti.
• Co-founded Vivriti to deliver enriched learning experiences for early learners and intellectually advanced children. Played a key role in setting up the organization and managing day-to-day operations from 2010 to 2015.
• Collaborated with the NIAS Gifted Education program to identify and nurture gifted talents in science and mathematics. From 2015 onwards, I transitioned into a strategic role, focusing on curriculum design, institutional partnerships, and scaling impact.

• Company Overview: Website: https://www.nias.res.in/
• Worked as a collaborator for the project "Identification and Mentoring of Gifted children in Math and Science". I was involved with various research activities like identification of and case profiling of Gifted children. Also actively involved in organizing workshops, developing resources etc.

• Company Overview: Website: https://www.bssblr.org/
• Provided part-time outpatient care through the NGO’s evening clinic, serving under-resourced communities. Over a decade, I have actively engaged with residents of the nearby Jakkur slum area, offering medical support, health education, and continuity of care to vulnerable populations.
  This grassroots experience deepened her commitment to health equity and community-based interventions.

• Company Overview: Website: https://sami-sabinsagroup.com/
• I worked as a Project Manager for Sami Labs (ClinWorld). I was handling 3 multicenter trials during this period. I managed a team of 12 CRAs. One of the drugs, an Ophthalmic drug, got DCGI approval during this period. I was one of the team members who did a presentation to DCGA on this product. Traveled to multiple countries as part of this job.

Gained diverse clinical exposure across leading hospital setups in both Kerala and Bangalore.

• St. Jude Hospital, Trivandrum: Worked closely with senior physicians across the OPD, inpatient, and obstetrics and gynecology wards.
• Manipal Hospital, Bangalore: Served in the Gastroenterology Department under Dr. K.N.K. Shetty and Dr. Dinesh Kini.
• St. Philomena’s Hospital, Bangalore: Brief stint as a Resident Medical Officer, supporting general patient care.

This foundational period helped build a strong clinical base and reinforced a systems-thinking approach in later preventive and lifestyle medicine work.