1. Faculty members and their research interests:
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Name of the Faculty & Designation |
Research Interest |
E-mail Address |
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Dr. M.G.Sridhar Professor & Head |
Endocrinology, diabetes mellitus, lipid metabolism and disorders, medical education |
linkmgs*yahoo.com |
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Dr.B.C.Koner, Associate Professor |
Neural-immune interactions, Immunotoxicity of xenobiotics, Free radical biology, Problem based and computer-assisted learning |
bckoner*hotmail.com |
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Dr. Zachariah Bobby, Assistant Professor |
Oxidative stress and protein glycation in health and disease, cell surface antigens |
zacbobby*jipmer.edu |
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2. No. of Post-graduate admission per year:
i) M.D. - 2
ii) Ph.D. - 2
iii) M.Sc. - 6
1. Highlights of patient care provided
§ Daily 2000 (approx) investigations including 600 (approx) emergency investigations are done in the clinical biochemistry laboratory.
§ Special investigations like Thyroid profile (T3, T4 and TSH) and PSA by RIA and ELISA methods.
§ Basic Chromatographic studies on biofluids.
§ Basic electrophoresis in clinical practice.
§ Trace element analysis.
4. Special equipment available:
Automated random access discrete clinical chemistry analyzer, Semi autoanalyzer, Automated multiwell gamma counter, Well-type Gamma counter, ELISA work station, Blood gas and electrolyte analyzer, Trace element analyzer, Densitometer for electrophoretogram.
5. Major research activities:
v Oxidative stress and protein glycation in health and diseases(DAE Funded)
v Role of insulin and thyroid hormones in pathogenesis of BPH.
v Alteration in Neural-immune interaction in thyroid dysfunction.
v Impact of introducing PBL on clinical biochemistry skill of M.Sc. (Med Biochem) students.
v Development of computer programs for teaching clinical biochemistry.
v Immunotoxicity of pesticide poisoning in human cases.
v Role of caudate nucleus and its dopaminergic pathway in neural-immune interaction.
v Oxidative stress and protein glycation is chrome obstructive pulmonary disease.
v Oxidative stress and protein glycation in polycystic ovarian syndrome.
v Lectin-binding glycoprotein pattern changes in oxidative stress.