Reasearch - Physiology


Year: 2020

• Role of protein and vitamin B12 in clinical and public health nutrition in India.
• To understand the role of improving maternal dietary intake in promoting linear growth during the first 6 months of life, and the benefits of increasing protein quantity and quality in complementary foods to improve linear growth in the second 6 months of life in a population with high rates of stunting
• De novo lipogenesis in adiposity and glycaemic control: Epigenetic mechanisms and associated metabolite profiles.
• Assessment of nutritional quality, supply and demand of the government supplementary nutrition program
• Sugar intake in India: The estimation of dietary intake using the stable isotopic biomarker method of carbon isotope ratio.

Year: 2019

• A Study to evaluate vitamin D receptors and their signaling pathways in skeletal muscle among Indians with type 2 diabetes
• Sarcopenia Prevention Study: A Targeted Exercise and protein Supplementation program for Elderly Indians (STEPS STUDY)
• Circulating microRNA a novel prognostic and diagnostic biomarker of prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and its complications among Indians
• Long Term (2 years) efficacy of indigenously developed micronutrient fortified rice (fortified with iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid) in improving iron stores in school children and their mothers; process standardization to match the physical characteristics of fortified rice kernels (FRK) with commercial rice varieties and storage stability”
• Bioavailability of proteins from plant based diets
• Assessment of quality, supply and demand of the government supplementary nutrition program in Karnataka
• Distributed Intelligent Ultrasound Imaging System for Secure in-community Diagnostics (Secure Ultrasound)
• 3T Project- An EHR Toolkit for Primary Health care
• Accurate estimation of changes in body composition. energy balance and nutritional status of Indian children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) during cancer treatment
• Fast tracking Bangalore response to HIV through a pilot community-led testing model, the first in India – MITHR App
• Estimation of total energy expenditure and physical activity level among young adults.
• Estimating lysine bioavailability of Indian vegetarian meal using indicator amino acid oxidation method in adults.
• Introducing self-reflection in first year medical students to promote empathy as an integral part of Physiology curriculum
• Human placental epigenetic regulation of fatty acids versus glucose transport: Role in fetal growth restriction
• Crosstalk between Ferritin light chain (FTL) and Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression in relation to blood levels of neuro inflammatory markers in Indian Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus subjects”
• Role of MiRNAs in fetal growth restriction associated dysregulation of human placental angiogenesis
• Application of stable isotope Technique in Environmental Enterix Dysfunction in infants – A cross sectional study
• The role of Nutrients, Gut Dysfunction and the Gut Microbiome in Determining Health Outcomes in Undernutrition
• Randomized control trial to assess the efficacy of a school snack with our without micronutrient fortification to promote vitamin B12 status in primary school children
• Investigation of influence of 5HT3B gene, ABCBI gene and Cytochrome P4502D6 gene Polymorphism in efficacy of antiemetic treatment with Ondansetron in Post-Operative Breast Surgeries
• Sugar intake in India: The estimation of dietary intake using the stable isotopic biomarker method of carbon isotope ratio” under the new CRP on “ Optimizing nuclear techniques to assess accurate

Year: 2018

• The role of nutrients, gut dysfunction and the gut microbiome in determining health outcomes in undernutrition.
• Effect of community initiated Kangaroo mother care in low birth weight infants on liner growth, infection, reduction, breast milk properties and related biological outcomes
• Biomarkers of Iron Status in Women of Reproductive Age for Prevention of Anemia and Birth Defects in India
• Application of Stable Isotope Technique in Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in infants – A cross Sectional study
• Effect of early stunting on body cell mass and fat mass in term appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants.
• Determinants of Vascular functions among young healthy Indians- A cross sectional study
• Distinguishing features of immune signatures of BCG vaccination in infants and Revaccination in Adolescents in Bangalore, India
• Effect of early stunting on body cell mass and fat mass in term appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants
• Maternal fuel supply and placental trafficking of amino acids and fatty acids: Epigenetic and metabolomics correlates
• Diet associated metabolomics profiles of diabetic nephropathy in south Asian Indians
• Effect of maternal protein and vitamin B12 supplementation on placental epigenetics”
• Mango: Manchester Global Omics Initiative for Nutritional Health

Year: 2017

• To Evaluate the impact of maternal malnutrition and lactation performance in India
• Demonstrating Non-inferiority of Lower Dose Calcium Supplementation During Pregnancy for Reducing Preeclampsia and Neonatal Outcomes
• Mixed longitudinal/cross sectional study of Body composition of Infants from Birth to 6 months from Bangalore, India
• 13C Sucrose breath test as a biomarker of environmental enteric dysfunction in infants – Across sectional study
• Mixed longitudinal/cross sectional study of Body composition of Infants from Birth to 6months from Bangalore, India
• Measuring the digestibility of snacks prepared from extruded chickpea and yellow pea.
• Prevalence and predictors of vitamin B12 deficiency- genetic associations for low vitamin B12 levels- multicentre a pan India study.

Year: 2016

• Pilot study to optimize the level of protein in products for Indian primary school children
• Effects of environmental enteric dysfunction on protein digestibility, amino acid metabolism and protein synthesis • Consortium on vulnerability of externalizing disorders and addictions(c-VEDA)
• Prevalence and predictors of vitamin B12 deficiency: genetic associations for low vitamin B12 levels – multi centre a pan India study
• Integrated nutrition-agriculture strategies to inform public
• Genetic enhancement and Bioavailability- Finger Millet (Ragi) under Indoswiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB) Programme.
• Program support on the effect of amino acids,vitamin A and oxidative stress on foetal growth, placental function and low birth weight
• Micronutrient Protein requirements in malnourished school aged south Indian children determined using the indicator amino acid oxidation technique.
• Efficacy trial for a low-cost iron with vitamin C drink for reducing Anemia
• Bioavailability of proteins from plant-based diets
• Periconceptional Surveillance for prevention of anaemia and birth defects in India
• Effect of maternal protein and vitamin B12 supplementation on placental epigenetics
• Effect of maternal protein and vitamin B12 supplementation on placental vasculature

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