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Santhi Silambanan

Professor

Qualification

MBBS | M.D | DNB | MBA

Contact Info

[email protected]

Bio

Bio

IQAC core committee member, FQC member, MEU- Journal Club in charge, MEU- member, BOS for Optometery in SRIHER

Dr Santhi Silambanan, with the designation of Professor in the Department of Biochemistry is working at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai 600116 since the year 1999. She graduated MBBS from Chengalpattu Medical College, MD (Biochemistry) from Madras Medical College and DNB (Biochemistry) from National Board of Examinations. She has 25 years of teaching, and research experience. She joined as Assistant Professor, with further experience got elevated to head of the Department of Biochemistry. At present she is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry. She has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical and paramedical students. She has more than 25 projects which are either completed or ongoing projects. She has more than 100 publications to her credit in local, national as well as international journals. She has been a guide as well as research advisory committee member for many PhD scholars. She has been doctoral committee member for PhD scholars in other universities. She is member of Board of Studies for Optometry at SRIHER. She also has been member of Board of Studies for MBBS, MD and MSc at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal for the third consecutive year. Also, she has the experience of working in NABL accredited Sri Ramachandra Laboratory Services. She is also empanelled by NABL as Technical Assessor in Clinical Biochemistry. In Department of Medical Education, she is a member as well as in charge of journal club. She has been a NMC observer during the revised Basic Course Workshop conducted in the medical colleges which come under SRMC & RI, regional centre of NMC. She has been member of various committees of this institute. She is member of board of studies in other universities as well.MSc Psychology, 2010, Madras University

PGDMLS (PG diploma in Medico Legal systems), 2003, Symbiosis centre of Health Care, Pune

Certificate course on Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, by Manipal ProLearn, Aug 12th 2017. 

Certificate course on Health Research Fundamentals, by NPTEL, September 24th 2017

Board of Studies member for MBBS, MD Biochemistry MSc Biochemistry at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Guide for research scholars

Assistant Professor, SRMC & RI (Aug 1999-Mar 2005)

Associate Professor (March 2005-July 2009)

Professor (July 2009 – Apr 2011)

Professor & Head (April 2011 -April 2019)

Professor (April 2018 till date)

Handle theory, practical and research for MBBS, BDS, MD Biochemistry, MD Pathology, MSc Biochemistry

Educations

Research Interest

Projects

Angiogenesis in Adipose Tissue: Implications in Obesity

Angiogenesis in Adipose Tissue: Implications in Obesity (ICMR MD-PhD program) by the PhD scholar Dr Manu Sudhakar

I was the guide for Dr Manu Sudhakar -registered in August 2012 as ICMR integrated MD-PhD candidate and completed in April 2019

Conference presentations:

  1. Manu Sudhakar, Abhinand C.S, RamyaR, Jothi Malar, Santhi Silambanan “Interaction  of plasma acute phase proteins with leptin: Implications in leptin sensitivity in obesity”, 27th Annual conference of Indian Society of Atherosclerosis        Research at KGMU, Lucknow, 25-27th Nov, 2014.
  2. M.Sudhakar, D.Natarajan, M.S.Kiran, S.Silambanan “Effect of chlorogenic acid on adipogenic and angiogenic signalling pathways” 1st International conference on Nutraceuticals and chronic diseases, Kochi, 9-11th Sept., 2016.
  3. Manu Sudhakar, Ramya R, Santhi Silambanan “Alteration in serum miRNAs involved in modulation of angiogenesis in obesity”, 85th Annual meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), CFTRI, Mysuru, 22-24th Nov. 2016
  4. Manu Sudhakar, Ramya. R, Santhi Silambanan “Lack of association between serum levels of THSD7A and obesity”,  43rd Annual meeting of the Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI) , KMC, Mangalore, 13-15th Dec, 2016.
  5. Manu Sudhakar, Santhi Silambanan, Athira A.P, Soumya.S.J, Duraipandy.N, Ramya.R, Kiran M.S. “Exosomes mediate metabolite dependent crosstalk between browning of adipocytes and angiogenesis.”  CPH BAT 2019- Brown and white adipose – plasticity and metabolic crosstalk” organised by the Rigshospitalet and Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen at Copenhagen, June 3rd -4th 2019.

Publications:

  1. M Sudhakar, Santhi Silambanan, Athira A, Jayakumar Nair. Galectin-3 is secreted by adipocytes through exosomes. Trends in Carbohydrate research 2018;10(3):12-20. ISSN: SJR: 0.128
  2. Manu Sudhakar, Santhi Silambanan, Ramya Ramakrishnan. Sirtuins in Adipose Tissue Metabolism. In Leszek Szableswski Adipose tissue. 1 st ed. 2018. p. 23-37. DOI: 10.5772/intechopne.71377. 49 (ISBN978-953-51-6064-9) http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75704
  3. Manu Sudhakar, Santhi Silambanan, Abhinand S Chandran, Athira A Prabhakaran, Ramya Ramakrishnan. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Leptin Receptor in Obesity: Binding of Monomeric CRP to Leptin Receptor. Front. Immunol 2018;9:1167. SJR:803. ISSN: 16643224. doi: 10.3389/ fimmu.2018.01167.
  4. Sudhakar M, Silambanan S, Malar J. Sirtuins and Obesity related Metabolic dysfunction. IJBAMS 2015; 5(1): 2277-2103.
  5. Manu Sudhakar, Soumya J. Sasikumar, Santhi Silambanan, Duraipandy Natarajan, Ramya Ramakrishnan, A. Jayakumaran Nair, Manikantan Syamala Kiran. Chlorogenic acid promotes development of brown adipocyte-like phenotype in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Journal of Functional Foods Aug 2020;74:104161
  6. Manu Sudhakar, Santhi Silambanan, Athira A. Prabhakaran, Ramya Ramakrishnan. Angiogenic Potential, Circulating Angiogenic Factors and Insulin Resistance in Subjects with Obesity. Indian J Clin Biochem. 2021 Jan; 36(1): 43–50. Published online 2019 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s12291-019-0816-8. PMCID: PMC7817748

 

 

 

 

Effect of hyperhomocysteinemia and MTHFR (C677T) gene polymorphism in essential hypertensive patients

Effect of hyperhomocysteinemia and MTHFR (C677T) gene polymorphism in essential hypertensive patients (Shri NPV Ramasamy Udayar Chancellor fellowship by SRIHER) –

Guide for the PhD scholar Ms. Hermes Rajendran

Registered in April 2014 as full time PhD  and completed in June 2018.

Publications:

  1. Silambanan S, Hermes RS, Bhaskar E, Gayathri S. Endothelial Microparticle as an early Marker of Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Essential Hypertension: A Pilot Study. Indian J Clin Biochem. 2020 Apr;35(2):245-250. doi: 10.1007/s12291-019-00861-w. Epub 2019 Nov 28. PMID: 32226258; PMCID: PMC7093618.SJR:0.400
  2. R S Hermes, Santhi Silambanan, B Sendil Kumar. Association of Matrix metalloproteinases with Essential Hypertension- A Case control study. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research 2019;7(10):35-40.
  3. Hermes RS, Santhi Silambanan, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Kalaiselvi V S. Evaluation of homocysteine, hsCRP and microalbuminuria in hypertensives with and without end organ damage-A Case Control Study. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research 2017;5(6:)22829-22838.
  4. Hermes R S, Santhi Silambanan, Emmanuel Bhaskar E, Kalaiselvi V S. Association of Microalbuminuria with the Onset of End Organ Damage in Patients with Essential Hypertension. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 2016; 5(9): 25-30.

Assessment of Adipogenesis of Bone Marrow Fat in obese individuals and its association with fractures

Assessment of Adipogenesis of Bone Marrow Fat in obese individuals and its association with fractures (Shri NPV Ramasamy Udayar Chancellor fellowship by SRIHER) by the PhD scholar Mr P Modagan- Guide

Mr. Modagan registered in April 2015 as full time PhD candidate and completed in July 2019

Presentations:

  • Paper presented on 4th G. Jayaramn’s Endowment National workshop and Conference on recent trends in genomics and proteomics: impact on human health held on 1st and 2nd April 2016. University of Madras, Taramani Campus Chennai. Topic: Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among the adult population of Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu (poster)P. Modagan, Dr. A. Renuka, Dr. A. Manamalli , Dr. Santhi Silambanan.
  • Paper presented on SYMMEDCON 2017. International conference on stress, yoga and mind body medicine held on 2nd and 3rd January 2017 at SRMC&RI. Topic: Correlation of biochemical markers with bone mineral density in osteoporosis (Oral) Modagan, Dr. Santhi Silambanan, Dr. P. Gopinath Menon
  • Paper presented on 5th Annual conference of the endocrine society of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry – TRENDO 2017 emerging trends in endocrinology held on 22nd and 23rd July 2017. Topic: Serum Vitamin D (25 OH) level as a Sensitive Indicator of Bone Mineral Density in patients with Osteoporosis (Poster) P. Modagan, Dr. Santhi Silambanan, Dr. P. Gopinath Menon
  • Participated on BIOMETCON 2019, International conference on Obesity-Metabolic Enigma held on 3rd and 5th January 2019 at SRMC&RI, Chennai. Modagan, Dr. Santhi Silambanan, Dr. P. Gopinath Menon,
  • Paper presented on 7th Annual conference of the endocrine society of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry – TRENDO 2019 emerging trends in endocrinology held on 28th and 30th June 2019. Topic: Effect of Adiponectin on changes in Bone Mineral Density with Osteoporosis (Oral)P. Modagan, Dr. Santhi Silambanan, Dr. P. Gopinath Menon.
  • Paper presented in Enrich 2019, ENDOCRINE UPDATE AN ESTN INITIATIVE. Post graduate education programe held on 1st December 2019 at Leela Palace, Chennai. Topic: Association of Bone Marrow Fat and Bone Mineral Density as a Predictor of Bone Fractures in Patients with Osteoporosis (Poster) P. Modagan, Dr. Santhi Silambanan, Dr. P. Gopinath Menon, Dr. A. Renuka

Publications:

  1. Modagan P, Renuka A, Manamalli A, Santhi Silambanan. Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction among adult population of Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu. European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical sciences 2016;3(7):434-437.
  2. P Modagan, Santhi Silambanan, Gopinath Menon, P Arunalatha. Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels as an indicator of Bone Mineral Density in Osteoporosis. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2018;12(8):19-21. ISSN: 0973709X SJR: 348
  3. P Modagan, Santhi Silambanan, P Gopinath Menon, P Arunalatha. Comparison of Bone Mineral Density with Biochemical Parameters and Prevalence of Osteopenia and Osteoporosis in South Indian Population. Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal 2018;11(4): 2209-2214. SJR:107 ISSN: 09746242
  4. Modagan P, Leena Chand, Gopinath Menon, Aruna L P, Santhi Silambanan. Association of N-terminal telopeptide-1 with BMD in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis. Research Results in Biomedicine. 2022;8(1):82-90.
  5. Paranthaman M, Ganesh KSVAB, Silambanan S, Venkatapathy KV. Serum sclerostin levels as a diagnostic marker for osteoporosis. Bioinformation. 2024 Jan 31;20(1):54. doi: 10.6026/973206300200054. PMID: 38352898; PMCID: PMC10859939.
  6. Modagan Paranthaman, K.S.V. Angu Bala Ganesh, Santhi Silambanan. Linking bone marrow fat with decreased bone mineral density among Indian patients with osteoporotic fracture Bioinformation. 2024;20(1): 49-53.
  7. Rashmi, P. Modagan, Santhi Silambanan. FGF-21 as bone adipose marker in osteoporosis. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health Dec 2020;23(23). SP232371 doi.org/10.36295/ASRO.2020.232371

Role of Urinary Nephrin and Podocin as early markers of diabetic nephropathy and its NPHS1 mutation in patients with normoalbuminuric diabetes mellitus

Role of Urinary Nephrin and Podocin as early markers of diabetic nephropathy and its NPHS1 mutation in patients with normoalbuminuric diabetes mellitus – part time PhD scholar- Mr Kishore Kondapi- Guide

Registered in April 2016 and completed in August 2021

Presentations:

  1. BIOMETCON 2019-International conference on ” OBESITY-METABOLIC ENIGMA” 2nd to 5th January 2019; Title ” Role of advanced glycated end products on the excretion of podocyte proteins in diabetic nephropathy” poster
  2. TRENDO- 2019, 7th Annual conference of endocrine society of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; 29th and 30th June 2019;  Title: Study of urinary nephrin in patients with diabetic nephropathy- oral

Publications:

  1. Kishore Kondapi, Swathi Moorthy, Lakshmana Kumar N, Santhi Silambanan.  Glycated Albumin as a Prognostic Indicator of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine Dec 2020;7(11): 1404 -1415.  ISSN 2515-8260
  2. Kishore Kondapi, Santhi Silambanan, Lakshmana Kumar, Swathy Moorthy. Does N-Carboxymethyl Lysine Serve as a Prognostic Biomarker of Diabetic Nephropathy? Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021;15(2): OC42-OC47
  3. Kondapi K, Kumar NL, Moorthy S, Silambanan S. A study of association of urinary nephrin with albuminuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy. Indian J Nephrol Feb 23, 2021. ISSN No: 0971 4065, SJR: 09
  4. Kondapi Kishore, Santhi Silambanan, Swathy Moorthy. Diagnostic sensitivity of Biomarkers in assessing the Occurrence and Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy. European Journal of Molecular and Clinical Medicine. 2021; 8(3):1554-1571.
  5. Kishore Kondapi, Santhi Silambanan, Swathy Moorthy, N Lakshmana Kumar. A Study of the Risk Factors and Urinary Podocin as an Early Prognostic Indicator of Renal Injury in Diabetic Nephropathy. Journal of The Association of Physicians of India 2021; 69:58-62.

Novel biomarkers of vascular calcification – Osteoprotegerin and Fetuin–A as markers of cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease

Dr Bagavad Geetha registered in October 2016 as part-time candidate, completed in September 2022

Guide

Presentations:

  1. ‘Mind Body Intervention – A Practical Approach to the treatment of depression in Chronic Kidney Disease’- e Poster, SYMMEDCON2017, International Conference, 30/01/18
  2. ‘Study of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease patients’- Oral, International conference-BIOMETCON ’2019, 13/01/2019
  3. ‘Novel Biomarkers for vascular calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease – A Review’-e poster ‘RESMECON 2019’, 09/11/2019

Publications:

  1. Bagavad Geetha M, Maheshkumar K, Jayakumar M, Sowmya, Santhi Silambanan, Viji Devanand. Novel biomarkers of inflammation for endothelial dysfunction in chronic kidney disease patients. Biomedicine. 2022 Mar 5;42(1):177-80.
  2. M Bagavad Geetha, R Logesh, M Jayakumar, S Santhosh, Santhi Silambanan, Viji Devanand. Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients-A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2022 Apr, Vol-16(4): CC01-CC03.

Phenotype and Genotype characteristics and their association with metabolic abnormalities in patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Full time PhD scholar -Dr K Lavanya registered in October 2017- ICMR Integrated PhD

Guide

Presentations:

  1. ENCOENLIGHT 2018- National Conference on Endocrinology & Clinical Oncology, 05-04-2018 to 07-04-2018.Poster on Phenotype & Genotype characteristics and their association with metabolic abnormalities with PCOS, Venue: Saveetha Medical College
  2. BIOMETCON 2019- Obesity- Metabolic Enigma, 04-01-2019 on MicroRNA in PCOS – poster
  3. BIOMETCON 2019- Obesity- Metabolic Enigma, 04-01-2019 on Clinical utility of LH:FSH ratio in diagnosing PCOS – oral
  4. Cardiolipicon-Lipids in Cardiac Health- National Conference- Poster, SRM Medical College, 03-05-2019, Topic: IS PCOS a risk for cardiovascular disease
  5. Cardiolipicon-Lipids in Cardiac Health- National Conference- Poster, SRM Medical College, 03-05-2019 Topic: A study on levels of serum lipid profile in women with PCOS – Oral
  6. TRENDO- 2019, 7th Annual conference of endocrine society of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; 29th and 30th June 2019;  Title: Alterations of thyroid profile in PCOS, poster

Publications:

  1. Lavanya K, Silambanan S, Ganesh M. Association of hypothyroidism and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Int J Clin Biochem Res Sep 2019;6(3):405-409.
  2. Lavanya K, Palaniappan N, Vinodhini VM, Mahesh Kumar K. Silambanan S. Association of prolactin and insulin with obesity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. Biomedicine [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 31 [cited 2022 Dec. 31];42(6):1166-71.

To Study the association of cardiac biomarkers and microRNAs (miR-210 & miR126) in the prognosis of congestive cardiac failure in hypertensive individuals

Guide for fulltime PhD candidate-Jasmine Chandra

Received Shri NPV Ramasamy Udayar Chancellor Fellowship

Registered in October 2018 and completed in November 2022.

Presentations:

  1. ResMecon 2019 Date 08.11.2019, E- poster poster presentation topic : Role of biomarkers in Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Heart failure. Venue ; SRIHER
  2. Enrich Endocon – 2019 poster presentation topic : vitamin D and PTH as predictors of Adverse cardiovascular Events in patients with Heart failure. Date:  01.12.2019 at Leela palace

Publications:

  1. Chandra AJ, Singh BS, Mohanalakshmi P, Kumar KM, Silambanan S. Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Hypertensive Heart Failure Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study. JCDR.2022; 16(7):BC17-BC20. https://www.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2022/56385/16632.
  2. Chandra J, Bhaskar E, Chand L, Koshy T, Silambanan S. (2020) Circulating Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Silent Heart Failure. Proteomics Bioinformatics, 2(3): 157-160.
  3. Chandra AJ, Singh BS, Mohanalakshmi P, Kumar KM, Silambanan S. Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Hypertensive Heart Failure Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-sectional Study. JCDR.2022; 16(7):BC17-BC20. https://www.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2022/56385/16632.

 

Effectiveness of Yoga intervention on the levels of autoantibodies, inflammatory epigenetic markers and Quality of Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Guide for the part time external PhD scholar Dr Shobana R

Registered in April 2020

Presentations:

1. Poster presentation:
Title: Protocol for Yoga intervention for the patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematous.
Conference theme: Presented in Recent advances in Medical Sciences International E- Conference (RAMSIECON 2021)
Place: Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore.
Date: 1 st to 3rd July 2021.
2. Oral presentation
Title: Impact of Yoga Intervention on Quality of life in SLE- A Randomised controlled trial.
2nd National conference ACS – Rheumaticon
Place: A.C.S. Medical College and Hospital
Date: 17th and 18th November 2023
 Secured 2nd prize for oral presentation.

Publication:

  1. R Shobana, Emmanuel Bhaskar, K Mahesh Kumar, Santhi Silambanan. Yoga Intervention for Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus- A Research Protocol. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2022 May, Vol-16(5): CK01-CK04.

A Study on association of inflammatory, genetic and epigenetic markers with Kellgren Lawrence Grading in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis of Knee

Guide for full time PhD scholar Dr Keerthy Rethinam

Integrated ICMR MD- PhD

Registered in December 2020

Publications:

  1. Keerthy Rethinam Meenakshi Sundaram, Thiagarajan Keddin Alwar, Prakash Ayyadurai, Ganesh Murugan, Mahesh Kumar Kuppusamy, Santhi Silambanan. Alterations of biomarkers in assessing the prognosis of osteoarthritis in patients with total knee replacement: A cross-sectional study. J Res Clin Med. 2023;11: 20.
  2. Meenakshisundaram KR, Alwar TK, Nannapan R, Vinodhini VM, Rajamani K, Kumar KM, Silambanan S. Assessment of IL-6, TGF-β1 and CTX-II in the diagnosis of early Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis of knee. International Journal of Medical Biochemistry. 2024;7(2):87-94.

Effect of Probiotic Supplementation on the levels of Biomarkers in  Diabetic  animal models with Gut Dysbiosis

Guide for fulltime PhD scholar, Ms T Sowmiya

Received Shri NPV Ramasamy Udayar Chancellor fellowship

Registered in August 2021

Publications:

  1. Sowmiya T, Silambanan S. Association of Gut Microbiota and Diabetes Mellitus. Curr Diabetes Rev. 2023;19(7):e211122211066. doi: 10.2174/1573399819666221121104542. PMID: 36411560.
  2. Sowmiya Thiyagarajan, Santhi Silambanan. Association of serum lipase and glycated hemoglobin in type 2 diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences IJCBS, 21(2022): 1-8.
  3. Thiagarajan Sowmiya, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Veeraraghavan Gayathri, Parthasarathy Mohanalakshmi, Santhi Silambanan.The Effect of Probiotic Supplementation on the Levels of Biomarkers in Diabetic Animal Model: A Research Protocol. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2024 Jun, Vol-18(6): BK01-BK04

Development, Validation and Evaluation of E Module of Yoga protocol for the patients with Depression

Co-guide for fulltime PhD scholar, Dr Dhamodhini

Registered in December 2020- completed in September 2024

Publications:

  1. Padmavathi R, Dhamodhini KS, Maheshkumar K, Suvarna Jyothi K, Santhi S. Need for E-module-based Validated Yoga Protocol. Annals of Neurosciences. 2023;0(0). doi:1177/09727531231213471
  2. Padmavathi R, Archana P. Kumar, Dhamodhini K S, V. Venugopal, Santhi Silambanan, Mahesh kumar K, Pankaj Sha. Role of yoga in stress management and implications in major depression disorder. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 14 (2023) 100767

 

Patterns in upregulation and downregulation of microRNA and volatile organic compounds in breath and their potential as a candidate biomarker for clinical subtypes of pulmonary tuberculosis

Co-guide for part time PhD scholar Dr Swathy Moorthy

Registered in April 2020

Publications:

  1. Swathy Moorthy, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Shivakumar S, Santhi Silambanan. Tuberculosis Diagnostics – A Journey from The Past Experiences to The Future Directions – A Review. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research AGJSR 39 (2) 2021: 82-99.
  2. Moorthy S, Kumar K. M, Silambanan S. Stressors and stress management strategies among young doctors amidst COVID-19 pandemic- Cross-sectional study. Biomedicine [Internet]. 2023 Feb. 26 [cited 2023 Feb. 28];43(1):87-93.
  3. Moorthy, S., Koshy, T., Kumar K, M., Chandra A, J., Bhaskar, E., Silambanan, S. Hematological Markers in the Assessment of Severity of COVID-19 Infection—A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System, 2022; 10(3): 276-283. doi: 10.30476/jhsss.2021.92646.1368
  4. Swathy Moorthy, Teena Koshy, Mahesh Kumar K, Santhi Silambanan. Role of inflammatory and liver function markers in assessing the prognosis of patients with COVID‑19. World Academy of Sciences Journal 2021;3(6):52.
  5. Swathy Moorthy, Leena Chand, Santhi Silambanan. SARS-CoV2 and Immune Response- a Cognizance! International Medical Journal 2021;28(5):4765-4774.
  6. Moorthy S, Koshy T, Srinivasan V, Silambanan S. Circulating Biomarkers and MicroRNAs in the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy-A Review. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Aug (2020): 481-497.

Study on the beneficial effects of Oxytocin and Dehydroepiandrosterone administration in the attenuation of acute stress

RAC member for part time external PhD scholar Dr Tamilselvan K

Registered in April   2018- completed in June 2024

Publications:

  1. Tamilselvan Kuppusamy, Gayathri Veeraraghavan, Santhi Silambanan, Muraliswaran Perumal, Padmavathi Ramaswamy. Dehydroepiandrosterone and Acute Stress Attenuation: An Interventional Rodent Study Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2023 Feb, Vol-17(2): CC01-CC04
  2. Tamilselvan Kuppusamy, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Muraliswaran Perumal, Santhi Silambanan, Archana Prabu Kumar. A short note on oxytocin and stress attenuation. Bioinformation 2021;17(11): 921-923.

Scientific Validation of safety and efficacy of a polyherbal formulation in the management of diabetes mellitus

RAC member for full time PhD scholar Ms. Srivani Telapolu

Registered in 2014 – completed in 2018

Publications:

  1. Kalachaveedu, Mangathayaru and Srivani, Telapolu and Silambanan, Santhi and Jabaris, Sugin Lal and John, Cordelia, Herbal Formulation MD-1 Ameliorates High Fat Diet Induced Diabetes Mellitus in C57BL/6J Mice by Attenuating Adipose Tissue Inflammation: A Reverse Proof of Concept Study. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4257842or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4257842

Role of Blood urea Nitrogen to Creatinine Ratio in Assessment of Length of Hospital Stay in Patients who have undergone Major Surgeries

Guide for Mr Anish Reddy, III MBBS, who got Summer Research Fellowship grant in 2021.

Publication:

Malugari, A.R., K, M.K. & Silambanan, S. Role of blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio in the assessment of hypovolemia who have undergone major surgeries- a cross-sectional study. Egypt J Intern Med 36, 97 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-024-00363-z

Serum C-Reactive protein levels as a biomarker in severity of various foot lesions in diabetic individuals

Guide for the final MBBS candidate – Mr Saran Sabapathy Sundaram

obtained Chancellor Summer Research Fellowship 2023-2024

 

Association of Zonulin with insulin Resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Guide for Ms P R Veena II MBBS candidate

Obtained Chancellor Summer Research Felllowship 2023-2024

Urinary Angiotensinogen as an early marker of nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients - a case control study

Guide for Ms Shalu Palaniappan I MBBS candidate

Obtained Chancellor Summer Research Fellowship  2023-2024

Osteoprotegerin and Fetuin-A as early markers of vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease

Osteoprotegerin and Fetuin-A as early markers of vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease- Dr.Bagavad Geetha.M, Dr.Santhi Silambanan, Dr.M.Jayakumar, SRIHER GATE funded 2019 95,000.

Plasma Fibrinogen as a potential biomarker of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease in patients with and without diabetes mellitus- a case-control study

Award of Chancellor Summer Research Grant (RICERCA) UG students to Mr S Sashank on Plasma Fibrinogen as a potential biomarker of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease in patients with and without diabetes mellitus- a case-control study

Awards & Recognitions

Technical Assessor by NABL

Empaneled as Technical Assessor by NABL since April 2011. Has assessed around 50 clinical chemistry laboratories in India.

 

Award of recognition

Received an award of recognition by International Lions Club, Chennai on Doctors Day celebration for the services rendered to the society, 01-07-2012 

 

Recognition from SRIHER for publication in a journal with high impact factor

Received recognition from SRIHER for publication in a journal with high impact factor: Ramesh V, Venkatesan V, Chellathai D, Silambanan S. Association of Serum Biomarker Levels and BDNF Gene Polymorphism with Response to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Indian Patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Neuropsychobiology. 2020 Jul 30:1-13. doi: 10.1159/000507371. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32731218.N. 

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