Dr. P.Nivedha has been serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER) since July 2024. She brings over four years of professional experience in NABL-accredited clinical biochemistry laboratories, combining advanced diagnostic expertise with academic teaching and research mentorship and also been actively engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate education, laboratory management, and research supervision.She has successfully completed several specialized training programs, including:NABL Training on ISO 15189:2022 standards,Basic Course in Biomedical Research (ICMR–NIE, 2023), MO-ART Specialist Induction Course (NACO, 2022), Basic Course in Medical Education (SRIHER, 2024) and Risk Assessment and Management in compliance with ISO standard (SRIHER, 2025).As Coordinator of Hospital Quality Assurance Division, she plays a key role in institutional quality assurance. She is involved in research, guiding undergraduate and postgraduate Medical Laboratory Technology students in designing and executing projects in clinical biochemistry and laboratory medicine.
Publications:
1.Relationship between Depression and Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients attending a Tertiary care hospital. Kalavathy selvaraju, Velayutharaj Alwar, Nivedha Pandiyan, Balaji karukaran, Thamarai Rajappa. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and clinical research 2023; 15(3); 22-27.
2.Assessment of Nutritional Risk Index and Prevalence of Malnutrition in Elderly Hospitalized Patients at a Tertiary care center: A prospective Study. Divya Malar Krishnasamy, Balaji Karunakaran, Velayutharaj Alwar, Thamarai Rajappa, Nivedha Pandiyan. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 2023; 15(1); 531-537.
Completed Projects:
Assessing the Validity of Calculated LDL cholesterol in patients with hypothyroidism.
This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of the Friedewald and Anandaraja formulas in estimating LDL-C in patients with hypothyroidism, using directly measured LDL-C as the reference. The results will help identify the most dependable calculation method for this specific clinical group.
Ongoing Projects:
Predictive value of Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) Index in Assessing Glycemic control in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
The Triglyceride-Glucose index is derived from fasting triglyceride and glucose level. It has been discovered that the newtriglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, which is a product of triglycerides and fasting plasma glucose (FPG), correlates with both direct and surrogate markers of IR. Where TyG index is considered to be simple, cost effective and has a high efficacy in assessing glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hence this study aims to evaluate the predictive value of Triglyceride -Glucose (TyG) index in Assessing Glycemic control in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.