Research Focus
Research Focus
- Diabetes Research: Clinical studies on incretin response, GLP and GIP activity and digital diabetes management tools
- Thyroid and Cancer Research: Molecular profiling of thyroid nodules and cancers
- Iodine Deficiency & thyroid disorders among children
- Bone and Mineral Disorders: Osteoporosis diagnosis with sFRP and fracture risk assessment in postmenopausal women
- Vitamin D deficiency and dietary intervention
- Pituitary tumors
Funding agencies
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Endocrine Society of India
- Endocrine Society of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry
- Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India
Ongoing research :-
Diabetes Mellitus & Gut hormones
- Incretin response in type 2 diabetes
- Gestational diabetes
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency in type 2 Diabetes
- HDL in Prediabetes and type 2 Diabetes
Thyroid Disorders
- TSH variations in acute illness
- TSH levels in pregnancy
- Molecular genetics in Thyroid cancer
- Iodine metabolism and thyroid (Post-iodization era)
Reproductive Endocrinology
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Male and female infertility
- Diabetes and hypogonadism in males
Bone and Mineral Metabolism
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- Paget disease : genetic aspects
- Osteoporosis and bone density research
- Vitamin D deficiency and dietary interventions
Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders
- Peripituitary ACTH and Cortisol in diagnosing cushing syndrome
- Non CAH primary adrenal insufficiency
- Bone health in hypopituitarism
Endocrine Genetics and Rare Diseases
- Paget disease of bone
- Genetic endocrine syndromes
Copyrights
- Comprehensive structured exercise program for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- Knowledge on physical activity in type 2 diabetes and exercise prescription for painful diabetic neuropathy
- Dietary vitamin D2 and D3 quantitative food frequency questionnaire
Ongoing projects :-
- Investigating genetic, miRNA biomarker in Paget’s disease of bone
- Effect of traditionally fermented finger millet beverage on bone metabolism: A study in ovariectomy-induced osteoporotic rat model
- Effect of dietary vitamin D2 supplementation on vitamin D status in post-menopausal women
- Triaging of indeterminate thyroid nodules combining radiomics, molecular cytopathology and mutation profile -A part of multicentric study
- Normative TSH values in first trimester of pregnancy (in South India)
- To establish normative value for ACTH, cortisol and prolactin in peripituitary venous sample and its application in evaluation of Cushing syndrome
- To establish the correlation between dual energy X-ray absorptiometry(DXA) and magnetic resonance imaging of lumbosacral spine(MRI LS spine), vertebral radiograph, histomorphometry in the detection of vertebral osteoporosis
- Evaluation of bone mineral density and bone turnover in hypopituitarism
- Maternal anthropometry, insulin, kisspeptin and incretin response to glucose in women with gestational diabetes
- A study of 3.75 mg prednisolone versus hydrocortisone, conventional dose of prednisolone as replacement dose in adrenal insufficiency patients.
- A cross Sectional study to assess the iodine status among school going children
