Dr. Preethika

Ongoing Funded Projects

• Clinical Performance Study Plan For HemoPro Hemoglobin Testing System- Funded by Peerless Biotech-July 2024- PI
• ICMR Centre for Advanced Research (CAR)- Phase I clinical trial Networks (2023-2028)-: June  2023- June 2024 - Co-PI     - ICMR
• Certificate program for good clinical practice. ICMR-DHR: Co-I
• Rosemary collaboratory: Leveraging research and advocacy to make health systems more inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities (PHASE 1): Co-PI- Special Olympics International.
• Evaluating the Impact of a multicomponent Intervention on HPV Vaccination Acceptability in Schools:A randomized control trial: SRM Chancellor’s UG Fellowship: Guide

Ongoing Regulatory Clinical Trials:

• Mynflu001-ICMR Phase I clinical Trial: Role: Protocol development and Laboratory manager
• Zika 001 -ICMR Phase I clinical trial: Role: Protocol development
• A single dose , double -blind, parallel arm, comparative pharmacokinetic study of DRL_AB, US licensed, reference Abatacept (Orencia) and EU approved reference(Orencia) administered by the subcutaneous route to male normal healthy volunteers.Role: Laboratory Manager

Publications

• Srinath S, Kalal A, Anand P, Mohapatra S, Chakraborty P. Small SNPs, Big Effects: A Review of Single Nucleotide Variations and Polymorphisms in Key Genes Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2025 Apr;85(2):e70016.
• Lewis I, Sharma S..Preethika A et al. Exploring The Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome And Renal Dysfunction In A Hospital-Based Indian Cohort. Afr. J. Biomed. Res. Vol. 27(3s) (September2024); 1277-1282
• Tripathy S, Mohapatra S, Preethika* A. Breast cancer awareness among women of reproductive age- a questionnaire based study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2024 May 14;298:153-157-
• Alva P, Rai S, Naresh S, Anand P. An Update on Gut Microbiome and Postmenopausal Health with Clinical Implications. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2024;16(2):150–155.
• Vidhyalakshmi RK, Tripathy S, Murugesan A, Kumari NS, Ananda P. Unusual Presentation of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy-A Case Series. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. 2023 Feb 1;17(2):QR01-4
• Tripathy S, A Preethika, R SK, M A, Mohapatra S. The potential impact of COVID-19 on women’s reproductive and mental health: a questionnaire study. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2022 Sep 24:1-8.
• Dr. Parvathy P R , Dr. Satyajit Mohapatra , Dr. Jamuna R Rani , Dr. Jerin James , Dr. Preethika A. (2022). Negative Effect on the Anti-Oxidant Potential of Cilnidipine in Breast Cancer Cell Lines – An in Vitro Study. Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, 2070–2075. https:// doi.org/10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S06.270
• Preethika A, Sonkusare S, Suchetha Kumari N. Single nucleotide polymorphism of fatty acid desaturase gene and breast cancer risk in estrogen receptor subtype. Gene. 2022 Feb 16;823:146330. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146330
• Preethika A, Suchetha Kumari N, Sandeep A, Shetty J. Alpha1-antitrypsin combined fatty acids induced angiopoietin-like protein 4, expression in breast cancer: A pilot study. Chem Phys Lipids. 2022 Mar;243:105175. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2022.105175. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PMID: 35063423.(
• Satyajit Mohapatra, Preethika.A, Saswati Tripathy. Pharmacological consideration of Covid-19 infection and vaccines in pregnancy. A review. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association. 2021. Accepted
• Preethika A, Kumari S, Shetty J, Shetty V. Plasma fatty acids composition and estimated delta desaturases activity in women with breast cancer. Journal of cancer research and therapeutics.2020;16(6):1382-1386 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_288_19
• Rao SS, Preethika A, Yeldho DM, Kumar YS, Shenoy YD. Maternal occupational tobacco exposure and newborn umbilical cord serum leptin concentration. Indian Pediatr.2020;57(10):918-921.
• Preethika A, Suchetha Kumari N. Effect of fatty acid based functional lipidomics in women with breast cancer. Asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical sciences. 2019;12(10):138-41.
• Preethika A Suchetha Kumari N. Association of alpha 1 antitrypsin and fatty acid desaturase activity in women with breast cancer. A comparative study. Res J Pharm Biol Chem Sci. 2019;10(5):46-51. (IF-0.35)
• Beena V shetty, Gayathri Rao, Abhineeth, niha Banu, Preethika A, Sudharshan Reddy C. Study of Protective Action of Spondias pinnata bark extract on rat liver and kidney against Etoposide induced chemical stress. Pharmacognosy. 2016.8( 1) :24-27
• Usha Adiga, Preethika A. Sigma metrics in clinical chemistry laboratory– A guide to quality control. Al Ameen J Med Sci .2015; 8(4) :281-287
• Usha Adiga, Preethika A. Sigma Metrics of Electrolytes – A Pilot Study. International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences .2015; 3(11): 33 – 37.
• Usha Adiga, B.Malawadi, Preethika A. Turnaround time in Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory. International Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 2015; 11: 189-195.
• Adiga U, Preethika A. Sigma metrics of biochemical parameters in a tertiary care hospital in coastal Karnataka. Annual research and review in biology.2018;23(3):1-7.
• Usha Adiga , Preethika A. Errors in Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory. British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research. 2016;14(8):1-6

• More than four ongoing academic projects as Principal Investigator.
• Second place in the oral presentation at the ICSSR sponsored Internatinonal conference, 2025, SRM MCH & RC.
• Second place in the oral presentation at the Indo-Japan International Conference 2023, held at KSHEMA, Deralakatte
• Second place in the oral presentation at the 42nd Annual conference of Indian Association of Biochemical Scientists IABSCON- 2021, held at KSHEMA, Karnataka.
• Awarded best outgoing student of the year 2014. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MAHE (Previously Manipal University).
• Manipal University 2nd rank
• NITTE Fellowship for PhD
• Reviewer for journals like Plos One, Nutrition, Gene, Cancer reports, Health Science Reports, Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences