Dr. Preethika. A

Assistant Professor

Qualification : Phd

Experience : 3 years

Speciality : Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Scientific Writing

Area of Interest : Nutrigenomics, Clinical Trials, Grant Writing, Biochemical Analysis, Lipidomics

Achievements and Awards :

  • 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
Publications
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.(
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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)
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. Usha Adiga, Preethika A. Sigma Metrics of Electrolytes – A Pilot Study. International
    Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences .2015; 3(11): 33 – 37.
  14. Usha Adiga, B.Malawadi, Preethika A. Turnaround time in Clinical Biochemistry
    Laboratory. International Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 2015; 11:
    189-195.
  15. 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.
  16. Usha Adiga , Preethika A. Errors in Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory. British Journal
    of Medicine & Medical Research. 2016;14(8):1-6