Research Projects

Project

Principal investigator

Co-investigators

Date of commencement

Completed/ ongoing

Funded Y/N

Collaborative

Y/N

 Polypharmacy in Older adults: Assessing Risk, Benefits, and Strategies for Rational Drug Use- A retrospective case record study

Dr. Ramani P T 

 

 

Dr Manish Mohan

Dr Reshma Reji

 

15th March 2025

Ongoing

N

Y

 Prescription audit in patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital using WHO indicators- A cross-sectional study

Dr. Shobha P

 

 Dr Anagha Das, Dr Harsha Devi

 

1st March 2025

Completed

Y

 Cost analysis of Anti- hypertensive drugs prescribed for patients in Medicine department in a tertiary care hospital in Kerala 

Dr. Messaline Sunitha

 

 

Dr Nand Kishore A

 

 

15th March 2025

Ongoing

Y

Medication adherence to anti diabetic drugs among outpatients attending a tertiary care hospital in Kerala.

Dr. Nirmal George

 

              

Dr Ivy A Varghese, Dr Vishnu Govind

 

 

26th March 2025

Completed

N

N

Prescription pattern in Psychiatry outpatient department in a tertiary care hospital using WHO indicators- Retrospective study.

Dr. Arathy R

 

 

Dr. Shinumol S

 

 

15th March 2025

Ongoing

N

Y

Assessment of Drug Literacy Among Outpatients and care givers: A Cross-sectional observational study in outpatient department of a Tertiary Care Centre.

Dr. Swetha Reba Mathews

 

 

 

Dr Nisha Bhaskar

 

 

 

26th March 2025

Ongoing

N

N

Perceptions of Medical Students Regarding an Innovative Elective Module in Clinical Pharmacology: A Cross-sectional Study.

Dr. Swetha Reba Mathews

Dr Nisha Bhaskar, Dr Manish Mohan, Dr Ivy A Varghese

1st March 2025

Ongoing 

N

N

Learning outcomes of Jig   saw cooperative learning technique and small group discussion among Phase II MBBS students in Pharmacology

Dr. Arathy R

 No

20th May 2025

Completed

N

N

Effect of chronic administration of Atorvastatin in Scopolamine induced cognitive impairment models of adult Swiss albino mice

Dr. Shinumol S 

Dr Shobha P, Dr. Arathy R

1st May 2024

Completed 

N

N

Comparison of clinical effectiveness, safety and cost effectiveness of escitalopram and desvenlafaxine in patients with Major depressive disorder

Dr. Aishwarya Ghosh 

Dr. Messaline Sunitha, Dr. Arathy R, Dr. Gayathri Madhu (Psychiatry)

15th July 2024

Completed

N

Y

Effect of Tartrazine administration on neurobehavioral parameters in adult Swiss albino mice – An experimental study

Dr. Anagha Das 

Dr. Arathy R, Dr. Nirmal George, Dr. Sumi J S (Pathology)

1st February 2026

Ongoing

N

Y

Evaluation of Cognitive effects of Vortioxetine at variable doses in normal adult Swiss Albino Mice

Dr. Vishnu Govind 

Dr. Nirmal George, Dr. Kalaranjini K V (Pathology), Dr. Hamna Hakkim (Veterenerian)

1st February 2026

Ongoing

N

Y

Partially filled pre-prepared concept maps versus completely student created concept maps as teaching learning methods in Pharmacology for Phase 2 undergraduate medical students

Dr. Nirmal George

No

1st December 2025

Y

N

N

Effectiveness and Safety of Lacosamide and Oxcarbazepine in patients at a tertiary care hospital

Dr Ivy Varghese

Dr Nirmal George, Dr. Arathy R

1st May 2023

Y

Y

Evaluation of translation of mind-mapping skills into actual study behaviour among MBBS students

Dr Swetha Reba Mathews

Dr Ivy Varghese, Dr Nisha Bhaskar, Dr Nand Kishore

30th May 2025

Ongoing

N

N

Effects of chronic oral pioglitazone at doses equivalent to human consumption on bladder of adult mice

Dr. Ivy Abraham Varghese

Dr. Nirmal George

5th May 2020

Completed

Y

Y