Multidisciplinary Research Unit (MRU)

Multidisciplinary Research Unit (MRU)

Overview:

Established in collaboration with DHR, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt of India, New Delhi. Multi-Disciplinary Research Unit (MRU) is a path-breaking initiative to develop/strengthen the Health Research infrastructure. MRU is mainly related to the “Promotion, Coordination, and Development of Basic, Applied, and Clinical Research”.

The MRUs are mandated to undertake research primarily in Non-Communicable Diseases; other need-based projects may, however, be undertaken as warranted and with the approval of the Competent Authority. For operating the MRU, a Local Research Advisory Committee (LRAC) is constituted with External & Internal Members with the participation of ICMR/RMRC and State health system officials which approves research proposals received from various Departments of the college and subsequently monitors their progress. The Dean & Principal is the Chairman of MRU. One of the members of the faculty designated as Nodal Officer to oversee the functioning of the MRU. Since its introduction, the scheme has successfully realized its objective of creating and strengthening the research environment/infrastructure.

Department Starting Date First Nodal Officer Current-Nodal Officer
2014 Prof.Dr.Bidyut Kumar Das Prof.Dr.Smita Mahapatra

Objectives & Functions:

  • The undertaking of Multi Departmental, Multi Centric Research
  • Encouraging and strengthening Research
  • They are promoting and encouraging quality Medical Research in Medical Colleges/Institutions.
  • Undertaking research in non-communicable diseases and other need-based research as recommended by the Local Research Advisory Committee Capacity building and human resource development in the field of health
  • Bridging the infrastructural gap inhibiting health
  • Undertaking Clinical Trials as per the Rules of the Government of
  • Ensuring the geographical spread of health research infrastructure in medical colleges/research
  • Improving the overall health status of the population by creating evidence-based application of diagnostic procedures/processes/methods.

Local research Advisory Committee (LRAC):

  1. Dr.Prasenjeet Mohanty, Dean & Principal, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, – Chairman
  2. Dr.B.Ravindran, Ex-Director & Professor Emeritus, ILS, Bhubaneswar, – Co-Chairman
  3. Dr. Jagneswar Dandpat, HOD, Dept of Biotechnology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
  4. Dr.Bidyut Das, Professor of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, SCB MCH, Cuttack
  5. Dr. Ranjit Mathew, Reader “F’, NISER, Bhubaneswar
  6. Dr.Brajakishore Das, Additional DMET(O), Bhubaneswar
  7. Sanghamitra Pati, Director, RMRC, Bhubaneswar
  8. Dr. Pratima Kumari Sahu, Advisor MRU, HOD Biochemistry, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
  9. Dr. Smita Mahapatra, Nodal Officer MRU & Professor, Transfusion Medicine, SCB Medical College, Cuttack

Facilities Available:

Cell Culture Lab, Molecular & Genomic Lab with high-end instruments/equipment and well-trained Scientists and Technicians.

High-end Instruments:

-80 Freezer, Biosafety Cabinet, Chemi-Doc System, CO2 Incubator, Desiccator Cabinet, Electronic Balance, Elisa Reader & Elisa Washer, Ependrof Bench Top non-Refrigerated Centrifuge, ICE Flecking Machine, Incubator, Inverted upright Microscope, Micro Analytical Balance, Microcentrifuge Machine, Microprocessor Controlled Auto Clave, Mini Protein Electrophoresis System (Dual) with Power Pack, Multiwell Plate Shaker, NanoDrop, Refrigerated Centrifuge, RT-PCR, Submarine DNA Electrophoresis System with Power Pack, Thermocycler, PCR, Water Bath, etc.

Departments Actively Involved with MRU:

Biochemistry, Dental, FMT, Gyn-Oncology, Medicine, Med- Oncology, Microbiology, MRU, Nephrology, Neurology, O&G, Oncology, Onco-Pathology, Orthopaedics, Paediatric, Pathology, Psychiatry, Radio diagnosis, Rad-Oncology, Rheumatology, Skin, Surgery, Transfusion Medicine, Urology, etc

Faculties

Sl. NoPhotoNameDesignationProfile Link
1Prof.Dr.Prasenjeet Mohanty
Dean & Principal, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
ChairmanView Profile
2Prof.Dr. Smita Mahapatra,
Professor & HOD, Transfusion Medicine, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Nodal OfficerView Profile
3Prof. Dr. Pratima Kumari Sahu,
HOD Biochemistry, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
AdvisorView Profile
4 Dr. Pranati Mohanty
Associate Professor Pathology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Coordinator View Profile
5 Dr. Santwana Mantri,
MRU, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Research Scientist-II View Profile
6 Dr. Mamata Jena,
MRU, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Research Scientist-I View Profile

Awards & Achievements:

1. Grant Received

Grant Received from DHR:

Year Amount in INR
2014-15 1,25,00,000.00
2019-20 2,47,44,000.00
2020-21 31,61,138.00
2021-22 28,79,700.00
Grand Total 4,32,84,838.00

b. Grant Received from ICMR:

Year Amount in INR
2020-21 10,83,160.00
2021-22 9,97,035.00
Grand Total 20,80,196.00

2. Extramural Projects:

 

Sl No Project Title Funding Agency
01 Serum Phospholipase A2, Hyaluronidase , Metalloprotease, Serine Protease And 3ft – Three-Finger Toxin As Biomarkers For Diagnosis And Confirmation Of Snake Envenomation : A Hospital Based Study ICMR
02 ICMR Canters for Clinical Trials (ICCT) for INTENT ICMR
03 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome In Children (MIS-C) ICMR
04 Effect of In-utero Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Pregnancy Outcomes, Growth and Development of Infants ICMR
05 I PEM Development of Primary Health Care Models on Palliative Care, Elderly Care and Mental Health DHR
06 Surgical Research Task Force ICMR

3. Training & Workshop:

Sl No Title Date Venue
1 Hands on Molecular Techniques 20.01.2020 MRU & Biochemistry, SCB MCH, Ctc
2 Good Clinical Practice 08.04.2022 Old Auditorium, SCB MCH, Ctc
3 Undergraduate Research Incubator 16.07.2022 Old Auditorium, SCB MCH, Ctc

4. Project Undertaken:

Sl No LRAC Approved Projects Nos
1 Completed and Published Projects 07
2 Completed and to be Published Projects 06
3 Ongoing Faculty Projects 11
4 Ongoing Undergraduate Projects 09
Total No of Projects Undertaken As on Dec`2022 33

Completed and Published Projects

  1. Behera S, Lamare A A, Rattan R, Patnaik B, Das S, Association of NFkB1 Gene Polymorphism with Inflammatory Markers in Patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with or without Renal Involvement in Eastern India, Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, 2020, 10, 169-181, ISSN Online: 2160-5858 ISSN Print: 2160-
  2. Behera N, Das U K, Rattan R , Mandal M K, Comparison of Serum Arginine, Nitric Oxide Reactive Species in Hypertensive Patients with and Without Microalbuminuria, International Journal of Research and Review 7; Issue: 10; October 2020, E-ISSN: 2349-9788; P-ISSN: 2454-2237.
  3. Rattan R , Lamare A A, Jena S, Sahoo N, Mandal M K, Association of Serum Telomerase Activity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with or without Microalbuminuria, J Evid Based Med Healthc, pISSN – 2349- 2562, eISSN – 2349-2570 / 8 / Issue 12 / Mar. 22, 2021
  4. Mahapatra S. SARS COV-2- IgG antibodies in blood donors in pandemic – a game changer for policy Transfus Clin Biol. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2021.10.004. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC8511886.
  5. Mantri S, Satpathy A K, Mohapatra P C: Trehalose: effect on cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood- derived hematopoietic stem cells: Acta Haematologica Polonica 2021 Number 2, Volume 52, pages 121– 126 DOI: 5603/AHP.2021.0018 ISSN 0001–5814 e-ISSN 2300–7117
  6. Khan Z A, Swain S, Tonge K, Jena M, Agarwal P, Rulaniya S, Neniwal V: Covid-19: A Double Edged Sword- Rise in Complicated Ureteric Stone Disease: J Clin Case Stu 6(2): doi.org/10.16966/2471-4925.227
  7. Singh S P, Sahu P K, Rattan Roma, Study of NFKB Polymorphism with HPV Infection in Women of Reproductive Age Group, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 13, Issue 7, July-2022, ISSN 2229-5518, 471-476

Completed and to be Published Projects

Sl No Project No TITLE OF THE COMPLETED PROJECT INVESTIGATORS
1 MRU SCB/P04/ 2019 STUDY OF SERUM APELIN AND NITRIC OXIDE REACTIVE SPECIES IN PATIENTS OF HYPERTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT MICROALBUMINUREA DR MANMATH KU. MANDAL
DR ROMA RATTAN
DR NIRMAL C. SAHU
DR MRUTUNJAYA PANDA
2 MRU SCB/P05/ 2019 STUDY OF SERUM α – KLOTHO PROTEIN AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN CHRONIC KIDNY DISEASE PATIENTS. DR UPENDRA KU DAS
DR ROMA RATTAN
PROF DR SASHIBHUSAN ROUT
DR SUDEEP JENA
3 MRU SCB/P07/ 2019 STUDY OF SERUM APELIN AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS WITH OR WITHOUT OBESITY DR ROMA RATTAN
DR SRIPRASAD MOHANTY
DR CHINMAY MUND
4 MRU SCB/P08/ 2019 STUDY ON SERUM IRISIN AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS DR ROMA RATTAN
PROF DR SRIKRUSHNA MOHAPATRA
DR SRIPRASAD MOHANTY
DR SAFFALYA NAYAK
5 MRU SCB/P20/ 2019 CORRELATION BETWEEN INTERLEUKIN- 17A GENE POLYMORHISM AND PSORIASIS DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SEVERITY DR SWAPNA JENA
DR ROMA RATTAN
DR SANTWANA MANTRI
DR PRATEEK MAHARANA
6 MRU SCB/P29/ 2019 A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL DNA METHYLATION IN BIPOLAR DISORDER PATIENTS DR. MIHIR RANJAN NAYAK
DR ROMA RATTAN
DR.DEEPAK KU ROUT

Ongoing Faculty Projects

Sl No Project No TITLE OF THE ONGOING PROJECT INVESTIGATORS
1 MRU SCB/P12/ 2019 STUDY OF SERUM B7-H4 LEVEL IN PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL LESION AND ITS CO- RELATION WITH CLINICAL PARAMETERS. PROF DR JITA PARIJA
DR KUSUMBATI BEURA
DR SANTWANA MANTRI
DR.JAGANNATH MISHRA
2 MRU SCB/P14/ 2019 SERUM PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 AND HYALURONIDASE AS BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND CONFIRMATION OF SNAKE ENVENOMATION : A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY PROF DR GEETA SAHU
PROF DR J K PANDA
DR ROMA RATTAN
DR MAMTA JENA
3 MRU SCB/P17-18/ 2019 RENAL CELL CARCINOMA: THE QUEST FOR A DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKER (NNMT,NM23A) DR SAMIR SWAIN
DR MAMTA JENA
DR. SOUMYA RANJAN BEHERA
4 MRU SCB/P19/ 2019 THE PREVALENCE OF CANNABINOID RECEPTOR 1(CNR1) GENE POLYMORPHISM (rs 1049353) IN CANNABIS INDUCED PSYCHOSIS CASES AND SCHIZOPHENIA PATIENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL DR SARADA PRASANNA SWAIN
DR MAMTA JENA
DR SUJATA SAHOO
5 MRU SCB/P30/ 2021 ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY WITH NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN HEMOLYTIC DISEASES OF FETUS AND NEWBORN. DR SMITA MAHAPATRA
PROF DR PRATIMA KUMARI SAHU
DR MINAKSHI MOHANTY
DR SWARUPA PANDA
DR SASMITA BEURIA
6 MRU SCB/P31/ 2021 CELIAL DISEASE IN EASTERN INDIA : A PILOT STUDY DR PALLAVI BHUYAN
DR HARIBHAKTI SEBA DAS
DR RASHMITA SAHOO
DR M C MURMU
DR CHANDRAPRAVA MISHRA
7 MRU SCB/P33/ 2021 PLASMA AND URINARY MBL IN SLE NEPHRITIS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH RENAL AND DISEASE SEVERITY. DR SOUMYA RN TRIPATHY
DR BIJAN PATTNAIK
DR RINA TRIPATHY
DR ARUNA ACHARYA
8 MRU SCB/P35/ 2022 INCIDENCE OF ENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH POST-ACUTE COVID- 19 SYMPTOMS: AN INCEPTION COHORT FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF ODISHA PROF DR JAYANT KU PANDA
DR SARIT SEKHAR PATTNAIK
Dr Mamata Jena
9 MRU SCB/P38/ 2022 COMBINED GENETIC AND CLINICAL VARIABLES TO IMPROVE RISKPREDICTION FOR NAFLD AND ITS PROGRESSION TO CIRRHOSIS AND HCC- A CASE CONTROL STUDY DR. MANAS KU BEHERA
DR.PRABIR MAJI
DR. SANATAN BEHERA
DR. SUSHANTA KUMAR JENA
DR. UMESH CHANDRA PATRA
DR. PALLAVI BHUYAN
10 MRU SCB/P40/ 2022 ROLE OF P16 AND BCL2 IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY ON LIQUID BASED CERVICAL CYTOLOGICAL SAMPLES COMBINING WITH HPV DNA ESTIMATION IN DETECTION OF PRECANCEROUS AND CANCEROUS LESIONS OF UTERINE CERVIX DR ASARANTI KAR
DR ITISHREE RANA
PROF DR TUSHAR KAR
DR PRANATI MOHANTY
DR UPENDRA KU DAS
DR PREETI CHAWLA
11 MRU SCB/P32/ 2021 PROFILE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS DR SARIT SEKHAR PATTNAIK
DR SOUMYA RANJAN TRIPATHY
DR MANOJ KU PARIDA
DR SANTWANA MANTRI
DR PRAKASH KU SAHOO
DR APARAJITA MISHRA

Ongoing Undergraduate Projects

Sl No Project No TITLE OF THE PROJECT INVESTIGATORS
1 MRU SCB/UG/001/ 22 COMPARISON OF EMPATHY LEVELS ACROSS UNDERGRADUATE BATCHES IN A TEACHING MEDICAL COLLEGE IN CENTRAL ODISHA Dr. Dipanweeta Routray Miss Bastabika Pati
2 MRU SCB/UG/002/ 22 EVALUATION OF GUT INFLAMMATION IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS USING FECAL CALPROTECTIN Dr Soumyaranjan Tripathy Sri Dibya Ranjan Samal
3 MRU SCB/UG/003/ 22 CORRELATION OF MELATONIN WITH INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IL-6 & CRP(Q) IN PATIENTS NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER Dr Pallabi Sahu
Sri Himashu Sekhar Behera Sri Aneket Mahakud
4 MRU SCB/UG/004/ 22 STUDY OF INCIDENCE AND ANTI FIBROTIC ROLE OF PIRFENIDONE IN ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS Dr. Gaurav Sharma Miss Yajnaseni Jena
5 MRU SCB/UG/005/ 22 TO STUDY THE INCIDENCE SEVERITY AND AETIOLOGY OF PAEDIAIRIC STRIDOR Dr. Jnanidra Nath Behera Sri Prasanta Barik
Sri Anshuman nayak
6 MRU SCB/UG/006/ 22 ROLE OF NT-PRO BNP(N-TERMINAL PRO-B- TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE) IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME”- A PILOT STUDY Dr Abanibhusan Jena Miss Soumya Mishra & Miss Eva Mallick
7 MRU SCB/UG/007/ 22 TO STUDY THE CORRELATION OF INFLAMMATORY MARKERS WITH SEVERITY OF BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER (BPAD) Dr Pallabi Sahu
Sri Subhankara Ratha
Sri Chandanbindu Mishra
8 MRU SCB/UG/008/ 22 CLINICAL AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Dr Sarit Sekhar Pattnaik Sri Swayamdipta Kandi
9 MRU SCB/UG/009/ 22 SHORT TERM ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS OF CS DMARDS Dr Soumyaranjan Tripathy Sri Tusar Ku. Jena