Dr Prathibha Maria D Almeida

Associate Professor

DBMS, MAHE, Manipal

Division of Physiology

Qualification: PhD,MSc. Medical Physiology, BAMS

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

     

     

    Teaching Physiology to All undergaduate medical programs and MSc Dietetics & Applied nutrition,MSc  Yoga Therapy, BTech &MTech  Biomedical Engineering

    • Institutional  website coordinator 
    • Coordinator for MSc Yoga Therapy

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Physiology Year 1

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD Neuroscience Manipal Cacademy Of Higher Education 2020
MSc (Master of Science) Physiology Manipal Academy of Higher Education 2009
BAMS SDM College of Ayurveda , Udupi 2002

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Basic Medical Sciences Assistant Professor Selection Grade Teaching BDS students, MSc dietetic and Apllied Nutrition, MSc Yoga Therapy, MCHP, Btech & MTech Biomedical Engineering courses 2022 April till date
Melaka Manipal Medical College Assistant Professor Selection Grade Teaching MBBS 2020 July to 2022 April
Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Senior Grade Lecturer Teaching MBBS, BDS, Allied Health Sciences 2015 to July 2020
Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Lecturer Teaching MBBS, BDS, Allied Health Sciences 2009 -2015
KLE Society's Institute of Dental Sciences , Bangalore Lecturer Teaching BDS 2009

Working on effect of postnatal stress on learnimg and memory

Effect of nutritional supplements to overcome the long lasting influence of early life stress

Working on student projects  

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Physiology

Area of Expertise

Physiology

Area of Research

Neuroscience, Animal Experiments

Wound healing activity of oil extract of ficus religious bark in rats

2011-01-01 KL Bairy Sunitha Adiga S Tatiyana

2011

Efficacy of gamut extract in wound healing in albino Wistar rats

2013-01-01 Barati S

2013.

Almeida PM, Kamath SU, Shenoy PR, Bernhardt LK, Kishore A, Rai KS. Persistent attenuation of brain oxidative stress through aging in perinatal maternal separated rat pups supplemented with choline and docosahexaenoic acid or Clitoria ternatea aqueous root extract. Folia Neuropathol. 2018 Jan 1;56:206-14.

Almeida PM, Murthy KD, Kamath SU, Rai KS. Comparative efficacy of choline vs Clitoria ternatea aqueous root extract supplements in attenuating maternal separation stress induced alterations in postnatal rat hippocampus. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 2014;5(6):662-8.

Anti-diarrheal property of curcuma angustifolia rhizome powder in rat

2014-01-01 Yee Zheng Hang Choo Wei Shan Foo Ching Choon Ting Peck Hing

batch 27.

Wound healing activity of kumkumadi lepa in rats

2014-01-01 Alex

batch 27.

Awareness of chickenpox among the MMMC students

2014-01-01 Tracy Dompock Prem Raj

batch 28.