Faculty & Staff
Dr. Sucharita S
MD, PhD
Professor Grade I and Head, Division of Clinical Physiology
- Overview
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MD, PhD
Professor Grade I
Qualification/ Education
MD, PhD
Experience
25 years
Areas of interest
Ageing, Muscle health, Chronic disease, Lifestyle modification , Autonomic nervous system
Field of Expertise
Skeletal muscle Physiology, Exercise Physiology, Autonomic Physiology, Healthy ageing, Lifestyle programs
Fellowship & Membership
DBT-Wellcome Trust Indian Alliance Intermediate Fellowship; Fellowship Title of Association of Physiologists of India (ASSOPI)
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
Member, Institutional Ethics Committee, NIMHANS ;
Nodal officer, DHR-ICMR faculty PhD program ;
Section Editor Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology ;
Editorial board International Journal of Yoga
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
PhD Co ordinator, St Johns Medical College
Membership of professional associations/bodies
Association of Physiologists & Pharmacologists of India;
Research Society for the study of Diabetes in India ;
The Physiological Society of India; South Asian Association of Physiologists ;
Association of Physiologist of India
Awards and Recognitions
Awarded fellowship title “FAPI” (Fellow of Association of Physiologists of India) for the year 2023;
Clinical Physiology Excellence Award for the year 2024, Awarded by Association of Physiologist and Pharmacologist of India;
Awarded Dr Urmil Sharma Award during AICC RCOG conference 2025; Clinical Physiology Excellence Award for the year 2025,
Awarded by Association of Physiologist and Pharamacologist og India;
Awarded the Prof. A. S. Paintal Oration Award for best research work in Physiology by a Physiologist, Dec 2025 by Association of Physiologists of India (ASSOPI)
25 years
Ageing, Muscle health, Chronic disease, Lifestyle modification , Autonomic nervous system
No groups and associations specified.
Heart Rate Variability and its Modulation Across Lifecycle Among Healthy Individuals.
Sowmya Sharma, Tinku Thomas, Sucharita Sambashivaiah Vitamin B12 status and skeletal muscle function among elderly: A literature review and pilot study on the effect of oral vitamin B12 supplementation in improving muscle
Sowmya Sharma, Rohini Bhadra, Sumithra Selvam, Sucharita Sambashivaiah The Effect of 8-Week Protein Supplementation with a Simple Exercise Program on Body Composition, Muscle Strength, and Amino Acid OMICS among Healthy Sedentary Indians: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
Sucharita S, Marathe M, Bhadra R, Bhattacharya S, Selvam S. Glycemic status and bone health: investigating the impact of glycosylated hemoglobin on bone density in South Indian adults.
Bhadra R, Selvam S, Sambashivaiah S. Social and Cultural Insights into Healthy Aging: A Qualitative Study from the South Indian City of Bengaluru, India.
Vaz M, Kalliath PCM, Nagaraja D, Kiran PR, Garady L, Kasthuri A, Sambashivaiah S. Combined Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Management of Asthma and COPD: A Systematic Review.
Born CDC, Bhadra R, D'Souza G, Kremers SPJ, Sucharita S, Schols AMWJ, Crutzen R, Beijers RJHCG; P4O2 Consortium. Circulating C-terminal agrin fragment as a potential marker for sarcopenia among Type 2 Diabetes
Pranathi Racha 1, Sumithra Selvam 1, Beena Bose 2, Ganapathi Bantwal 3, Sucharita Sambashivaiah Detection of differentially expressed circulating micro-RNA among Indians with Type 2 Diabetes using a global expression profile and systematic analysis
Sucharita Sambashivaiah, Ashwini Priyanka, Vidya Nimbalkar2, Snijesh V.P., Jyothi Prabhu The Effect of Soy and Whey Protein Supplementation on Glucose Homeostasis in Healthy Normal Weight Asian Indians
Sucharita S, Cope M, Mukherjea R, Selvam S, George N, Kuriyan R, Kurpad AV. Role of Skeletal Muscle in the Pathogenesis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Special Focus on Asian Indians.
Sucharita S, Bhadra R, Bhattacharya S, Kurpad AV The reference values for muscle mass and strength in healthy Indian adults using whole-body potassium counter and isokinetic dynamometer.
Sucharita S, Sreenath N, Shinjini B, Raj Tony DS, Rebecca K, Selvam S, Arvind K Nutrition in the prevention and management of sarcopenia - A special focus on Asian Indians.
Bhattacharya S, Bhadra R, Schols AMWJ, van Helvoort A, Sucharita S. Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among Asian Indians- Current Status and Moving Forward.
Bhadra R, Bhattacharya S, D'Souza GA, Schols AMWJ, Sucharita S. Weight gain during pregnancy and its impact on maternal autonomic modulations and birth outcome
Sowmya Sharma, Tinku Thomas, Sucharita S Comparing the cut-off for the diagnosis of sarcopenia among elderly Indians using the reference data of young healthy Indian with the Asian working group on sarcopenia (AWGS) definition
Shinjini B, Selvam S, Tony DS, Arvind K, Sucharita S No Others Contributions details available.