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.

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):

• Dr.Prasenjeet Mohanty, Dean & Principal, SCB Medical College, Cuttack - Chairman
• Dr.B.Ravindran, Ex-Director & Professor Emeritus, ILS, Bhubaneswar - Co-Chairman
• Dr. Jagneswar Dandpat, HOD, Dept of Biotechnology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
• Dr.Bidyut Das, Professor of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, SCB MCH, Cuttack
• Dr. Ranjit Mathew, Reader "F', NISER, Bhubaneswar
• Dr.Brajakishore Das, Additional DMET(O), Bhubaneswar
• Sanghamitra Pati, Director, RMRC, Bhubaneswar
• Dr. Pratima Kumari Sahu, Advisor MRU, HOD Biochemistry, SCB Medical College, Cuttack
• 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. No	Photo	Name	Designation	Profile Link
1		Prof.Dr.Prasenjeet Mohanty Dean & Principal, SCB Medical College, Cuttack	Chairman	View Profile
2		Prof.Dr. Smita Mahapatra, Professor & HOD, Transfusion Medicine, SCB Medical College, Cuttack	Nodal Officer	View Profile
3		Prof. Dr. Pratima Kumari Sahu, HOD Biochemistry, SCB Medical College, Cuttack	Advisor	View 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. Grants Received

Grants Received from DHR:

Grants Received from ICMR:

2. Extramural Projects:

3. Training & Workshop:

4. Project Undertaken:

Completed and Published Projects

• 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-
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 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 KIDNEY 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 POLYMORPHISM 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 SCHIZOPHRENIA 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 RISK PREDICTION 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