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Dr. Sivan Padma Priya

Assistant Professor

Educational Qualification
  • PhD (2018) Dental Stem Cells, Malaysia 
  • BDS (1995) and MDS- Oral Pathology (2003) TNGDC&H, TN Dr MGR University, India. 
  • PG Dip in Hospital Administration (2000) MS University, India
  • Diploma in Forensic dentistry from Oslo University (2012), Norway and Iceland University, Iceland.
  • Clinical Dental Research methods (2015) from University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Experience
  • Assistant Professor, RAKCODS, RAKMHSU, August 2021, till date.
  • Adjunct Faculty, Dept.of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, and Clinical Scientist, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerate Medicine, Sree Anjaneya Institute of Dental Sciences, Malabar Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India. March2019 to August 2021
  • Lecturer/Senior Clinical Surgeon, Ajman University- Fujairah Campus, UAE, September 2012 to August 2016.
  • GP Dentist, Arab Al Jazeera Medical Centre, Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, 2009 to 2012.
  • Lecturer/Assistant professor in Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India, July 2008 to October 2009.
Publications     
  • Priya, S. P., Sunil, P. M., Varma, S., Brigi, C., Isnadi, M. F. A. R., Jayalal, J. A., Shadamarshan, R. A., Kumar, S. S., Kumari, N. V., & Kumar, R. P. R. (2022). Direct, indirect, post-infection damages induced by coronavirus in the human body: an overview. Virusdisease, 33(4), 429–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-022-00793-9 
  • Philip N, Priya SP, Jumah Badawi AH, Mohd Izhar MH, Mohtarrudin N, Tengku Ibrahim TA, et al. (2022) Pulmonary haemorrhage as the earliest sign of severe leptospirosis in hamster model challenged with Leptospira interrogans strain HP358. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(5): e0010409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010409  
  • Sakinah, S., Priya, S. P., Mok, P. L., Munisvaradass, R., Teh, S. W., Sun, Z., Alzahrani, B., Abu Bakar, F., Chee, H. Y., Awang Hamat, R., He, G., Xiong, C., Joseph, N., Tong, J. B., Wu, X., Maniam, M., Samrot, A. V., Higuchi, A., & Kumar, S. S. (2021). Stem Cell Therapy in Dengue Virus-Infected BALB/C Mice Improves Hepatic Injury. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 9, 637270. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.637270
  • Shadamarshan Rengasayee, A., Roy Chowdhury, S. K., Sharma, R., & Padma Priya, S. (2020). Novel hypotheses related to Temporomandibular joint derived from Ankylosing spondylitis. Medical hypotheses, 144, 110225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110225
  • Krishnan, P., Rajan, M., Kumari, S., Sakinah, S., Priya, S. P., Amira, F., Danjuma, L., Pooi Ling, M., Fakurazi, S., Arulselvan, P., Higuchi, A., Arumugam, R., Alarfaj, A. A., Munusamy, M. A., Hamat, R. A., Benelli, G., Murugan, K., & Kumar, S. S. (2017). Efficiency of newly formulated camptothecin with β-cyclodextrin-EDTA-Fe3O4 nanoparticle-conjugated nanocarriers as an anti-colon cancer (HT29) drug. Scientific reports, 7(1), 10962. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09140-1
  • Sivan, P. P., Syed, S., Mok, P. L., Higuchi, A., Murugan, K., Alarfaj, A. A., Munusamy, M. A., Awang Hamat, R., Umezawa, A., & Kumar, S. (2016). Stem Cell Therapy for Treatment of Ocular Disorders. Stem cells international, 2016, 8304879. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8304879
  • Padma Priya, S., Higuchi, A., Abu Fanas, S., Pooi Ling, M., Kumari Neela, V., Sunil, P. M., Saraswathi, T. R., Murugan, K., Alarfaj, A. A., Munusamy, M. A., & Kumar, S. (2015). Odontogenic epithelial stem cells: hidden sources. Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 95(12), 1344–1352. https://doi.org/10.1038/labinvest.2015.108
Achievements
  • Life Member - Pierre Fauchard Academy
  • Life Member- Indian Society for Dental Research
  • Life Member- India Association of Forensic Odontology
  • Life Member- Indian Society for Environment and Health
  • Life Member- Indian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists
  • Member- International Academy of Legal Medicine
  • Member- International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses