Name Dr. Padmavathi. R Degree M.B.B.S, M.D, PhD Designation Professor & Associate Dean – PG Studies (Basic Sciences) Experience Teaching experience: in Physiology for 20 years Research experience: 22 years in Nutrition, Environmental Physiology, Public health, Occupational health, Medical education, Clinical Physiology, Stress &Yoga Researcher ID RESEARCH GATE ID - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Padmavathi Ramaswamy ORCID ID - https://orcid .org/0000-0002-6698-0764 VIDWAN ID - 163893 Area of Research Environmental Physiology, Public health, Occupational health, expertise with Medical education, Clinical Physiology, Stress &Yoga list of Research PhD Doctoral Project : projects • Indoor air pollution due to combustion of biomass fuel and respiratory illness in south Indian population ACME Project: Evaluation of video demonstration as a teaching method for undergraduate medical students - non randomized interventional study Funded Projects: • Job-Exposure-Health profile for workers exposed to respirable dusts in textile units of Tamil Nadu, India (TNPCB) • Baseline Assessment of Health and Environmental Status of Conservancy Staff and other Communities Associated with Municipal Solid Waste Management in Chennai (CPCB) • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in biomass fuel users in Tamil Nadu- a pilot study for assessment of prevalence and implications for the burden of disease in rural women (GATE) • Evaluating the Sustainability and Impacts of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Interventions in collaboration with UCB, USA (The Open Square foundation, USA) • Establishing relationships between select adverse pregnancy and childhood health outcomes and maternal/child exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution in a rural-urban prospective cohort in TamilNadu, India as part of ICMR Centre for Advanced Research on Environmental Health: Air Pollution.(ICMR) • Exposure assessment on study subjects of an on-going rural-urban population based study on endo-vascular disease in adults at SRU (The PURSE-HIS cohort study) for establishing linkages to air pollution as part of ICMR Centre for Advanced Research on Environmental Health: Air Pollution • Sweden-India cooperation on protection of working people from health and productivity risks due to workplace heat exposure and the links to climate change. (SIDA) • Vulnerability Assessment to Heat stress and its impacts on Health and Productivity for select Occupational sectors in the context of Climate Change (DST) • Exploring Respiratory Health Outcomes From Sustained Use Of Efficient Cookstoves in collaboration with Washington University – (NIH) • Neuro immunological assessment of the cardiovascular risks in psoriasis –(Gate project) • Development and Validation of an Integrated Portable Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Analysis System – STREME (in Collaboration with an Incubation center at IIT M) • Evaluation of effect of structured yoga intervention on neurocognitive and stress markers among the patients with anxiety and depression (DST – SATYAM) • Developing models for estimating Personalized Deposited Dose (PDD) for fine and ultrafine PM among adults of Southern India (GHES – NIH) Doctoral Projects as Guide Completed ▪ Dr.Krishnan – MD PhD ICMR Fellow – Topic- Assessment of Heat Stress and its impacts on Health among workers from different Occupational sectors (2012-17) – completed and awarded – by ICMR ▪ Dr.Archana – Innovative interactive teaching methodologies for undergraduate medical students – E modules (2013-17) – Completed and awarded (GATE) Ongoing: Guide ▪ Dr.Sheela - Vitamin D levels across different population in Chennai (2013-17) – (GATE) ▪ Dr. Deepika – MD PhD ICMR Fellow – Topic- Study of inflammatory mediators in renal cell carcinoma patients and its correlation to select risk factors (2013-18) –(ICMR) ▪ Dr.Abirami– Evaluation of different Meta cognitive tools and learning outcomes among undergraduate students– (2014-18). ▪ Mr.A.V.Sivakumar - Development of a cost effective pupillometry device to study pupil size variability by infra red videography technique as a tool to assess autonomic functions in Diabetic patients. (2017-2021) ▪ Dr.Tamilselvan – (2018 -2022) Study on the beneficial effects of oxytocin and dehydroepiandrosterone administration in the attenuation of acute stress • Dr.Jiby (2018-2023) - MD PhD ICMR Fellow - Study of inflammatory markers and gentic polymorphism among PCOS patients – (ICMR) Ongoing Co-Guide: ▪ Ms.Jyothi - Pesticide exposure and its association with type 2 diabetes among rural South Indian population – a case control study (2015- 19) ▪ Ms.Samantha - Exposure to PAH and asthma among adolescents in Tamilnadu – a case control study (2015-19) ▪ Ms.Jacklin Justina J, Full time PhD Scholar (2019-2022), Topic:Exposure to Air Pollution, Urinary 1-Hydroxypyrene and Cardio-respiratory Health in Urban Adult Women of South India ▪ Ms.T.Shakthiya, Full time PhD Scholar (2019-2022), Topic: Effect of complimentary Yoga intervention on Biomarkers among patients anxiety and depression. Professor NIL Emeritus / Visiting Professors, if any: Awards & • Saroj Jyothi Award For Young Scientist Recognition • Young Scientist Award from Women’s Doctor’s Association (Academic/ • New Investigator Award from ISEE, Vancouver, Canada Research) • Rashtriya Ratna Shiromani Award – by Modern India Interaction Society • Several best paper awards in Conferences like NAPCON • Research publication award by SRIHER • Research Mentor award by SRIHER • Mentor for GHES fellowship – NIH with University of California - Berkeley Workshop • MCI Advanced Course Medical Education (ACME) /Training • MCI Revised Basic workshop and AETCOM, SRIHER undergone • MCI CISP -1workshop, SRIHER • MCI CISP-2 workshop, SRIHER • Workshop on Good Clinical Practice at Sri Ramachandra University • Capacity Building Workshop on “exposure Assessment Methods in Air Pollution related Epidemiological studies” by on 13th & 14th March, 2015 at SRU. • Workshop on WHO Fellowship for South East Asian Countries organized by WHO & SRU • Workshop on “Physiology of Stress and its management” on 2nd April 2016 at SRU • Workshop attended – STEM training on Research Based Pedagogical tools by IISER, Pune, British Council, Sheffield University, UK at Sacred Heart College, Kochi, 11th to 14th Oct 2017 • Workshop on Qualitative Research methods • Learning to Teach Online course by UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) on Coursera. • “Outbreak and Epidemics (John Hopkins University) on Coursera. • “Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (John Hopkins University) on Coursera • Workshop on Multivariate statistical analysis and its interpretation using SPSS and AMOS by ISAR Membership in • MCI Preclinical member of Curriculum Committee of CISP- 2019 committees • Internal Member of IEC (2000-07; 2011-15) • Member Secretary of Institutional Ethical Committee (2007-11) • Publications Oversight Committee member • CITI Curriculum Committee member • Medical Education Unit member • MEU -Phase I Director - (2013-14) • UG Curriculum Committee of MEU • PG curriculum committee of MEU • Phase 1 & ECE committee (Co-convenor) • Health Professionals Education Committee • Examination Sub committee – Medical College • ICMR MD PhD review Committee • Academic Council of Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute • Reviewer for the Sri Ramachandra Journal • Library committee member • Board of Studies Member, SRIHER– MBBS, MSc, Postgraduate Basic sciences, MSc Mind Body & Lifestyle sciences, BSc Environmental Sciences • DAIP (Departmental Academic Integrity Panel for Faculty of Dental Sciences) member • IQAC core committee and Steering committee member • College Quality Cell member – Medical College • Teaching Learning Resources and Graduate Outcomes (TLR & GO) committee member • Faculty Research Promotion Committee member (FRPC – University and Medical College member) External • Member of American Physiological Society • Life Member of Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India (APPI) • Life Member of Indian Medical Association (IMA) • Member of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) • Life member of Tamilnadu Chapter of Association of Physiologists • Member of Women’s Doctor Association, Chennai • External member of Ph.D Screening Committee – Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences – Bangalore • Sri Balaji Vidhyapeeth University – Pondicherry • Ph.D Screening Committee – Daata Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University), Nagpur. List of 1. R.Padmavathi, K.N.Maruthy, S.Borgonha and M.Vaz. The Perceptions publications of First Year Medical Students On Animal And Human Experiments In excluding Physiology. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 42: 127 – conference 130 (1998). proceedings 2. M.Vaz, R.Padmavathi and G.Veena. Integrating Biostatistics and Physiology: Students Perception and Future Scope. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 42 (4): 453 – 459 (1998). 3. M.Vaz, T.T.Ukyab, R.Padmavathi et al. Body Fat Topography in Indians And Tibetan Males Of Low And Normal Body Mass Index. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 43 (2): 179 – 185 (1999). 4. R.Padmavathi, A.V.Bharathi and M.Vaz. Gender Differences in Skeletal Muscle Functions of Young Indian Adults. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 109: 188 – 194 (1999). 5. R.Padmavathi, A.V.Kurpad and M.Vaz. Study of Skeletal Muscle Function in Chronic Undernourished Human Beings. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 111: 28 - 34 (2000). 6. Padmavathi R, Balakrishnan K, Thansekaran V, Ramasubramanian V, Srividya K & Sankar S. Pulmonary functions of Normal South Indian rural women. Biomedicine, 21(1): 23 – 28 (2001). 7. Sankar S, Padmavathi R, Balakrishanan K, Thansekaran V. Exposures to respirable particulate matter from bio-fuel combustion and pulmonary function in women of rural households in Southern India: A preliminary report. Biomedicine, 21 (2&3): 31 – 35 (2001). 8. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Sankar S, Jyothi Parikh, Padmavathi R, Srividya K, Vidhya Venugopal, et al. Daily average exposures to respirable particulate matter from combustion of biomass fuels in rural households of Southern India. Environmental Health Perspectives 110 (11): 1-7 (2002) 9. K Balakrishnan, S Sankar, R Padmavathi S Mehta, KR Smith, S Kumar, K Lvovsky, S Akbar. Exposures to respirable particulates in rural households of Andhra Pradesh, India. Proceedings of Indoor Air June, 4: 560-565 (2002). 10. S Mehta, KR Smith, K Balakrishnan, S Sankar, R Padmavathi, et al. Using Household Characteristics to Predict Respirable Particulate Levels in Rural Households of Andhra Pradesh, India. Proceedings of Indoor Air June, 4: 596-601 (2002) 11. Balakrishnan K, Sankar S, Padmavathi R, et al. Respirable particulate levels in rural households of Andhra Pradesh, India - daily concentrations and exposures. Journal of Environmental.Studies and Policy, 5 (2): 87-97 (2002). 12. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Sankar Sambandam, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Ravishankar Pitani. Comparative health risk assessment for air pollutants in Chennai. Proceedings from EUROHEIS-SAHSU conference, 120- 123 (2003). 13. K. Balakrishnan, S Mehta, P Kumar, P Ramaswamy, S Sambandam, S Kumar, KR Smith. Indoor air pollution associated with household fuel use in India: An exposure assessment and modeling exercise in rural districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. World Bank Report, ESMAP, June (2004). http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/esmap/site.nsf/ files/India.pdf. 14. Balakrishnan K, Sankar S, Padmavathi R, Mehta S, Smith KR. Exposures to respirable particulate matter associated with household fuel use in Andhra Pradesh, India” for the Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, S14::S25 (2004). 15. David Bellinger, PhD, MSc, Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, Kartigeyan V, NaveenThomas, MD, MPH, Pradeep Rajan, Sankar S, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, et al. A Pilot Study of Blood Lead Levels and Neurobehavioral Function in Children Living in Chennai, India. Int. J. of Occup. and Env. Health. 11: 138- 143 (2005). 16. Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan, Padmavathi.R. Pulmonary Physiology in adolescents. Editorial article. Issue No2; Vol No.23, Lung India. 51- 52 (2006) 17. Sitalakshmi.R, Padmavathi.R, Subhashini.A.S, Ravishankar.P, Vijayalakshmi Thansekaraan. Pulmonary functions of normal south Indian adolescent population. BAPT,I(1),(2007). 18. R.Padmavathi, Vijayalakshmi.Thanasekharaan, A.S.Subhashini. Respiratory health problems in obesity. Review article. BAPT,2(1), 3- 7 (2008). 19. Deepalakshmi K, Priscilla Johnson, Padmavathi.R, Thangavel.G, Subhashini AS. A preliminary study of assessment of left ventricular functions in morbid obesity. Bulletin of Association of Physiologists of Tamilnadu; 3(1):21-23 (2009). 20. Poornima KN, Sitalakshmi R, Padmavathi. R, Subhashini AS. Study of muscle functions in underweight and obese south Indian population. Bulletin of Association of Physiologists of Tamilnadu 2009; 3(1) (2009). 21. Benjamin Arnold , Ranjiv Khush , Padmavathi Ramaswamy , Alicia London , Paramasivan Rajkumar , Prabhakar Ramaprabha , Natesan Durairaj , Alan Hubbard , Kalpana Balakrishnan , John Colford, Jr. Causal inference methods to study non-randomized, pre-existing development interventions. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1008944107 PNAS Early Edition | 1 of 6 (2010) 22. D V Siva Priya, Priscilla Johnson, R Padmavathi, A S Subhashini, R Ayyappan, M Surianarayanan Evaluation of the Relationship between Workload and Work Capacity in Petrochemical and Tannery Workers - A Pilot Study. Life Sciences and Medicine Research, Volume 2010: LSMR-19E-ISSN: 19487886. http://astonjournals.com/lsmr.(2010) 23. Spandana Charles, Priscilla Johnson, R.Padmavathi, Rajagopalan, A.S.Subhashini, Archana.P.Kumar. The prevalence of the gastro oesophageal reflux disease in asthmatics. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research Vol 5(4); 711-713 (2011). 24. Johnson Priscilla, Ramaswamy Padmavathi, Santu Ghosh, Preetha Paul, Sitalakshmi Ramadoss, Kalpana Balakrishnan,Vijayalakshmi Thansekaraan, Subhashini.A.S. Evaluation of mucociliary clearance among women using biomass and clean fuel in a periurban area of Chennai: A preliminary study. Lung India; 28(1): 30-33 (2011). 25. Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Sankar Sambandam, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan and Kalpana Balakrishnan. Exposures to indoor air pollutants from household cooking fuels and linkages to health. Chest (India Edition) Vol 3(4); 199 -200 (2011) 26. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Sankar Sambandam, Gurusamy Thangavel, Santu Ghosh, Priscilla Johnson, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay, Vidhya Venugopal, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan. Citation: Global Health Action 2011, 4: 5638 - DOI: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.5638 (2011) 27. Priscilla Johnson, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Santu Ghosh, Muthukumar Sadhasivam, Omprakash Abirami, Bernard W. C. Sathiasekaran, Kirk R. Smith, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan and Arcot S. Subhashini. Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in rural women of Tamilnadu: implications for refining disease burden assessments attributable to household biomass combustion. Global Health Action 2011, 4: 7226 - DOI: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.7226 ( 2011). 28. V.Abirami, S.Suganya, P.Ravishankar, A.S.Subhashini, R.Padmavathi. Comparison of muscle function in underweight, normal and obese adolescent population – A cross-sectional study. Bulletin of Association of Physiologists of Tamilnadu 2012; 6(1) pg 27- 30(2012). 29. Spandana Charles, Priscilla Johnson, Padmavathi.R, Rajagopalan.B, Sheela Ravinder, Subhashini.A.S. Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in asthmatics. Bulletin of Association of Physiologists of Tamilnadu 2012; 6(1) pg 31-33(2012). 30. Roopa S, Padmavathi R, Akolkar A Sambandam Sankar, Pitani Ravishankar, Thanasekharaan Vijayalakshmi, AS Subhashini, Balakrishnan Kalpana Respiratory functions of conservancy workers working in solid waste management sector of Chennai, India, http://f1000r.es/TyPM5P]F1000 Research 2012, 1:67(doi: 10.3410/ f1000 research.1-67.v1). (2012) 31. Preetha Paul, Priscilla Johnson, Padmavathi Ramaswamy,Sitalakshmi Ramadoss, Bagavad Geetha, and A. S. Subhashini. The Effect of Ageing on Nasal Mucociliary Clearance in Women: A Pilot Study..ISRN Pulmonology Volume 2013 Article ID 598589, 5 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/ 598589. (2013). 32. Anbuselvan V, Jayachandran Paulswamy, Shyamala Ramnath, Padmavathi.R, Velmurugendran CU. Comparitive study of Plasma Fibrinogen level in Stroke patients with normal subjects. Int.Res J Pharm. App Sci (International Research Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied sciences (IRJPAS).); 3(4): 6-8 (2013). 33. Ranjiv S Khush, Benjamin F Arnold, Padma Srikanth, Suchitra Sudharsanam, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Natesan Durairaj, Alicia G London, Prabhakar Ramaprabha, Paramasivan Rajkumar, Kalpana Balakrishnan and John M Colford Jr. H2S as an indicator of water supply vulnerability and health risk in low resource seetings: A prosepectie cohort study.Am.J.Trop.Med.Hyg. 89(2): 251-259 (2013). 34. K.Deepalakshmi, Priscilla Johnson, R.Padmavathi, G.Thangavel, P.Jayachandran, R.Ayyappan, Kalpana Balakrishnan, As.Subhashini. Noise induced hearingloss and hypertension in industrial workers – a cross sectional study. National Journal of Physiology Volume 1 (1), 6- 10 (2013) 35. Krishnan. S, Archana.P.Kumar, Madhan Chandran, Jermiah, Padmavathi.R, Vidhya Venugopal. Preliminary assessment of Perfusion Index, a physiological measure of heat strain among workers – a cross sectional study. National Journal of Physiology Volume 1 (1), 25-29 (2013) 36. Sheela Ravinder.s, Priscilla Johnson, Santu Ghosh, Bhuvaneshwari, Durairaj. N, Moumita Chakraborty, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi.R, B.Rajagopalan. Diurnal variations of PEFR in asthamatics and healthy individuals – A pilot study. National Journal of Physiology Volume 1 (1), 30-34 (2013). 37. Anbuselvan V, Padmavathi.R, Velmurugendran CU, Shyamala Ramnath, Jayachandran Paulswamy. Comparitive study of lipid profile amon stroke patients with gender variations. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS). 2(1B): 162-165 (2014). 38. Kouser Banu K, Sitalakshmi R and Padmavathi R. Pulmonary Functions among Beedi Rolling Workers of South India - A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of Biomedical And Advance Research ( IJBAR) 05 (01) 31 -35 (2014). 39. Vasanthi Chandresekaran, K.Dilara and R.Padmavathi. Pulmonary functions in tannery workers – A cross sectional study. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (IJPP) 58(3), 205-209 (2014). 40. Dhivya k, Abirami Omprakash, Chithra Shanmugham, Priscilla Johnson, Padmavathi Ramaswamy. Nasal mucociliray clearance among urban and rural women in and around Chennai. National Journal of Physiology Volume 2 (1), 1-6 (2014). 41. Tamilselvan K, SheelaRavinder S. , Thangavel G. , Subhashini A.S. , Padmavathi R. The effect of seminal oxidative stress on male fertility. International Journal of Basic Medical Science, Vol: 5, Issue: 5 Dec. (2014). 42. Bhuvaneswari T, Sheela Ravinder, Priscilla Johnson, Santu Ghosh, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi.R and Subhashini A.S. Emergency room visits due to cardiovascular illness from major hospitals to Chennai – A Preliminary study. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience; 2(4):48-54 (2014). 43. Bhuvaneswari T, Sheela Ravinder, Priscilla Johnson, Santu Ghosh, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Padmavathi.R and Subhashini A.S. Emergency room visits due to respiratory illness from major hospitals to Chennai – A Preliminary study. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience; 2(4 A):1241-1246 (2014). 44. Gowdhami, V. Abirami, Sam Sundhar, R. Padmavathi.Vijayalakshmi Thanasekara, Rajagopalan. Assessment of Pulmonary Functions after Six Minutes Walk Test In Obese Young Individuals. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) .Volume 14, Issue 6 Ver. VIII, PP 31-35 (2015) 45. Benjamin F. Arnold, Ranjiv S. Khush, Padmavathi Ramaswamy,Paramasivan Rajkumar, Natesan Durairaj,Prabhakar Ramaprabha,Kalpana Balakrishnan, and John M. Colford, Jr. Short Report: Reactivity in Rapidly Collected Hygiene and Toilet Spot Check Measurements: A Cautionary Note for Longitudinal Studies. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 92(1), 159–162 (2015). 46. Sheela Ravinder S , Deepika C , Padmavathi R , Kalpana Balakrishnan and Jaya Vijayaraghavan. Occurrence of Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women in South India – A preliminary study. Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 3 (2): 291-296 ISSN: 2320 – 7051 (2015) 47. K Tamilselvan, S Sheela Ravinder , G Thangavel, A.S. Subashini and R Padmavathi. A study of variation in the levels of seminal plasma superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in normospermic and oligozoospermic men. International Journal of Biomedical Research; 6(04): 263-267. ISSN: 0976-9633. (2015) 48. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Sankar Sambandam, Padmavathi Ramaswamy,Santu Ghosh, Vettriselvi Venkatesan,Gurusamy Thangavel, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay,Priscilla Johnson,Solomon Paul, Naveen Puttaswamy, Rupinder S Dhaliwal, D K Shukla, SRU- CAR Team. Establishing integrated rural–urban cohorts to assess air pollution-related health effects in pregnant women, children and adults in Southern India: an overview of objectives, design and methods in the Tamil Nadu Air Pollution and Health Effects (TAPHE) study. BMJ Open 2015;5:e008090. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015- 008090 (2015). 49. Lalitha Shanmugam, S Sheela Ravinder, Priscilla Johnson, R Padmavathi, B Rajagopalan, Anupma Jyoti Kindo.Assessment of phagocytic activity of neutrophils in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lung India.Vol 32( 5); 437-440 (2015) 50. Krishnan. S, Archana P Kumar, Jeremiah Chinnadurai, Padmavathi .R, Vidhya Venugopal. Self Reported Symptoms due to Heat Stress among Housekeeping Workers of a Residential Complex Maintenance Sector. Sch. J. App. Med. Sci.3(6A):2161-2164 (2015) 51. Visalam , Archana P Kumar, Abirami Om Prakash, Padmavathi.R. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards E – Learning Among Medical Undergraduate Students. IOSR Journal of Applied Physics (IOSR-JAP). Volume 7, Issue 4 Ver. III PP 01-04: (2015) 52. Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sheela Ravinder, Padmavathi R, Jaya Vijayaraghavan. Effect of Maternal serum calcium on fetal birth weight. IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS). Volume 4, Issue 5 Ver. II PP 20-23: (2015) 53. Smisha Mohan , Bagavad Geetha. M, Padmavathi R. Comparison of Maximum Voluntary Contraction Using Hand Grip Dynamometer in Sedentary and Physically Active Young Adults. Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., 3(8A):2760-2763; (2015) 54. Gowdhami.B, Abirami,V, R.Padmavathi, Vijayalakshimi Thanasekaraan, B.Rajagopalan. Effect of sub maximal exercise test on cardiovascular parameters in young obese adults. International Journal of Pure and Applied biosciences. 3(4): 109-115 (2015). 55. Smisha Mohan , Bagavad Geetha. M, Padmavathi R. Assessment of Lower Extremity Muscle function using Bicycle Ergometer in young adults. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Science (IOSR-JDMS). Volume 15, Issue 6 Ver. 12 PP: (2016) 56. Smisha Mohan , Bagavad Geetha. M, Padmavathi R. Study of muscle function in young adults. Sch. J. App. Med. Sci.,(SJAMS) 4(7A):2348- 2352; (2016) 57. Abirami.V, Padmavathi R,Jayachandran R, Rajagoplan B, Venkatesh, Vijayalakshmit Thanasekaraan. Assessment of pulmonary function in obese individual of selected South Indian population from Chennai. Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., 4(&D):2548-2552; (2016). 58. Archana P Kumar, Krishnan. S , Jeremiah , Padmavathi. R and Vidhya Venugopal. Evaluation of Subjective Heat Strain using A Questionnaire among Transport Workers – A Pilot Study . Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 4 (4): 129-133 (2016) 59. Shobhana R, Srihari R, Bagavad Geeta M, Padmavathi R. Study of pulmonary function in flutists. National Journal of Physiology Volume 4 (2), 10-14 (2016). 60. Krishnan S, Padmavathi R, Jeremiah Chinnadurai, Maruthy KN, Vidhya Venugopal. Assessment of hydration status among construction workers using sweat rate. National Journal of Physiology Volume 4 (2), 19-22 (2016). 61. Krishnan S, Maruthy KN, ,Vidhya Venugopal, Padmavathi R. Research in occupational heat stress in India: challenges and opportunities. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Volume 20 - Issue 2. 73-78 (2016). 62. Premkumar.S ,Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Priscilla Johnson, Santu Ghosh, Sankar Sambandam, Kalpana Balakrishnan,Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan. A descriptive study of socioeconomic factors among non smoking rural female Tuberculosis patients.Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., 4(12B):4307-4310 (2016). 63. Poornima Karthic, Kanimozhi S, Kanimozhi S, Karthick N, Karthick N, , Saravanan A, , Saravanan A, Padmavathi R,. Skeletal Muscle: One Of The Silent Targets Of Diabetic Complications. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research .Vol 9 Issue 2 (March-April) Page: 206-208 (2016) 64. Krishnan S, Archana P Kumar, Maruthy K. N, Jeremiah, Padmavathi R and Vidhya Venugopal. Physiological Implications of Occupational Heat Stress for Maintenance Workers in a Residential Complex in Chennai – An Exploratory Intervention Trial. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol; 61(1) : 23–29 (2017). 65. Smisha Mohan, Bagavad Geetha M, Padmavathi.R. Study of gender variation in muscle function among young adults. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmaccy and Pharmacology; 7(8): 793- 796 (2017) 66. Divya Bagya A, Ganesan T, Mahesh Kumar K, Venkateswaran ST, Padmavathi R. Perception of stress among yoga trained individuals. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology;8:1-4 (2018). 67. Kalpana Balakrishnan , Santu Ghosh , Gurusamy Thangavel, Sankar Sambandam, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay, Naveen Puttaswamy, Arulselvan Sadasivam, Padmavathi Ramaswamy , Priscilla Johnson et al. Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and birthweight in a rural urban, mother-child cohort in Tamil Nadu, India. Environmental Research; 161: 524–531(2018). 68. Abirami Omprakash, Archana.P.Kumar, Padmavathi.R. Perceptions of first year dental students on case based learning in Physiology. International Archives of Integrated Medicine;5(4):161-164 (2018) 69. Sankanika Roy, S. Murugan, K. MaheshKumar, R.Srihari, S.Anandan and R.Padmavathi. Effects of Disease duration on the cardiovascular autonomic function in patients with Psoariasis. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol; 62(3) : 424–430 (2018). 70. Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sandhya Sundaram, Kadhiresan.N, Padmavathi.R. VEGF in Renal Cell carcinoma – A mini review. International Journal of Current Research and Review; 10 (20):1-5 (2018) 71. AV Siva kumar , R Padmavathi , KN Maruthy , B Sowjanya , K Mahesh kumar. An Innovative Technique to Evaluate Quantitative Pupillary Light Reflex by Dynamic Pupillometry using Infrared Videography. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. Apr, Vol-13(4): CM01- CM03 (2019) 72. Padmavathi R , Abirami Omprakash, Archana P Kumar. Video demonstration as a teaching learning method for a core clinical skill among undergraduate medical students- an interventional study. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 9(6) 547-550 (2019). 73. Andrew Mertens , Kalpana Balakrishnan , Padmavathi Ramaswamy , Paramasivan Rajkumar , Prabhakar Ramaprabha , Natesan Durairaj , Alan E. Hubbard , Ranjiv Khush, John M. Colford Jr , Benjamin F. Arnold. Associations between high temperature, heavy rainfall, and diarrhea among young children in rural Tamil Nadu, India: A prospective cohort study. EHP (2019) 74. Archana P. Kumar, K. Mahesh Kumar, R. Padmavathi1. K. N. Maruthy and Sundareswaran. Validation of PC 1000 Hz Reaction Timer with Biopac® MP 36 for Recording Simple Reaction Time. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol ; 63(2) (2019). 75. S. Jothi Lakshmi , Santu Ghosh , Padmavathi Ramaswamy , Shriraam Mahadevan and Krishnendu Mukhopadhya. A Cross Section Study on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Organophosphate Pesticide Applicators in Selected Rural South India. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 12(20), 1-5:May (2019) 76. Lavanya Sekar, WJ Niva, K Maheshkumar, Ganesan Thangavel, A Manikandan, Santhi Silambanan, Vanishree Shriraam, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, .Effect of Mahamantra chanting on autonomic and cognitive functions-an interventional study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. CC05 - CC09 May (2019) 77. Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Veni Ramaswamy. Ethics and Attitude- From Seed to Sapling: Perspective from India .Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. Aug, Vol-13(8): JE01-JE02 (2019). 78. Jothi Lakshmi, Krishnandu Mukhopadhay, Padmavathi Ramaswamy and Shriram Mahadevan, “A Systematic Review on Organophosphate Pesticide and Type II Diabetes Mellitus”, Current Diabetes Reviews 15: 1(2019). 79. R. Rama Devi, K. N. Maruthy, Padmavathi. R, A. V. Siva Kumar, SK Kareem. Evaluation of Static Pupil Size Using Digital Web Camera through Image Analysis. International Journal of Physiology, July- September, Vol. 7, No. 3; 7-11;(2019). 80. Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sandhya Sundaram, Kadhiresan N, Padmavathi R. Programmed Death Ligand 1; An Immunotarget for Renal Cell Carcinoma. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 20 (10); 2951-2957 (2019) 81. Abirami Omprakash, Archana.P.Kumar, Padmavathi.R BWC Sathiyasekaran, Thyagarajan Ravinder. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Perceived Barriers towards Research among First-Year Undergraduate Medical Students: A Study from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. Nov, Vol-13(11): CC06-CC10 (2019). 82. Abirami Omprakash, Archana P. Kumar, Vijay Sagar, B.W.C. Sathiyasekaran and Padmavathi Ramaswamy. Needs Assessment Among Students of Health Professions Education. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol; 63(1) 1-8 (2019). 83. Chandrasekaran Deepika, Anukiran, Raja Gurunandha, Sundaram San dhya, Padmavathi R, Kathiresan N. Carbonic Anhydrase IX Expression in Renal Cell Carcinoma- An Immunohistochemical Study. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development; 10 (11); 2462- 2468 (2019). 84. Maheshkumar Kuppusamy, Dilara Kamaldeen, Ravishankar Pitani, Julius Amaldas, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Poonguzhali Shanmugam, Venugopal Vijayakumar. Effects of yoga breathing practice on heart rate variability in healthy adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. Integrative Medicine Research Volume 9, Issue 1, March, Pages 28-32 (2020) 85. AV Siva kumar , R Padmavathi , KN Maruthy , B Sowjanya , K Mahesh kumar. Quantitative determination of pupil by dynamic pupillometry using infrared videography – Role in evaluation of autonomic activity. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 8 (3): 728-732 (2020) 86. R Padmavathi, K. Dilara, K Mahesh kumar. S. Anandan.S, P.V. Vijayaraghavan. RAPTS – An Empowerment to the Medical Postgraduates. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health; 8 (3): 806- 807 (2020) 87. Jiby Jolly Benjamin, Teena Koshy, K Mahesh Kumar, Maruthy K.N, R Padmavathi. Meta-Analysis of Association Between Il-6-174 G/C Polymorphism And Female Infertility Related Disorders. Journal of Reproductive Immunology.140 ;103134 (2020) 88. Samantha Sivaswamy, Sankar Sambandam, Naveen Puttuswamy, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, M.Surianarayanan, Sudhakar Rao Saidam. Urinary 1-Hydroxypyrene levels among children with asthma in Chennai, South India. Indian Journal of Science & Technology 13(12): 1316-1320 (2020) 89. Samantha Sivaswamy, Sankar Sambandam, Padmavathi Ramaswamy, M.Surianarayanan. Prevalence and risk factors associated with wheeze among children and adolescents from Chennai, South India. Indian Journal of Science & Technology 13(12): 1342-1346 (2020). 90. S. Arvind, K.Maheshkumar, S. Vaishali, S.Lavanya, R.Padmavathi. Development and Validation of an Integrated Portable Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Analysis System – STREME. Medical Hypotheses 143: 109887; (2020). 91. Maheshkumar Kuppusamy, Dilara Kamaldeen, Ravishankar Pitani, Julius Amaldas, Padmavathi Ramasamy, Poonguzhali Shanmugam and Venkateswaran Sankaralingam Thirupathy. Effect of Bhramari pranayama practice on simple reaction time in healthy adolescents – a randomized control trial. Int J Adolesc Med Health; 2019-0244; (2020). 92. K. Mahesh Kumar, Shriraam Mahadevan and Padmavathi Ramaswamy. 4th A in a triple A syndrome – A rare case report. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol; 20190293 (2020). 93. Sashi Kumar.S Mahesh kumar Kuppusamy, Dilara Kamaldeen, Padmavathi Ramaswamy. Assessment of pulmonary functions among traffic police personnel in Chennai city ‑ A comparative cross‑sectional study. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care; Volume 9: Issue 7;3356-3369 (2020). 94. Sheela Ravinder, Padmavathi R, Narasimhan.S Mohan Kumar.M, Maruthy KN,. Vitamin D and Physical activity; Polish Journal of Physiotherapy;2/2020 (20);126-131 (2020). 95. Venugopal V, Padmavathi R, Venkateswaran ST, Gunasekaran D, Maheshkumar K. Protecting the elders from COVID- 19 impact- leveraging yoga. J Family Med Prim Care;9 (8):4487-8 (2020). BOOK CHAPTER 1. K Balakrishnan, R Padmavathi, S Sankar. Book chapter in The Handbook of Environmental chemistry titled “Biomass smoke and Health Risks – The situation in Developing Countries”, Vol 4, Part F Springer Verlag publishers, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany 219 – 239 (2004). 2. Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Padma Srikanth, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan. Textbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Volume 1. Respiratory defenses and immunology. Chapter 12. 118- 132 (First edition) Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd. (2011) 3. Kalpana Balakrishnan, Sambandam Sankar, Santu Ghosh,Gurusamy Thangavel, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay,Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Priscilla Johnson, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan. Household Air Pollution Related to Solid Cookfuel Use: The Exposure and Health Situation in Developing Countries. Book Chapter In P. Pluschke and H. Schleibinger (eds.), Indoor Air Pollution, 2nd Edition, Handbook Environmental Chemistry, Springer Verlag, Berlin. (2014) 4. Padmavathi Ramaswamy, Padma Srikanth, Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan. Textbook of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Volume 1. Respiratory defenses and immunology. Chapter 12. (second edition) Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd. (2017) Any other • Reviewer – Guyton and Hall, Text book of Medical Physiology, John E. information Hall, Adaptation. Editors, Mario Vaz, Anura Kurpad, Tony Raj. South (Extracurricula Asia Edition, Elsevier Publishers. ISBN 978-81-312-3019-0. r) • Conceptualized and Implemented the Postgraduate Teaching Skills Workshop (RAPTS) – Ramachandra Annual Teaching Skills workshop • Organized SYMMEDCON International conference and several CME. • Resource Person for the conference organized by Students (EQUINOX and OPTIMUS) • Organized the Inter college quiz competition and Model Competition • Organized Research Training Workshop for First Year Undergraduate Medical Students • Collaboration with IIT – M for research projects and academic program • Reviewer for International Journal of Public Health • Reviewer for Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health • Reviewer for Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (IJPP) • Resource person – MCI CISP program • MCI observer for CISP • Reviewer for RGUHS research projects • Reviewer for DST research Projects