Research

Research Work, Grants and Publications

Research work, research grants and research publications in the last one year.

Department of Dentistry

  • Dr. Aruna Vijay Singh (Department of Dentistry)
  • Patent granted - electronic endodontic file for locating root apex and determination of working length (28/02/2025).
  • Patent granted - ultrasonic dental probe (30/06/2025).

Department of Microbiology

  • Warjri P, Sumer O, Langbang L, Kynta A, Pyngrope D. Blueprint of a pandemic: Insights from SARS-CoV-2 genomics surveillance in Meghalaya, India. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2025 Mar 1;111(3):116670.
  • Kharchandy HL, Das A, Garh R, et al. Short-Term Assessment of Knowledge and Practices on Needle-Stick Injury Management among Healthcare Workers: An Educational Intervention Study. JASPI. 2025;3(3):15-21.
  • Sawian Robertson, Kharchandy H. Larikyrpang, Sumer Olisha. Mapping the Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Commonly Isolated Pathogenic Bacterial Isolates from Clinical Specimens - A Meghalaya Perspective. Int J Med Pub Health. 2026;16(1):1177-1180.
  • Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections, their associated risk factors and treatment seeking behaviour among tribal-population in India - A multicentric study. (Ongoing).

Department of Pathology

  • One ongoing research work titled - No One Left Behind: Community-Driven Hepatitis Elimination Among PWIDs in Meghalaya, India.
  • By Dr. W.B. Langstieh (Associate Professor, Department of Pathology) and others from Meghalaya AIDS Control Society.

Department of Pharmacology

  • Syiem RP, Marak MD, Nongkynrih BS, Thangkhiew B. Vonoprazan and potassium-competitive acid blockers: a paradigm shift from proton pump inhibitors in the management of acid-related disorders. Int J Pharm Res Appl. 2025;10(6):1565-1568. doi:10.35629/4494-100615651568.

Department of Radiology

  • Publication by Assistant Professor Dr. Humsheer Singh Sethi.
  • Mawlong, A. K., Kalita, P., Sethi, H. S., Raphael, V., Hynniewta, Y., Das, S., Kumar, N. R., Dey, B., Roy, A., & Marbaniang, R. S. (2025). Myelomatous pleural effusion revealing underlying plasma cell myeloma: An uncommon initial presentation. Cureus, 17(8), e91370. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.91370 (08/2025).
  • Synmon, B., Tiewsoh, I., Lynrah, K. G., Sharma, S. R., Thakre, M., Sethi, H., Jain, A., Shreeraj, S. T. K., & Dar, J. R. (2025). Unrelenting hiccups as a clue: Area postrema syndrome in medullary infarct - two case reports. The European Society of Medicine-Neuroimaging, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v13i7.6811 (08/2025).