Bhubaneswar: Sanghamitra PatiDirector of ICMR-Regional Medical Research Center (rmrc) Bhubaneswar, has been ranked as India’s second most influential researcher (the first in the Indian Council of Medical Research) by Elsevier, a publisher of scientific books and periodicals.
He ranks among the top two percent of researchers worldwide under the category of general and internal medicine, with the sub-category of public health.
Pati has published many scientific and research articles in various nationally and internationally acclaimed journals. Most of these articles have been cited by many scientists, physicians and researchers. One of the most cited articles was on the multi-morbidity condition of the people. Multimorbidity means the presence of multiple diseases or conditions in an individual.
“It is a new term that can be defined as the presence of more than two diseases in the human body. The major problem of polymorbidity is the conflicting nature of diseases. If a person has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), then The doctor will advise him for physical activity. But a COPD patient with arthritis cannot do physical activity. This is called bidirectional interaction between conditions that cause problems for the well-being of the patients,” said the husband.
She said the aim of her study was to look at the burden of multi-morbidity on health care settings in low- and middle-income countries. He did this research in Odisha in 2013 after getting a fellowship from the UK. After this, many other experts have researched this topic by referring to their study.
“I developed a tool (MAQ-PC) to assess multi-morbidity in primary care. It is used by many low and middle income countries including Ethiopia, Kenya and Malaysia. This is a milestone study in my career that is followed by many researchers. We have also done a study regarding polyuria management amid the Covid-19 times,” said RMRC director.
A physician turned laboratory scientist and public health researcher, Pati completed both MBBS (1992) and MD (1998) MKCG Medical College and Hospital Berhampur. She later received a fellowship to pursue Master of Public Health (miles per hour) Feather Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Hailing from Berhampur, the husband worked initially as a medical officer and then as a faculty in various medical colleges in the state. Since August 2016, he is serving as the Director of RMRC Bhubaneswar, ICMR. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he led the laboratory testing of Covid-19 in Odisha and established the high throughput Cobas Lab.
He ranks among the top two percent of researchers worldwide under the category of general and internal medicine, with the sub-category of public health.
Pati has published many scientific and research articles in various nationally and internationally acclaimed journals. Most of these articles have been cited by many scientists, physicians and researchers. One of the most cited articles was on the multi-morbidity condition of the people. Multimorbidity means the presence of multiple diseases or conditions in an individual.
“It is a new term that can be defined as the presence of more than two diseases in the human body. The major problem of polymorbidity is the conflicting nature of diseases. If a person has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), then The doctor will advise him for physical activity. But a COPD patient with arthritis cannot do physical activity. This is called bidirectional interaction between conditions that cause problems for the well-being of the patients,” said the husband.
She said the aim of her study was to look at the burden of multi-morbidity on health care settings in low- and middle-income countries. He did this research in Odisha in 2013 after getting a fellowship from the UK. After this, many other experts have researched this topic by referring to their study.
“I developed a tool (MAQ-PC) to assess multi-morbidity in primary care. It is used by many low and middle income countries including Ethiopia, Kenya and Malaysia. This is a milestone study in my career that is followed by many researchers. We have also done a study regarding polyuria management amid the Covid-19 times,” said RMRC director.
A physician turned laboratory scientist and public health researcher, Pati completed both MBBS (1992) and MD (1998) MKCG Medical College and Hospital Berhampur. She later received a fellowship to pursue Master of Public Health (miles per hour) Feather Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Hailing from Berhampur, the husband worked initially as a medical officer and then as a faculty in various medical colleges in the state. Since August 2016, he is serving as the Director of RMRC Bhubaneswar, ICMR. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he led the laboratory testing of Covid-19 in Odisha and established the high throughput Cobas Lab.
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