Dr. Suman Sundar Mohanty

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ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar-751 023 Odisha, India

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suman.mohanty@icmr.gov.in

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Educational Qualification (UG onwards):

• Graduation (B.Sc/M.B.B.S.) in Zoology (Hons) from Utkal University in the year 1994
• Post graduation (M.Sc/MD) in Zoology (Biochemical genetics) from Dayalbagh Educational Institute in the year 1997
• PhD/MPH from Dayalbagh Educational Institute in the year 2002

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Total publications: 70 (Only Number)

Publications in the last 5 years (list below)

1. Singh, J., Gazta, P., Gautam, J.K. et al. Exploring barriers to healthcare access among individuals with sickle cell disease and their caregivers in the tribal areas of Rajasthan: application of socio-ecological model. BMC Public Health (2026).
2. Kaur, M.; Gautam, J.K.; Sharma, A.R.; Singh, V.; Chouhan, D.; Baghel, A.; Babu, B.V.; Mohanty, S.S. Nanotechnology-Based Detection of Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Systematic Review. Biosensors 2026, 16, 373. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios16070373
3. Parihar, S., Kumar, L., Dube, S. et al. The gut microbiome as a therapeutic potential for inborn errors of metabolism disorders. Discov Med 3, 79 (2026).
4. Abhishek A, Chalga MS, Yadav RM, Agarwal K, Vohra V, Tayade A, Kumar A, Varma-Basil M, Mrigpuri P, Manek H, Badhe PV, Gupta S, Bhatt S, Das A, Pandey D, Ponnuraja C, Pati S, Turuk J, Narang P, Athavale A, Shah I, Mohanty SS, George A, Rodrigues R, Mane SS, Mohan A, Chaudhary CR, Pattnaik M, Munje R, Dhingra B, Singh A, Meena RK, Chaturvedy K, Chaudhary D, Singh PK, Patra JK, Sharma A, Sharma M, Singh M. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ensemble model for comprehensive chest X-ray abnormality detection and deployment. Indian J Med Res. 2026 Feb;163(2):174-181. doi: 10.25259/IJMR_1854_2025.
5. Sharma, J., Mohanty, S.S., Thakor M. 2025. Temporal Stability Of Haemoglobin Variants And Convergent Validity Of HPLC Point-of-Care and Solubility Test. Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry, online first
6. Thaker P, Shinde N, Surve S. 2025. Diagnostic Accuracy of HemoTypeSC Compared to HPLC for Detecting Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns: A Multicentric study. Indian Journal of Medical Research.
7. Rajamani N, Pandey A, Surve S. 2025. Barriers, facilitators and recommendations for the implementation of Newborn Sickle Cell screening program in tribal communities: Findings from a qualitative multicentric study in India. Lancet Regional Health for South East Region, (Accepted).
8. Choudhary, S., Kumar, P., Mohanty S.S., Anand P.K., View ORCID ProfileJanesh Kumar GautamMolecular docking of Pyocyanin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa with NADPH oxidase and Toll-like receptor 4 : Exploring the Link Between Oral Microbiome and Oral Cancer Pathogenesis. BioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.24.671957
9. Gautam JK, Mohanty SS, Babu BV. Prevalence and determinants of oral potentially malignant disorders in western Rajasthan. Sci Rep. 2025 May 4;15(1):15611. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-98096-8. 
10. Surve S, Thakor M, Madkaikar M, Kaur H, Desai S, Shanmugam R. Protocol for a Multicentric Cohort Study on Neonatal Screening and Early Interventions for Sickle Cell Disease Among High-Prevalence States of India, Diagnostics. 2025 15 (6), 730.
11. Purohit, A., Huda, R.K., Mohanty, S.S. et al.Epidemiology of sickle cell disease in tribal population of Southern Rajasthan, India.  Scientific Reports, 2025. 15, 2196 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81224-1
12. Anand PK, Tiwari H, Gupta R, Meena C, Mohanty SS. Effectiveness and Challenges of a Community based Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) screening program. European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2025. 15, 203-209.
13. Thakor M, Gautam J, Panigrahi A, Garasiya D, Brhamnia SL, Mohanty SS. Operational Feasibility of Point-of-Care Testing for Sickle Cell Disease in Resource-Limited Settings of Tribal Sub-Plan Region of India. Diagnostics 15 (3), 348.
14. Simlot A, Rathore M, Meena C, Thakor M, Chouhan S, Mohanty SS. Cardio-topography and WhatsApp as a combination of tool for early reporting and referring high risk pregnancy in rural health setup. Indian Journal of Health Science and Biomedical Research KLEU. 2025. 18 (7 (1), 1-6
15. Anand, PK, Tiwari H, Dam PK, Mohanty SS, Meena C. Maternal marriage distance does not affect sickle haemoglobin status: A study from tribal population of Rajasthan. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2025. Volume 31, 101902
16. Shah HK, Fathima PA, Ajithlal PM, Kumar A, Rawani A, Thakur MS, ...2024. Nationwide cross-sectional surveillance of Leishmania donovani in phlebotomine sand flies and its impact on national kala-azar elimination in India Scientific Reports 14 (1), 28455 2024
17. Lata S, Gupta SK, Kumar G, Yadav S, Mohanty SS, Prasad P, Singh B, ...2024. Moving population is a challenge for malaria elimination in India: A cross-sectional study to assess malaria parasite infections in walking pilgrims in western Rajasthan, India IJID regions 12, 100418, 2024
18. Anand PK, Mohanty SS, Toteja GS, Purohit A, Babu BV. 2024. Clinical Features in Paediatric Sickle Cell Anaemia Cases from Rajasthan India A Case Series. Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (In Press)
19. Sharma AK, Dhabahi A, Mohanty SS. 2024. A Preliminary Study on the Impact of Household Air Pollution on Adult Respiratory Health in Urban and Rural Settings of Jaipur India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 165-169
20. Selvaraju S, Velayutham V, Rao R, Rade K, Thiruvengadam K, Asthana S et al. 2024. Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis infection in India. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2058-2065.
21. Giridharan P, Selvaraju S, Rao R, Rade K et al., 2023. Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India Findings from the – nationwide community based TB prevalence survey. PLoS One, 12, 2023
22. Panigrahi A, Sharma AK, Thakor M, Yadav S, Mohanty SS, Singh P. Implementation research on diabetes in India A systematic review. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 101415.
23. Swain RK, Mohanty SS, Thakor M, Sharma AK. Assessment of thermal and temporal stability of SARS-CoV-2 samples using real-time qRT-PCR. Mol Biol Rep. 2023 Oct;50(10):8565-8573. doi: 10.1007/s11033-023-08740-7. 
24. Mohanty SS, Kanojia PC. Decline of Malaria Incidence in Three Villages of Thar Desert, India: The Impact of Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets. J Arthropod Borne Dis. 2023 Jun 30;17(2):175-186. doi: 10.18502/jad.v17i2.13622.
25. Sumitha MK, Kalimuthu M, Senthil Kumar M, Paramasivan R, Pradeep NK, Sunish IP, Balaji T , Sharma DK, Goyal D, Suman DS, Srivastava H, Bhowmik IP, Vaishnav K, OP Singh, Prabhakar Patil P, Tyagi S, Mohanty SS, Tapan Barik, Sreehari U, Kumar A, Gupta B. Genetic differentiations among Aedes aegypti populations from different  eco-geographical zones of India. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023.,
26. Meena C, Chouhan S, Yadav S, Thakor M, Mohanty SS. 2023. Model rural health research unit’s NS1‑based serosurveillance recommends for vector control in rural villages of Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India. Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research, 2023;16:274-7.
27. Moosan H, Thakor M, Sharma AK, Mohanty SS, et al. 2023. Protocol of systematic reviews on implementation research on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and mental ailments in India [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research, 12:100.
28. Dhabhai A, Sharma A, Dalela G, Mohanty SS, Hudda R, Gupta R. 2022. Indoor Air Pollution and Its Determinants in Household Settings in Jaipur, India. Journal of Atmospheric Science Research, 6, 1, 6-67,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jasr.v6i1.5284
29. Kumar MS, Kamaraj P, Khan SA, et al. Seroprevalence of Dengue Infection Using IgG Capture ELISA in India, 2017-2018. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2021 Aug;105(5):1277-1280. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0386. PMID: 34370710;
30. Mohanty, S.S.; Purohit, Anil; Anand, P.K.; Huda, Ramesh Kumar; Sharma, Arun Kumar. Burden of sickle cell disease in tribal students in Maa-Baadi institutions in southern Rajasthan - A pilot study. Indian Journal of Medical Research 156(2):p 269-274, August 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3195_21
31. Mohanty, SS, Kochar, DK. 2022. Infectious Diseases in Rajasthan: An Overview. RUHS Journal of Health Sciences, 7 (2), 63-65.
32. Mohanty SS, Parihar S, Hudda R, Toteja GS, Sharma A. 2022. Prevalence of sickle cell anemia, β-thalassemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among the tribal population residing in the Aravali hills of Sirohi region of Rajasthan state. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 13,100916.
33. , Bhatnagar T., Selvaraju S. 2021.SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in India: Findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey, August - September 2020.Lancet Global Health, e257-266
34. Murhekar, M., Kamaraj, P, Kumar MS, Khan SA, Allam RR, Barde P, Bhagirathi Dwibedi, B, Kanungo S, Mohan, U, Mohanty, SS et al., 2021. Immunity against diphtheria among children aged 5–17 years in India, 2017–18: a cross-sectional, population-based serosurvey. Lancet Infectious Disease. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1473-3099(20)30595-8
35. Kumar MS, Khan SA, Allam RR, Barde P, Bhagirathi Dwibedi, B, Kanungo S, Mohan, U, Mohanty, SS et al., 2021. Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus infection in India, 2017: A cross-sectional population-based Serosurvey. Lancet Microbes, Vol: 2 (1), e41-e47.

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