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Dr. Priya Kumar

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DR. PRIYA KUMAR


1. Educational Background:

  • MDS in Oral Pathology & Microbiology from Govt. Dental College, Mumbai. (2003-2006)
  • BDS from Bharti Vidyapeeth Dental College & Hospital, Pune.(1997-2002)
  • MBA in Health Care Management from Sikkim Manipal University in February 2014.

2. Research Interests:

  • Oral Potentially malignant disorders
  • Molecular mechanisms underlying Oral squamous cell carcinoma

3. Research grants raised:

  • Short Term Student research grant raised from Indian Council of Medical Research
  • Part of team to raise FIST (Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure) grant from DST (Department of Science and Technology), Govt. Of India

4. Research work supervised:

  • Evaluation of MMP 9 and TIMP 2 in various histological subtypes of ameloblastoma- Role in local invasiveness: An immunohistochemical study
  • Assessment of interleukin -18 gene polymorphism and serum levels in oral lichen planus
  • Assessment of CX3CL1 chemokine and CD57+ lymphocytes in immune surveillance of oral squamous cell carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study
  • Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography and expression of chemerin and MMP-9 in OSMF and Oral Cancer
  • Assessment of HIF-1α and LOXL-2 expression in OSCC- An IHC Study
  • Diagnostic role and limitations of FNAC in jaw lesions
  • Correlation of β-Catenin and glypican 3 in oral squamous cell carcinoma – An immunohistochemical study
  • Evaluation of healing following socket preservation using indigenously prepared bone allograft: A clinical and histological study
  • Interleukin 12 gene polymorphism and serum levels in oral lichen planus- A case control study
  • Evaluation of tissue based expression of miRNA-155-5p and miRNA 1246 in squamous cell
  • carcinoma- A qRTPCR study
  • Assessment of STAT 3 and ITGB6 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma and their correlation with lymph node metastasis and overall survival- An Immunohistochemical Study
  • Assessment of TATE and IL 33 expression in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and their correlation with overall survival- A morphometric and Immunohistochemical study

5. Research Publications:

  • Kumar P, Kane S, Rathod GP. Coexpression of p53 and Ki 67 and lack of expression of c-erbB2 in oral leukoplakias from India. Brazilian Oral Research. May – June 2012; 26(3): 228-42.
  • Kumar P, Augustine J, Urs AB, Arora S, Gupta S, Mohanty V. Serum lipid profile in oral cancer and leukoplakia- correlation with tobacco abuse and histological grading. Journal of cancer research and therapeutics. July-Sep 2012; Vol.8(3): 384-88.
  • Kumar P, Surya V, Urs AB, Augustine J, Mohanty S, Gupta S. Sarcomas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region: Analysis of 26 Cases with Emphasis on Diagnostic Challenges. Pathol. Oncol. Res. (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-018-0510-9
  • Negi D, Urs AB, Kumar P, Mahajan B, Singh H, Polipalli SK, Kapoor S. Assessment of Interleukin-18 gene polymorphism and serum levels in oral lichen planus in an Indian population. J Oral Pathol Med. 2019 Mar;48(3):244-250. doi: 10.1111/jop.12830. Epub 2019 Feb 7. PMID: 30672022.
  • Nunia K, Urs AB, Kumar P.Interplay Between MMP-9 and TIMP-2 Regulates Ameloblastoma Behavior and Tooth Morphogenesis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2016 MayJun;24(5):364-72. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000196. PMID: 26067137.
  • Augustine J, Maity M, Kumar P, Gupta SR, Ghosh D, Verma M. Epithelial loss correlated with decreased beta defensins and increased risk of candida infections in oral lichen planus. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology 2015; 119(3): Abstracts e111.
  • Kumar P, Augustine J, Urs AB. Odontogenic Cysts and Tumors – An Institutional Review of 736 cases. Journal of Dental Research 2016; 95 (A): Abstracts 1723.
  • Chawla H, Urs AB, Augustine J, Kumar P. Characterization of muscle alteration in oral submucous fibrosis-seeking new evidence. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2015 Nov 1;20(6):e670-7.
  • Augustine J, Kumar P, Urs AB, Verma M. Intraosseous ameloblastoma: an institutional experience and insight into the rarer variants. Head Neck 2015(July); 37(S1); E39.
  • Rawat G, Urs AB, Chakravarti A, Kumar P. Evaluation of DNA damage in peripheral blood leukocytes in oral potentially malignant and malignant disorders by comet assay. Clin Cancer Investig J 2018;7:50-5
  • Rawat, G., Urs, A. B., Chakravarti, A., Kumar, P. (2019). DNA damage in buccal cells in oral PMDs and malignant disorders by comet assay. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 18, e191430.
  • Bharti A, Urs AB, Kumar P. Significance of HIF-1α Expression and LOXL-2 Localization in Progression of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2021 Feb 1;22(2):341- 347. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.2.341. PMID: 33639646.
  • Jot K, Urs AB, Kumar P. Does Loss of Immunohistochemical Expression of Glypican 3 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Play a Role in the Wnt/β-catenin Signaling Pathway? Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2021 Oct 1;29(9):693-699. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000955. PMID: 34091531..
  • Sharma, S., Wang, F., Kumar, S., Nawal, R. R., Kumar, P., Yadav, S., Szenti, I., Kukovecz, A., Schiller, U. D., & Rawal, A. (2022). Structural and functional integrity of decontaminated N95 respirators: Experimental results. Journal of Industrial Textiles. 022;51(5_suppl):7999S8017S. https://doi.org/10.1177/15280837221082322
  • Schiller U, Sharma S, Wang F, Kumar S, Rao PV, Singh B, Nawal R, Kumar P, Yadav S, Agrawal A, Jassal M. Experimental and numerical analysis of the impact of decontamination treatments on the filtration performance of N95 respirators. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2022 Mar
  • Ramamoorthy M, Guru SA, Koner BC, Kumar P, Urs AB. miR-155-5p and miR-1246 as promising biomarkers in oral squamous cell carcinomas. Annals of Oncology 2022,Vol.33:s498- 499

6. Research Awards:

  • Presented with certificate of merit for best scientific paper at the XIII National Conference of Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists; Calicut, November 2004.
  • Presented with certificate of merit and gold medal for best scientific paper at 18th National Triple O Symposium and 4th International Oral Pre-Cancer & Cancer Congress held at MAIDS, New Delhi from 6th to 8th March 2020
  • Presented with certificate of merit for best scientific paper at 29th National conference of Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at Dehradun from 11-13th November 2022 
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