Dr. Rakhee Yadav

 

 

 Dr Rakhee Yadav

Associate Professor

Room No. 3040; 3^rd Floor, Teaching Block, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS; New Delhi-29

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Academic Details:

Degree	University/ Institution	Year of Passing
MBBS	Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, MD University, Rohtak (Haryana)	2002
MD (Biochemistry)	Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Pt BD Sharma UHS, Rohtak (Haryana)	2011

 

Positions held (starting from the most recent):

Position	Department	University/ Institution	Period
Associate Professor	Biochemistry	AIIMS Delhi	2020 onwards
Assistant Professor	Biochemistry	AIIMS Delhi	2016-2020
Assistant Professor	Biochemistry	SGT Medical College & Hospital, Gurgaon (Haryana)	2014-2016
Senior Resident	Biochemistry	VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital Delhi	2011-2014

 

Research Focus of the Lab/ Key Areas: Adipocyte Biology, Insulin Resistance, Obesity & metabolic syndrome  

Projects & Funding: ICMR Extramural and AIIMS Intramural Grants

List of Lab members:

1.     Mr Blessed Raj (PhD Scholar):

Mr Blessed Raj has done MSc in Medical Biochemistry from JIPMER Puducherry and got registered as PhD scholar at AIIMS in Nov 2020. His proposed work is to elucidate the role of ECM-Adipocyte communication in obesity induced adipose tissue dysfunctions

 

2.     Dr Astha Sachan (Senior Resident):

Has done MD Thesis under my supervision titled, “Study of ECM Remodeling in adipose tissue dysfunctions in obesity” and presently working in ongoing lab projects. 

She has won Mrs. Dwarka Prasad Trust Travel Grant in 2019 to present her work at 15th Asia Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (APFCB) Congress; Jaipur in Nov 2019

Also won best oral paper award in AMBION 2020: National Postgraduate Update cum CME, Chandigarh, November, 2020 (Online Presentation)

 

3.     Dr Kuntal Chakraborty (Final year MD Student):

Thesis title “A prospective study of changes in human Gut Microbiota (GM) and its association with insulin sensitivity in obese individuals undergoing Bariatric Surgery”

He has been awarded ICMR financial support for his MD thesis (Dec 2020)

 

4.     Dr Prachi Priyadarshini (Final year MD student):

Thesis title “Study of the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) and its isoforms, in Obesity and their association with insulin sensitivity”

 

5.     Dr Khushboo Sharma (Second year MD student):

Thesis titled “Assessment of Amphiregulin and CRISPLD1 as visceral adipose tissue derived modulators of cardiovascular health in obesity”

Key Publications (Latest in last five years):

1. Yadav R, Aggarwal S, Singh A, Mir R. Effect of surgically induced weight loss on serum adiponectin levels and its association with the gene expression in visceral adipose tissue of morbidly obese. Clinica Chimica Acta 2019; 293 (S1): S306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2019.03.631 (ABSTRACT)
2. Sachan A, Aggarwal S, Singh A, Khan MA, Shukla S, Yadav R. Study of changes in the circulating adipo-cytokines due to bariatric surgery induced weight loss and their association with co-morbidities in Obesity. Proceedings: 15th Asia Pacific Federation For Clinical Biochemistry And Laboratory Medicine (APFCB) Congress 2019 from 17-20 November 2019, Jaipur, India. Ind J Clin Biochem 2019; 34: 1-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-019-00851-4. (ABSTRACT)
3. Yadav R, Aggarwal S, Singh A. SARS-CoV-2-host dynamics: Increased risk of adverse outcomes of COVID-19 in obesity. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2020;14(5):1355–60. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.07.030. PMCID: PMC7372253. PMID: 32755835
4. Yadav VS, Mir RA, Bhatia A, Yadav R, Shadang M, Chauhan SS, Dhingra K, Kharbanda OP, Yadav R, Garg R. Metallothionein levels in gingival crevicular fluid, saliva and serum of smokers and non-smokers with chronic periodontitis. J Periodontol 2020;1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/JPER.20-0314
5. Sachan A, Singh A, Shukla S, Aggarwal S, Mir I, Yadav R. Serum Adipocytokines Levels and Their Association with Insulin Sensitivity in Morbidly Obese Individuals Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome 2020; 29(4): 303-12 https://doi.org/10.7570/jomes20090. PMID: 33310973
6. Sachan A, Singh A, Shukla S, Aggarwal S, Mir I, Yadav R. An Immediate Post Op and Follow up Assessment of Circulating Adipo-cytokines After Bariatric Surgery in Morbid Obesity. Metabol Open. 2021 Nov 1;13:100147. doi: 10.1016/j.metop.2021.100147. PMID: 34993466; PMCID: PMC8713110.
7. Khan SA, Sachan A, Arumugaswamy PR, Singh A, Aggarwal S, Yadav R. An evaluation of micronutrient status in severe obesity and follow-up assessment after bariatric surgery: A retrospective single-center study. J Bariatr Surg [Epub ahead of print] [cited 2022 Oct 8]. Available from: http://www.jbsonline.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=356578