Pharmacology
The Department of Pharmacology is a paraclinical department that teaches and trains MBBS and MD students. The department is actively involved in teaching & training students on CAL techniques, clinically oriented newer drug delivery devices, analyzing and reporting ADRs, prescription auditing, and drug interactions to make them rational prescribers of the future.
It has a well-equipped pharmacy lab, experimental lab, seminar cum library and a PG research lab for carrying out teaching training & research activities. We practice an integrated curriculum, allowing students to engage in relevant, meaningful activities connected to real life. We have also introduced OSPE & OSCE examination patterns for evaluating students. The department also has a pharmacovigilance unit registered as an AMC under PvPi 2010 since 2014. IPC has appointed a PS-Pharmacovigilance associate to carry out ADR reporting and sensitization programmes for clinicians/nurses & interns.
Research Activities
The department is diligently attributing to the latest research areas in Neuropharmacology, Dermatopharmacology, Cardio-Metabolic Disorder, Herbal Drugs, Pharmacoeconomics studies and Drug Utilization studies. The department also has a CPCSEA registered Central animal house which caters to academic & research projects. The UG/PG students, under the guidance of enthusiastic faculty members, have presented their research work at various national/international conferences & have received appreciation and awards. Our students regularly carry out STS research projects under the guidance of dedicated faculty members. Faculty members are also conducting various intramural research projects.
Projects
Completed Project
- Intramural Projects: A Study of Anti-inflammatory Activity of Thymoquinone in Experimental Model of Subchronic Inflammation.
- Extramural Projects: A Study of SLC22A1 Polymorphism in Patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in North Indian Population.
Ongoing Projects
- Intramural Projects: Comparative Clinical Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Methotrexate and Pioglitazone and their combination therapy in patients with moderate to severe Chronic Plaque-Type Psoriasis: A Randomized, Open-Label, Active-Controlled Clinical Trial.
- Intramural STS Projects: A retrospective study of Antimicrobial drug prescribing pattern for community-acquired pneumonia.
Awards
- Dr. Karan Srivastava: Won 3rd prize in Oral Presentation at ONCO-3 National CME and RT-PCR workshop held at Era's Lucknow Medical College, Era's University. Lucknow on 6-7th March 2017. Title A study on the Neuroprotective roles of Simvastatin in Mice.
- Dr. Sukhpreet Singh: Won 1st prize in a poster presentation at National Seminar on Recent trends in Drug Development held at Amity University. Title various Pharmacovigilance systems in the world.
- Dr. Pooja Shukla: Awarded Gold Medal by the Governor Mr. Ram Naik on 11 the December 2014 for MD ( Pharmacology) for the year 2013.
