pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian toksikologi & risiko kesihatan (core)
vanitha.ma@ukm.edu.my
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Vanitha Mariappan is an experienced researcher with a PhD (distinction) in the field of medical microbiology (focusing on bacterial pathogenesis) from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. A recipient of the prestigious National Science Fellowship awarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia, Dr. Vanitha has received multiple accolades throughout her career. These include the Merck Young Scientist Award 2010 (First Prize – Bioscience Category), the Wellcome Trust Travel Grant for Young Investigators (2012), and the Young Woman in Science Award (2018) by the Venus Foundation, India.
She has also been awarded competitive international fellowships, such as the University of Malaya Bright Spark Fellowship, the ASEAN–Republic of Korea Academic Exchange Programme (2014), and the Australia-APEC Women in Research Fellowship (2016), reflecting her strong regional and global research engagement.
Dr. Vanitha has authored nearly 60 publications in Web of Science-indexed journals, including numerous Tier 1 and Tier 2 research articles and reviews. Her research portfolio spans intracellular gram-negative bacterial pathogenesis, immunopathogenesis, cell and molecular biology, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, epidemiology, and bioinformatics.
She currently leads and collaborates on multiple research grants as a principal investigator, co-investigator, and postgraduate mentor, with a strong focus on biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance in intracellular gram-negative bacteria. In addition to her bench-side work, Dr. Vanitha is actively involved in social and behavioral research, particularly in areas bridging microbiology with public health awareness.
vanitha mariappan. (2025). pelajar ukm meneroka laluan kerjaya dalam seminar sains bioperubatan. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
theenischa mageswaran, surendran rajaratnam, ismarulyusda isyak, vanitha mariappan . (2025). assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices on sexually transmitted diseases among universiti kebangsaan malaysia undergraduates. - 15th malaysian national symposium biomedical sciences. .
jessica grace cockburn, vanitha mariappan, mun fai loke, anis rageh al-maleki, barathan muttiah, kumutha malar vellasamy, jamuna vadivelu. (2025). integrative research: current trends and considerations for biomarker discovery and precision medicine. - the microbe . 1 - 10.
vanitha mariappan. (2025). ukm dan university of the philippines jalin kerjasama penyelidikan dan akademik. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
vanitha mariappan, kumutha malar vellasamy, rohan raaj anpalagar, yue-min lim, nurhamimah zainal abidin, sreeramanan subramaniam, sheila nathan. (2025). one health surveillance approaches for melioidosis and glanders: the malaysian perspective. - 2nd asia-pacific conference on zoonotic and neglected tropical diseases. .
nur umairah mohd hawary, nor malia abd warif ismarulyusda ishak, arimi fitri mat ludin, barathan muttiah, navindra kumari p, kumutha malar vellasamy and vanitha mariappan. (2025). knowledge, attitude and practices associated with covid-19 among undergraduate students from malaysian public universities during the endemic phase: a cross-sectional study. - bmc public health. 1 - 12.
khushairy zulpa, barathan muttiah, kumutha malar vellasamy, vanitha mariappan, jamuna vadivelu. (2023). dentatin triggers ros mediated apoptosis, g0/g1 cell cycle arrest and release of th1 related cytokines in colorectal carcinoma cells. - journal of taibah university for science. 1-10.
vanitha mariappan, barathan muttiah, ahmad khusairy zulpa, jamuna vadivelu, kumutha malar vellasamy. (2023). small colony variants of burkholderia pseudomallei: alteration of the virulence factors. - journal of taibah university for science. 1-15.
pavallekoodi gnasekaran, zuraida abdul rahman, bee lynn chew, jasim uddain, maheswaran solayappan, nelson jeng yeou chear, suganthi appalasamy, vanitha mariappan, dwi kusuma wahyuni, sreeramanan subramaniam. (2023). picloram enhanced callus induction, growth kinetics, antioxidant potentials and secondary metabolites production of zingiber officinale var. rubrum callus cultures. - plant cell, tissue & organ culture. 843-859.
muttiah barathan, ahmad khusairy zulpa, kumutha malar vellasamy, zaridatul aini ibrahim, see mee hoong, vanitha mariappan, gopinath venkatraman, jamuna vadivelu. (2023). hyperforin-mediated anticancer mechanisms in mda-mb-231 cell line: insights into apoptotic mediator modulation and caspase activation. - journal of taibah university for science. 1-18.
madihah, m. a., tang, s. g. h., mariappan, v., jufri, n. f., hidayatulfathi, o., rahman, h. s.. (2025). optimization of reaction parameters for the biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles mediated by backhousia citriodora aqueous extract. - applied ecology and environmental research. 1203 - 1221.
nurul fathiyah zaipul anuar, mohd nasir mohd desa, jamal hussaini, eng hwa wong, vanitha mariappan, kumutha malar vellasamy, navindra kumari p. (2024). role of cell surface proteins and toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of streptococcus pneumoniae. - iranian journal of basic medical sciences. 214-222.
barathan muttiah, norhayati mohd nasir, vanitha mariappan, jamuna vadivelu, kumutha malar vellasamy, seong linyap, . (2024). targeting colon cancer and normal cells with cold plasma-activated water: exploring cytotoxic effects and cellular responses. - physics of plasmas. 1 - 14.
muttiah barathan, kumutha malar vellasamy, · vanitha mariappan, gopinath venkatraman, · jamuna vadivelu . (2024). naturally occurring phytochemicals to target breast cancer cell signaling. - applied biochemistry and biotechnology. 4644 - 4660.
zainora mohammed, qiu-ting kee, norliza mohamad fadzil, mohd harimi abd rahman, normah che din, vanitha mariappan, suzana shahar. (2023). association between vision and cognitive function among community-dwelling older adults in selangor, malaysia. - international journal of ophthalmology. 115-120.
jessica grace cockburn, vanitha mariappan, mun fai loke, anis rageh al-maleki, barathan muttiah, kumutha malar vellasamy, jamuna vadivelu. (2025). integrative research: current trends and considerations for biomarker discovery and precision medicine. - the microbe . 1 - 10.
nur insyirah mohd razalan, shanthi krishnasamy, barathan muttiah, mohan arumugam, navindra kumari palanisamy, kumutha malar vellasamy, vanitha mariappan. (2025). identification of virulence genes and antimicrobial susceptibility of escherichia coli: comparison between plaque psoriasis and healthy donor faecal samples. - asia pacific journal of molecular biology and biotechnology. 31 - 39.
madihah, m. a., tang, s. g. h., mariappan, v., jufri, n. f., hidayatulfathi, o., rahman, h. s.. (2025). optimization of reaction parameters for the biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles mediated by backhousia citriodora aqueous extract. - applied ecology and environmental research. 1203 - 1221.
nur umairah mohd hawary, nor malia abd warif ismarulyusda ishak, arimi fitri mat ludin, barathan muttiah, navindra kumari p, kumutha malar vellasamy and vanitha mariappan. (2025). knowledge, attitude and practices associated with covid-19 among undergraduate students from malaysian public universities during the endemic phase: a cross-sectional study. - bmc public health. 1 - 12.
barathan muttiah, norhayati mohd nasir, vanitha mariappan, jamuna vadivelu, kumutha malar vellasamy, seong linyap, . (2024). targeting colon cancer and normal cells with cold plasma-activated water: exploring cytotoxic effects and cellular responses. - physics of plasmas. 1 - 14.
naji naseef pathoor, pitchaipillai sankar ganesh, rajesh kanna gopal, arun prabhu govindasamy, sam jabaraj ramesh, gulshan wadhwa, esaki m. ponmalar, vanitha mariappan, and esaki m. shankar. (2025). microbiomes and biofilms: fundamentals and translational applications. - . 91 - 127.
vanitha mariappan. (2025). perspektif masa hadapan dan kehidupan semasa pandemik covid-19. - . 190 - 214.
chan kok meng, nurul farhana jufri, nur najmi mohamad anuar, vanitha mariappan. (2025). biologi sars-cov-2. - . 1 - 18.
bashobhini suresh kumar, vanitha mariappan, barathan muttiah, nantha kumar jeyaprakasam, kumutha malar vellasamy, hemabarathy bharatham. (2025). kajian awal penyediaan dan penilaian krim kosmeseutikal antioksidan berasaskan minyak pati trigonella foenum-graecum. - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia . 80 - 93.
vanitha mariappan. (2025). pelajar ukm meneroka laluan kerjaya dalam seminar sains bioperubatan. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
vanitha mariappan. (2025). cabaran ringtangan antimikrob: strategi dan tindakan bersepadu . - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
vanitha mariappan. (2025). ukm dan university of the philippines jalin kerjasama penyelidikan dan akademik. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
vanitha mariappan. (2025). perspektif masa hadapan dan kehidupan semasa pandemik covid-19. - . 190 - 214.
vanitha mariappan. (2025). cabaran ringtangan antimikrob: strategi dan tindakan bersepadu . - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
vanitha mariappan. (2025). ukm dan university of the philippines jalin kerjasama penyelidikan dan akademik. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
vanitha mariappan. (2025). pelajar ukm meneroka laluan kerjaya dalam seminar sains bioperubatan. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
theenischa mageswaran, surendran rajaratnam, ismarulyusda isyak, vanitha mariappan . (2025). assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices on sexually transmitted diseases among universiti kebangsaan malaysia undergraduates. - 15th malaysian national symposium biomedical sciences. .
vanitha mariappan, kumutha malar vellasamy, rohan raaj anpalagar, yue-min lim, nurhamimah zainal abidin, sreeramanan subramaniam, sheila nathan. (2025). one health surveillance approaches for melioidosis and glanders: the malaysian perspective. - 2nd asia-pacific conference on zoonotic and neglected tropical diseases. .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UNVEILING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA: PERCEPTION, BEHAVIOUR AND AWARENESS | rb (health) malaysia sdn. bhd. | 80.8% (2024-06-15 sehingga 2025-12-14) |