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, and recipient of the National Science Fellowship from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia. She has received several other prestigious awards, including the Merck Young Scientist Award 2010 (First Prize - Bioscience Category), the Wellcome Trust Travel Grant for Young Investigators 2012, and Young Woman in Science 2018 (Venus Foundation, India). She also received several other fellowships, including the University of Malaya Bright Spark Fellowship, ASEAN-Republic of Korea Academic Exchange Programme 2014, and the Australia-APEC Women in Research Fellowship 2016. She has published nearly 60 publications in WoS, which include reviews and research articles (mostly Tier 1 or 2) in ISI journals.
She is also a principal investigator, co-investigator, and research mentor for postgraduate students on several projects associated with gram-negative bacterial pathogenesis (intracellular pathogens), cell biology, molecular biology, immunopathogenesis, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, epidemiology, and bioinformatics. Currently, she`s working on elucidating the biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance of intracellular gram-negative bacteria. Currently, she is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences, UKM.
madihah mohd afzal, shirley gee hoon tang, vanitha mariappan, nurul farhana jufri, hidayahtul othman & heshu sulaiman rahman. (2024). optimization of green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles using backhousia citriodora aqueous extract. - 16th medicinal and aromatic plants (maps-16). 48.
nur izzatul iman hairil azmi, yue-min lim, yap wei boon, muttiah barathan, kumutha malar vellasamy*, vanitha mariappan*. (2024). isolation and characterisation of pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage isolated from batu pahat, johor, malaysia. - asia-pacific journal of molecular biology and biotechnology. 184-192.
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.
muhammad umar ijaz, rabia azmat, hammad ahmad khan, derya karatas yeni, asma ashraf, vanitha mariappan. (2023). pachypodol, a plant flavonoid, mitigates cisplatin induced hepatotoxicity through anti oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti apoptotic mechanisms. - journal of food and nutrition research. 513-518.
nur izzatul iman hairil azmi, vanitha mariappan, yap wei boon, yue-min lim, kumutha malar vellasamy. (2023). isolation and characterisation of bacteriophages against multi-drug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa. - 13th malaysian symposium of biomedical science.. 1.
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.
nur hanisah mohamed haris, shanthi krishnasamy, kok-yong chin, vanitha mariappan dan mohan arumugam. (2023). metabolic syndrome screening and nutritional status of patients with psoriasis: a scoping review. - nutrients. 1-18.
lalitha maniam, kumutha malar vellasamy, teng aik ong, cindy shuan ju teh, kartini abdul jabar, vanitha mariappan, vallikannu narayanan, jamuna vadivelu, vinod pallath. (2023). genotypic characteristics of uropathogenic escherichia coli isolated from complicated urinary tract infection (cuti) and asymptomatic bacteriuria - a relational analysis. - peerj. 1-31.
yue-min lim; jamuna vadivelu; vanitha mariappan; gopinath venkatraman; kumutha malar vellasamy. (2023). effective therapeutic options for melioidosis: antibiotics versus phage therapy. - pathogens. 1-22.
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.
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.
syaifuzah sapian, siti balkis budin, izatus shima taib, vanitha mariappan, satirah zainalabidin, kok yong chin. (2022). role of polyphenol in regulating oxidative stress, inflammation, fibrosis, and apoptosis in diabetic nephropathy. - endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders - drug targets. 453-470.
vanitha mariappan, soo tein ngoi, yvonne ai lian lim, romano ngui, kek heng chua, syazwani romeli, cindy shuan ju teh. (2022). genotypic and phenotypic characterization of escherichia coli isolated from indigenous individuals in malaysia. - iranian journal of basic medical sciences. 468-473.
muttiah barathan, ahmad khusairy zulpa, kumutha malar vellasamy, vanitha mariappan, naveen kumar hawala shivashekaregowda, zaridatul aini ibrahim & jamuna vadivelu. (2021). cytotoxic activity of isoniazid derivative on human breast cancer cells. - in vivo. 2675-2685.
nur izzatul iman hairil azmi, yue-min lim, yap wei boon, muttiah barathan, kumutha malar vellasamy*, vanitha mariappan*. (2024). isolation and characterisation of pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage isolated from batu pahat, johor, malaysia. - asia-pacific journal of molecular biology and biotechnology. 184-192.
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.
nurul fathiyah zaipul anuar, mohd nasir mohd desa, jamal hussaini, eng hwa wong, vanitha mariappan, kumutha malar vellasamy, navindra kumari p. (2023). extraction of extracellular membrane vesicles (emv) from streptococcus pneumoniae using ultracentrifugation, ultrafiltration and iodixanol gradient fractionation. - current trends in biotechnology and pharmacy. 108-113.
lalitha maniam, kumutha malar vellasamy, teng aik ong, cindy shuan ju teh, kartini abdul jabar, vanitha mariappan, vallikannu narayanan, jamuna vadivelu, vinod pallath. (2023). genotypic characteristics of uropathogenic escherichia coli isolated from complicated urinary tract infection (cuti) and asymptomatic bacteriuria - a relational analysis. - peerj. 1-31.
nur hanisah mohamed haris, shanthi krishnasamy, kok-yong chin, vanitha mariappan dan mohan arumugam. (2023). metabolic syndrome screening and nutritional status of patients with psoriasis: a scoping review. - nutrients. 1-18.
madihah mohd afzal, shirley gee hoon tang, vanitha mariappan, nurul farhana jufri, hidayahtul othman & heshu sulaiman rahman. (2024). optimization of green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles using backhousia citriodora aqueous extract. - 16th medicinal and aromatic plants (maps-16). 48.
nur izzatul iman hairil azmi, vanitha mariappan, yap wei boon, yue-min lim, kumutha malar vellasamy. (2023). isolation and characterisation of bacteriophages against multi-drug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa. - 13th malaysian symposium of biomedical science.. 1.
nurul fathiyah zaipul anuar, mohd nasir mohd desa, jamal hussaini, eng hwa wong, vanitha mariappan, kumutha malar vellasamy, navindra kumari p. (2023). three in one method of extracting extracellular membrane vesicles (emv) from streptococcus pneumoniae. - international medical innovation competition 2023 (imic 2023). 1.
nur hanisah binti mohamed haris, shanthi krishnasamy, mohan arumugan dan vanitha mariappan. (2023). metabolic syndrome in psoriasis patients attending hctm outpatient clinic: a case-control study. - 28th malaysian dietitians association national conference. 1.
galvin steven sebastian, vanitha mariappan, noraziah mohamad zin, kumutha malar vellasamy, sheila nathan. (2023). burkholderia pseudomallei relapse strain exude higher biofilm quantities: an in vitro study. - postgraduate colloquium 2023: synergising entrepreneurship and innovation in postgraduate research. 1.
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| UNVEILING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA: PERCEPTION, BEHAVIOUR AND AWARENESS | rb (health) malaysia sdn. bhd. | 43.7% (2024-06-15 sehingga 2025-06-14) |