Dr. Usha G. Shenoy

Academic Qualifications: MBBS, MD

Additional qualifications / training:

• Ph.D. Thesis title: - Pulmonary functions in the residents of a gold tailing town and its association with chronic exposure to mining dust” I am involved in Teaching Undergraduates and Post graduates, have 8 publications in International and national, peer reviewed, indexed journals.

EXPERIENCE

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teaching Physiology to the undergraduate students of 1st year MBBS and MD postgraduates.
• Helping the postgraduate students in their thesis as a Guide & co-guide.

RESEARCH

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

• Environmental and community health
• Learning style and the teaching learning strategies
• Pulmonary function studies.

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

• PhD Guide for the SDUAHER
• Guided an STS Project for ICMR
• NAAC VII Criterion Task force committee member
• Chairperson for Women empowerment cell
• UCHPE member from the AHSConvener for the cultural committee AHS
• Active member in the Mentor ship activities

PUBLICATIONS

Details of important publications:
1. Shenoy UG, Prasanth V. The Study of The Knowledge, Attitude, And Practice About The Air Pollution Among The Residents of Kolar Town Of South India. (2025). Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 16 (1), 300-306.
2. Shenoy UG, Kutty K,Association of Respiratory Symptoms and the Pulmonary Function Parameters in the Residents of Mine Tailing Community. Journal of chemical health risks 2024; 14(6), 1407-1413
3. Tit for tat based learning made easy by skill and knowledge among the 1st year Medicos. www.wjpr.net,2021: (10) 3;1358-1364
4. Shenoy UG, Ashwathappa J, Shivram R, Priya S. Effect of learning modalities on visuomotor performance and mental flexibility in professional students. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2021;11
5. The study of the Knowledge Attitude Practice about the Air pollution among the residents of Kolar town of South India. Accepted for the ICMR student project for 2020 and submitted the report
6. Effect of mine tailing on the respiratory morbidity among the women in the exposed and unexposed community by Dr.Usha G Shenoy BMSeCON conference proceedings published in Journal Health Sciences, International Scopus Index Journal October-2020
7. Shenoy UG, Kutty K. Pulmonary functions and respiratory symptoms of the women exposed to mine tailings. Indian J Community Med 2020; 45:311-4. Scopus indexed
8. Shenoy UG, Kutty K. Peak expiratory flow rate, blood oxygen saturation, and pulse rate among the mine tailing community. Indian J Community Med 2018; 43:294-7. Scopus indexed
9. Shenoy U, Kutty K, Chaterjee D, Ranganath BG. Assessment of the respirable dust concentration of the mine tailing area in comparison with the non-mining area. J Environ Sci Toxicol Food Technol 2018;12:37‐40.
10. Shenoy UG Vinutha Shankar Nachal Annamalai The influence of the caffeine on the visual and auditory reaction time in the medical students IOSR Journal of Dental and medical science.2018:17; (3) 46-49.
11. Naveen P, Kutty Karthiyanee T, Shankar Vinutha M S, Shenoy Usha G. Role of Glycemic Control on Diabetic Retinopathy and Microalbuminuria in Type II Diabetics. International Journal of Physiology : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 3 164-169 CI.
12. Shenoy U, Jagadamba A. Influence of central obesity assessed by conicity index on lung age in young adults. J Clin Diagn Res 2017;11:CC09‐12.
13. Report on “The effect of personal dust sampling and the area dust sampling performed in KGF and Kolar” in the Annual report 2017 -18 “Safe mines and healthy miners” by NIMH.
14. Nivetha C, Jagadamba A*, Usha G Shenoy. Critical Fusion Frequency A Simple Non- Invasive Tool to Measure Fatigue in Granite Factory Workers. IOSR-JDMS 2016; 15:83-86
15. Shenoy UG Vinutha Shankar Nachal Annamalai Changes in the Learning Style in Medical Students during Their MBBS Course. IJSRP International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2012 :(2);1-4
16. Usha G. Shenoy, Karthiyanee Kutty. Effect of mine tailings on the respiratory morbidity among the women in the exposed and unexposed community. htpps://www.journalknowledge.com

On Going Research Projects

• Study on the extent of the genetoxicity in the residents of the mine tailing and the non mine tailing area of KGF intramural funded project
• Assessing the approaches to learning and study strategies in medical and allied health students
• Effect of Basal Metabolic Rate on Pulmonary Function in Obese Adults

RESEARCH AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Participated in the value added course as a speaker for the Allied Health students on the topic “BODY LANGUAGE” For 2022 -2023 batch.
• Organizing Secretary: for the state level CME on World sleep day “Conducted by Department of Physiology on 18th March 2022 conducted a Webinar, Poster competition
• Delivered a talk on the topic “Good Sleep is the key to Good health” in the Agriculture college Kolar for the awareness program
• Completed the Basic Course in Biomedical Research conducted by ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology NPTEL in 2021
• Participated as the resource person for OSPE/OSCE workshop program in the medical education unit in association with the department of Physiology in 2019
• Participated in the integrated teaching program with the 2nd year medical students in 2019 pharmacology for Drugs used in peptic ulcer and gave a lecture on the gastric juice secretion and its value in physiology
• Organizing Secretary: for the state level CME “Appetite Food Craving and Obesity’’ Conducted by Department of Physiology.
  Involved in various health events organized by the department, such as Alzheimer’s day, Nutrition week & National obesity day in 2018
• Presented a talk on the Good touch and bad touch for the annual special camp from the NSS cell to the school at Kolar 2017
• Attended work shop in the CMC Vellore by INDIAN CHEST SOCIETY on Spirometry training. 2016
• Attended work shop on the credit based education system and continuous assessment in health science.
• Organized a State level CME titled “Air quality measures and respiratory health effects”on 27th August 2016
• Oral presentation titled “Pulmonary function tests in the residents of the gold mining town and their association with chronic exposure to mining dust - a pilot study in the above CME.2016

ORAL AND POSTER PAPER PRESENTATION IN THE CONFERENCE

• Determination of the levels of Arsenic and Fluoride in the residents of mine tailing and non-mine tailing areas of Kolar at BLDE college Bijapur for PHYSIOCON 2023
• The study of the Knowledge Attitude Practice about the Air pollution among the residents of Kolar town of South India. Accepted for the ICMR student project for 2020 and submitted the report ( Prasanth 3rd year MBBS presenter Usha Shenoy guide)
• Oral poster presentation of Submission of an assessment as an index of professionalism in the 1st year Medical students at NCHPE 2021 Amritsar
• Poster presentation at Delhi for the SAAPACON 2021 conference Association of respiratory symptoms and the pulmonary function parameters in the residents of mine tailing community
• Participated in the National Women Science Congress conference and presented a paper (oral) on “Pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms of the women exposed to mine tailings” held at JSS College for women from 9th to 11th November 2018 at Mysuru and won the BEST PAPER AWARD.
• Presented a poster titled “Effect of Mine tailing on the respiratory symptoms and functions in the residents of the gold tailing town in South India.” at the 64th Annual National Conference of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India held at Manipal on 29thand 30th of November 2018.
• Oral Presentation titled “The Influence of Central Obesity Assessed By Conicity Index on Lung Age In Young Adults” at International conference on environment andoccupational health- ENVOCCON 2016 organized by department of Physiology at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital Chennai in September 2016.
• Oral presentation of the NCHPE conference 2013 at Bombay on The students perception of instructional strategies and teaching learning media in physiology
• Oral presentation Music and heart rate variability at NIMHANS for APPICON 2013
• Study of relationship between anaemia and cognition in the rural school of Kolar : A pilot study Poster presentation in NIMHANS for APPICON 2012
• Poster presentation at the CMC Vellore for NCHPE conference Changes in the Learning Style in Medical Students during Their MBBS Course in 2012
• Oral presentation on Relationship between types of memory and learning style preference in the 1st MBBS students at PSI and SAAP conference at St Johns medical college Bangalore in 2010
• Presented an oral presentation in the NCHPE conference Pune 2009 A study of students perception about teaching learning media in medical and nursing education.
• Presented an oral presentation in the APPICON 2008 at Mangalaore KMC on The study of the motor performance in pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women
• An oral presentation on the topic A comparative study of the visual memory and auditory short-term memory among the medical students at the APPICON 2007 at Vishakhapatnam.
• Poster presentation on the Determination of the hand foot ear and eye dominance in medical students at APPICON 2006 SURAT Gujrat
• Poster presentation on the topic Study of relationship between BMI and BP in school children at JIPMER Pondicherry 2005
• Oral presentation for the topic Association of the blood group with HIV and HbSAg at APPI at NIMHANS 2004
• Presented an oral presentation in the PSI conference Bijapur 2003 The influence of the caffeine on the visual and auditory reaction time in the medical students

EXAMINER

• Appointed as the external examiner for the dental examination in the MAHE University
• Appointed as the external observer for the Paramedical examination from 11-9-17 to 15- 9-17 by the Director of the Medical Education Paramedical board Bangalore
• Appointed as the external examiner for the BDS in The Sambharam Institute Of Medical Science KGF

Extra curricular activities

• 1.Chief guest for the Gupta’s international school for the annual day program on 24-02-2024
• 2. Invited as Chief guest for the R.L.Jalappa School for the Farewell day program on 23-03-2024 for the 10th std students to render a motivational speech for the outgoing students