Rohini Samuels PhD
Mumbai, IndiaRohini Samuels, PhD
A-1205, Parkwoods,
Ghodbunder Road, Kavesar
Thane (W), Maharashtra,
India
(M) +91 9769824844
Objectives:
Have gained valuable skills in my chosen field of profession of clinical research and Nutrition which I can leverage to lead Teams for clinical research projects and provide nutritional health interventions to communities and hospitals. Key qualities I exhibit to achieve my objectives are :
· Ability to conceive projects and execute them
· Lead Teams of Nutrition or clinical professionals in research and development
· Perform effectively in a dynamic and changing environment
Certified Diabetes Educator, June 2017 to March 2018 from National Diabetes Educator Program (NDEP). This course is run by Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Education Academy (DMDEA), Indian Association of Diabetes Educators (IADE) in collaboration with Indian Medical Association (IMA). Honorary Secretary General –IMA, Prof. Dr. K. K. Aggarwal. Course Director – Dr. V. Mohan, Dr. Shahank Joshi and Ms. Shilpa Joshi.
Professional Qualification:
Ph.D in Foods and Nutrition, April 2004 from M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Thesis title ‘Supplementation of Spirulina in the Nephrotic Syndrome patients’.
M.Sc. in Food, Science and Nutrition, April 1997 from Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidayala (H.P.K.V), Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India with O.G.P.A of 7.17/10.0. Thesis title ‘Nutritional changes in wheat during storage in different storage structures’.
Educational Qualification:
B.Sc. in Food, Science and Nutrition, June 1994, from Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidayala (H.P.K.V), Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India with O.G.P.A. of 7.5/10.0 (with certificate of Honour).
Work Experience:
M.V Hospital for Diabetics and Prof M. Viswanathan Center for Diabetes Research, and WHO Collaborative Center, Chennai – Head of Department Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics and Diabetes Education (2011 – 2014)
Provide direct leadership in the oversight and responsibility for the operational effectiveness for dietary management at M.V Hospital for Diabetes that will reduce variation, drive standardization, and ensure consistent processes. In addition, I also undertook various research activities.
Department Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
Key responsibilities included:
· Managed Dietitian Teams at MV Hospital in Chennai and Bangalore
Providing a high level of customer service and patient satisfaction, excellent work culture and cost effective management of all aspects of the service which includes all food related activities and patient care.
Demonstrate responsibility for solving customer challenges, ensure commitments to customers are met by soliciting opinions and ideas from customers for improvements in patient care and services.
Demonstrate the ability to build and maintain strong effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders within the division and hospital leadership.
Department of Diabetes Education Key responsibilities included:
· Managed Team of Diabetes Educators in the Hospital and at other centers in Chennai and Bangalore to impart education regarding Diabetes, its types, complications, adherence to medication, insulin delivery devices , injecting techniques, dietary advice and physical activity to patients.
· Conducted various training programs for IDDM patients and their parents at the hospital.
· Organised various classes for students enrolled for the Certified Course in Diabetes Education.
· Conducting research activities and reviewing journal papers [ JAPI].
United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, Al Ain, UAE – Research assistant (2006-2008)
Worked on the following techniques:
Genetic engineering techniques (cloning, vector cloning, bacterial transformation, designing primers, restriction enzyme analysis, digestion of DNA with restriction enzymes, ligation and blunting)
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) purification methods – column purification (purifying plasmid DNA fragments from PCR reaction, Gel extraction of plasmid DNA from Agarose gel)
Plasmid DNA purification (mini preparation, Maxi preparation)
Tissue culture techniques (Maintaining cell lines (293T, Hela T4), splitting cells, Transfection, Infection)
Electrophoresis (Agarose gel electrophoresis)
The main thrust of using retroviruses as a model system, and how they, in turn, can be used as therapeutic agents- for example as gene delivery vehicles’ in human gene therapy
United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Anatomy, Al Ain, UAE. – Research assistant (2005-2006)
Researched on a project entitled ‘Studies on developmental toxicity of Topiramate in the mouse’.
Worked on the following techniques:
· Injecting the mice
· Dissecting mice and collecting the embryos at different gestational days.
· Observing morphological changes in the mice embryos under the microscope
· Staining the mice embryos
· Observation on skeleton abnormalities on mice embryos
· Preparing paraffin sections of mice embryos, sectioning and staining the slides.
World Health Organisation (WHO) project, (2003-2004) that dealt with the prevalence of obesity in school going children of Vadodara. Carried out dietary surveys of these obese children.
Indian Petro Chemicals Ltd. (IPCL), Vadodara, Gujarat, India – Nutritional Consultant in a project entitled “Situational analysis of CDD’s in an industrial set-up” , (1999 to 2000).
Diabetic Association (1998)
Participated in The Diabetic Association based at Vadodara, Gujarat, India and organised an awareness program regarding importance of balanced diet for children and adults.
Memberships:
1) Indian Dietitic Association (National number is IDA/6172)
2) Nutrition Society of India
Skills:
I. Technical skills:
A] Biochemical analysis:
· Fasting blood glucose (FBG)
· Lipid and lipoprotein fractions
Apolipoproteins
Total protein and fractions
Analytes representing kidney function
B] Genetic engineering techniques
· Cloning, vector cloning
Bacterial transformation
Designing primers
Restriction enzyme analysis
Digestion of DNA with restriction enzymes
Ligation and blunting
C] Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) purification methods – column purification
Purifying plasmid DNA fragments from PCR reaction
Gel extraction of plasmid DNA from Agarose gel
D] Plasmid DNA purification (mini preparation, Maxi preparation)
E] Tissue culture techniques
Maintaining cell lines (293T, HeLa T4)
ii Splitting cells
Transfection
Infection
F] Electrophoresis (Agarose gel electrophoresis)
G] Blotting Methods
Slot blot
Southern blotting
Western blotting
H] Staining techniques:
Staining of slides:
– Haematoxylin and Eosin staining
– ABC method used for immunohistochemistry
I] Tissue processing
For paraffin sections
For Electron microscope sections
J] Equipments:
· High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Spectrophotometer, Eliza, Autoanalyser, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Colorimeter, Microtome.
K ] Carried out animal experiments on the following lab animals
· Mice (Albino Wistar strain)
· Mice (To-M)
2. Computer:
· MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, SPSS, Olympus DP 80
Journals /proceedings publications (National and International):
1. Prevailing myths regarding dietary misconceptions and its management among type 2 diabetic subjects in South Indian population, Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Dietetic Association (45th Annual national Conference of IDA- 2012), Souvenir and Proceedings, pg 77, 29th November -1st December 2012.
2. Glycemic effect of mixed meals (South Indian) on non-diabetic individual, Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Dietetic Association (45th Annual national Conference of IDA- 2012), Souvenir and Proceedings, pg 76, 29th November -1st December 2012.
3. Myths regarding Diabetes and its management among patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Panacea, Scientific proceedings, 2012 .
4. Positive effect of counseling on smoking cessation among subjects with type 2 diabetes. 39th Annual Meeting of Research Society For the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI), Scientific Proceedings, pg 65, 2011.
5. Effect of feeding Linseed on the lipid profile of rats. Natural Product Radiance, 2006: 5(1):29-32.
6. Management of nephrotic syndrome through spirulina supplementation Proceedings of the National Conference on the Renal Disease, Medical, Dietary and Psychological Implication 2003,Mumbai pg 46.
7. Hypocholesterolemic effect of spirulina in the hyperlipidemic nephrotic patients. J Med Foods, 2002; 5(2): 91-96.
8. Spirulina in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome patients, Ann Nutri Metab, 2001; 45(Suppl.1): 111.
9. Physico –Chemical changes in insect infested wheat stored in different storage structures .J Food Sci Tech 1999; 36(5): 479-482.
10. Biological utilization of insect infested wheat stored in different storage structures. Die Nahrung 1999; 43(5): 336-338.
11. Effect of mint and eucalyptus leaves on the physico–chemical characteristics of stored wheat against insect infestation. Die Nahrung 1998; 42(5): 304-308.
Invited speaker:
1. Use of Exchange lists, Carbohydrate counting and Glycemic Index of foods as tools for patients education. Indo-U.S. Interdisciplinary conference on Nutrition practice Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Sharing Evidence and Best practices to improve Health outcomes, November 17-18th 2012, Chennai, India.
2. Importance of Nutrition and Exercise in Diabetes. Indo-UK Diabetes Summit, 18-19th January, 2013, Chennai, India.
3. Assessment of nutritional status and consumption of junk foods among school going children in Chennai city. National Carbohydrate Conference (CARBO-XXVII) CSIR, Mysore and Association of carbohydrate chemists and Technologists (India)”prospects and Perspectives of Glycoscience and Allied Technologies, 13th-15th December 2012, Mysore, India.
Monographs written:
1. Enzymatic alterations in various diseases, 2001
2. Departmental studies on the pathobiochemistry of Diabetes Mellitus, 1998.
International Conference Attended:
1. Indo- UK Diabetes Summit, 18-19th January 2013, Chennai, India.
2. American Overseas Dietetic Association- Indo- U.S. Interdisciplinary Conference on Nutrition Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Sharing Evidence and Best practices to improve Health outcomes, November 17-18th 2012, Chennai, India.
3. International Conference on Recent Advances in Diabetes Mellitus and its complications, March 6-9, 2006 at Hilton Hotel, Al-Ain, UAE.
4. Neuroscience Conference organized by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Intercontinental Hotel, A- Ain, UAE.
5. Annual conference of the UAE University, April 2005, Al-Ain, UAE (21.5 CME credit hours).
National Conference Attended:
Meet the Diabetes Masters (An event to mark 40 years of Diabetes Research), organised by M.V Hospital for Diabetes, 3rd Feb 2013, Chennai, India.
Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Dietetic Association (45th Annual national Conference of IDA- 2012), 29th November -1st December 2012.
National Conference on Renal Diseases – Medical, Dietary and Psychological implications in November 2003, Mumbai.
National Symposium on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Implementation held in August 2001, Vadodara.
National Symposium on Child Health and Nutrition held at M.S. University in December 2000, Vadodara.
XXXl Annual Conference of The Indian Society of Nephrology held in November 2000, Mumbai.
XXXlll Annual National Conference of The Indian Dietetic Association held in October, 2000,Vadodara,
XXXll Annual Conference of the Nutrition Society of India, Avinashilingam University in November 1999, Coimbatore.
National Conference on Aging, Nutrition and Health held in October 1999, Vadodara.
National Conference on Diet, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention-Recent advances in January 1999, Vadodara.
XXXl Annual National Conference of The Indian Dietetic Association held in December 1998, Hyderabad.
IV Annual Conference of The Indian Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, National Institute of Nutrition, March 1998, Hyderabad.
Extra -curricular Activities (International):
1. Attended a workshop on “Radiation safety and biological waste at FMHS, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE. in March 29th , 2006
2. Attended a workshop entitled ‘Advance SPSS programme’ on 20th of March 2006 at FMHS, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE
3.Attended a safety workshop entitled ‘Laboratory Safety Measures’ on 1st of March 2006 at the College of Science, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE.
4. Attended an exhibition, Arab Lab, which dealt with various new Scientific Equipments, in February 2006, Dubai, UAE.
Extra -curricular Activities (National):
1. Attended a workshop entitled “Overview of Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Essentials of Nutrition Support at the Academy for Clinical Traninig, in March 2012, Chennai, India.
2. Completed CME activity titled “Malnutrition assessment and outcomes in Hospitalized patients organized by American Dietetic Association in June, 2012, Chennai, India.
3. Attended a workshop entitled’ Nutri Gene’ in January, 2012 at Chennai, India.
4. Attended a workshop on Practical tips to managing Type 1 diabetes in Children conducted by Dr. Warren Lee of International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes on December, 2011 in Bangaluru, India.
5. Attended a workshop entitled ‘ Practical tips to managing Type I diabetes in children’ conducted by Dr. Warren Lee of International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes in December , 2011 at Bangaluru, India.
6. Attended an intensive training programme entitled ‘Insight’ – Insulin for tight control on April 2011 at Chennai.
7. Participated in the Open – House Exhibition in 1998 titled “Healthy Living” at the Department of Foods and Nutrition, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara.
Personal Information:
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 15th May 1973
Marital Status : Married
E-mail : [email protected]