Faculty of Medical Sciences

Dr. Ambadasu Bharatha

Dr. Ambadasu Bharatha

Lecturer in Pharmacology

FMS
Preclinical and Health Sciences

Bio

Dr. Ambadasu Bharatha is a Pharmacologist who joined the Faculty of Medical Sciences UWI Cave Hill Campus as a lecturer in Pharmacology in 2017. He completed MSc in Medical Pharmacology (Faculty of Modern Medicine) from Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, affiliated with Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (India), in 2008. Upon completion, he joined as a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology, BLDEU’s Shri BM Patil Medical College, Vijaypur (India). In 2015, he was awarded a PhD in Medical Pharmacology from Dr. DY Patil University, Pune (India).

Dr. Bharatha has published research articles in international peer-reviewed journals and delivered presentations at international conferences. His areas of interest are experimental pharmacology, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular pharmacology.

Qualifications

  • PGCUTL (UWI)
  • PhD Medical Pharmacology (Faculty of Medicine)
  • MSc Medical Pharmacology (Faculty of Modern Medicine)

Research Areas

Areas of interest are experimental pharmacology, obesity, diabetes, Medical Education, and cardiovascular pharmacology.

 

Teaching Areas

Pharmacology, Chemotherapy, and Experimental Pharmacology for the following courses:

  • The Cardiovascular system II
  • Neuroscience II · The Digestive System
  • Endocrine system
  • Reproductive system
  • Fundamentals of disease and treatment
  • Respiratory system · Cell Biology
  • Biological principles of prevention and treatment
  • Structure and Function 1: Cells & Tissues

Publications

1.Krishnamurthy, Kandamaran; Bharatha, Ambadasu; Mehta, Snehal1; Mohammed, Keagan2; Sa, Bidyadhar3; Rahman, Sayeeda4; Sundaram, Manu5; Haque, Mainul6,7; Majumder, Md. Anwarul Azim. Navigating the Digital Dilemma: Internet and Smartphone Addiction among Children and Adolescents.
Advances in Human Biology ():10.4103/aihb.aihb_53_25, May 10, 2025. | DOI:
10.4103/aihb.aihb_53_25

2. Gaur, Uma; Jain, Sanjeev Kumar1; Sulaiman, Ibrahim2; Ojeh, Nkemcho; Bharatha, Ambadasu; Krishnamurthy, Kandamaran3; Haque, Mainul4,5; Rahman, Sayeeda6; Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim7. Level of Knowledge andPreventable Risk Factors of Congenital Malformations amongst Pregnant Mothers in India. Advances in Human Biology ():10.4103/aihb.aihb_52_25, May 10, 2025.| DOI: 10.4103/aihb.aihb_52_25

3. Campbell MH, Gromer-Thomas J, Khan K, Sa B, Lashley PM, Cohall D, Chin CE,Pierre RB, Ojeh N, Bharatha A, Harewood H, Adams OP, Majumder MAA. Measuring Caribbean stress and resilient coping: Psychometric properties of thePSS-10 and BRCS in a multi-country study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Glob
Ment Health (Camb). 2024 Oct 11;11:e77. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2024.83. PMID:39464556; PMCID: PMC11505040.

4. Bharatha, A., Ojeh, N., Fazle Rabbi, A. M., Campbell, M. H., Krishnamurthy, K., Layne-Yarde, R. N. A., Kumar, A., Springer, D. C. R., Connell, K. L., & Majumder,M. A. A. (2024). Comparing the Performance of ChatGPT-4 and Medical Students on MCQs at Varied Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Advances in medical educationand practice, 15, 393–400. https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S457408.

5. Majumder MAA, Bharatha A, Kumar S, Chatterjee M, Gupta S, Harewood H, Singh K, Johnson W, Rajasundaram A, Dutta SB, Prasad SV, Rahman S, Kabir R,Parsa AD, Gaur U, Rabbi AMF, Krishnamurthy K, Mohammad S, Chode V, HaqueM, Campbell MH. Self-reported side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among healthprofessions students in India. PeerJ. 2024 Apr 5;12:e17083. doi: 10.7717/peerj.17083. PMID: 38590705; PMCID: PMC11000642.

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Additional Info

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=5NWu8jwAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ambadasu-Bharatha
Linkedin (Personal): linkedin.com/in/dr-ambadasu-b-495430b5
Linkedin (Editor in Chief, IJCBR): https://bb.linkedin.com/in/ijcbr-medical-journal-3a1080123
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-3959

Affiliations

  • Editor in chief: International Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research (IJCBR).
  • Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals: Frontiers in Public Health, SAGE Open Medicine, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (JCDR).

Keywords

Experimental Pharmacology, Antiobesity effect, Diabetes, Hepatoprotective effect, Prescription patterns, Skin disorders, and Active and engaging Learning strategy.