Pharmacology and Toxicology

Biography

Dr.C.Adithan is working as the Director of the Central InterDisciplinary Research Facility (CIDRF) and Professor of Pharmacology at the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry. Earlier he worked as Faculty (Research) and Senior Professor and Head of department of Clinical Pharmacology in JIPMER. He had established an advanced research centre in pharmacogenomics. He had conducted several workshops in this field. He has special skills in organizing new sections/activities (pharmacogenomics, pharmacovigilance, drug information centre, clinical pharmacology unit, drug monitoring and toxicology services) and new department (BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal). He also organized 4 conferences and more than 35 workshops. He was the President of Indian Pharmacological Society (2007) and Southern Regional Indian Pharmacological Society (2003-2007). He also served as the Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Pharmacology for 9 years – re-elected unanimously twice (from 1992 to 2000). He has guiding/guided more than 16 PhD students. He successfully obtained more than Rs.3.5 crores by way of extramural research grants from ICMR, DST, DBT etc. He delivered more than 70 guest lectures in academic meetings-both nationally and internationally. He has published more than 182 research papers and has authored 3 books. He is a member of Faculty selection committees of AIIMS (New Delhi, Rishkeah, and Raipur), PGIMER (Chandigarh), NEIGRIHMS, University of Delhi etc. He is also a member of expert committee or judge for awarding several research awards including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.

Research Interest

pharmacogenomics, pharmacovigilance, drug information centre, clinical pharmacology unit, drug monitoring and toxicology services