Brief Profile
Dr. Praveen Balabaskaran Nina obtained his B.V.Sc & A.H (1997-2002) from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, Pondicherry and M.V.Sc (2003-05) in Avian Diseases from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh. He did his Ph.D (2005-10) in Microbiology and Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine under Dr. Akhil Vaidya. His postdoctoral fellowship (2011-12) was at NIAID/NIH with Dr. Sanjay Desai. His Ph.D and postdoctoral training were extensively on the molecular aspects of Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria. Before joining CUK, Dr. Praveen worked as DST-Inspire faculty (PSG IMS&R and RMRC, Belagavi), Senior Scientist (University of Washington, Seattle in their MESA-ICEMR program) and Assistant Professor (Epidemiology and Public Health, Central University of Tamil Nadu). In 2012, Dr. Praveen was the recipient of the DBT-Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellowship (not availed), DBT-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award and DST-Inspire Faculty award, all very competitive and prestigious awards of the Indian Govt. His research interest revolves around infectious disease epidemiology, with specific focus on malaria.
Recent and Major Publications
- Mohanty AK, Naik A, Govekar A, Mazumdar D, Prakash TP, Sawant S, Mahatme K, Bharti PK, Balasubramani K and Balabaskaran Nina P,"Spatiotemporal epidemiology of indigenous and imported malaria cases in Goa, western India",Malaria Journal,24, Article number: 46 (2025)
- Mohanty AK, Mazumdar D, Govekar A, De'souza C, Mohapatra A, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Anopheles jamesii Supports Plasmodium vivax Sporogony under Laboratory Conditions.",Am J Trop Med Hyg,Sep 10:tpmd240267
- Vanlalhriata C, Lalpianpuii, Wankhar PT, Prakash PT, Amarthaluri C, Pautu L, Vanramliana, Lalmalsawma P, Kodali PB, Balasubramani K, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practices toward malaria in the Lunglei district, Mizoram, North-East India.",Malaria Journal,Aug 7;23(1):236.
- Balasubramani K, Bharti PK, Amarthaluri C, Chellappan S, Behera SK, Mohanty AK, Sarma DK, Dash AP, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Spatiotemporal Epidemiology of Malaria in India from 2007 to 2022.",Am J Trop Med Hyg.,tpmd230688
- Ajeet Kumar Mohanty, Abhishek Govekar, Charles de Souza, Abhipsa Mohapatra, Malapati Kuppuswamy Janarthanam, Raja Vukanti, Justin J Montemarano, Praveen Balabaskaran Nina,"Evaluating the carnivorous efficacy of Utricularia aurea (Lamiales: Lentibulariaceae) on the larval stages of Anopheles stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)",Journal of Medical Entomology,tjae038
- Balasubramani K, Ravichandran V, Prasad KA, Ramkumar M, Shekhar S, James MM, Kodali NK, Behera SK, Gopalan N, Sharma RK, Sarma DK, Santosh M, Dash AP and Balabaskaran Nina P.,"Spatio-temporal epidemiology and associated indicators of COVID-19 (wave-I and II) in India.",Scientific Reports,Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 2;14(1):220.
- Vanramliana, Pautu L, Lalmalsawma P, Rosangkima G, Sarma DK, Chinza H, Malvi Y, Kodali NK, Amarthaluri C, Balasubramani K, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Epidemiology of scrub typhus and other rickettsial infections (2018–22) in the hyper-endemic setting of Mizoram, North-East India",PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases,17(11): e0011688.
- Pachuau Lalmalsawma, K. Balasubramani, Meenu Mariya James, Lalfakzuala Pautu, Kumar Arun Prasad, Devojit Kumar Sarma & Balabaskaran Nina P,"Malaria hotspots and climate change trends in the hyper-endemic malaria settings of Mizoram along the India–Bangladesh borders",Scientific Reports,13, Article number: 4538 (2023)
- Pautu L, Lalmalsawma P, Vanramliana, Balasubramani K, Balabaskaran Nina P, Rosangkima G, Sarma DK, Malvi Y, Hunropuia.,"Seroprevalence of scrub typhus and other rickettsial diseases among the household rodents of Mizoram, North-East India",Zoonoses and Public Health,10.1111/zph.13025
- Balasubramani K, Prasad KA, Kodali NK, Kalladath Abdul Rasheed N, Chellappan S, Sarma DK, Kumar M, Dixit R, James MM, Behera SK, Sekhar S and Balabaskaran Nina P,"Spatial epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years and associated risk factors in India: District-level analysis of health, household, and environmental datasets",Frontiers in Public Health,10:906248
- Devojit Kumar Sarma, Manoj Kumar, Praveen Balabaskaran Nina, Karuppusamy Balasubramani, Malay Pramanik, Rintu Kutum, Swasti Shubham, Deepanker Das, Manoj Kumawat, Vinod Verma, Jigyasa Dhurve, Sekar Leo George, Alangar Balasundreshwaran, Anil Prakash, Rajnarayan R. Tiwari,"An assessment of remotely sensed environmental variables on Dengue epidemiology in Central India",Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases,16(10):e0010859
- Paulson W, Balasubramani K, Dixit R, Chellappan S, Behera SK, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Social and Housing Determinants of Dengue and Chikungunya in Indian Adults Aged 45 and Above: Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey (2017-18)",Archives of Public Health,Apr 20;80(1):125
- Balasubramani K, Paulson W, Chellappan S, Ramachandran R, Behera SK, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Epidemiology, Hot Spots, and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Alcohol Consumption in Indian Men and Women: Analysis of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study",Frontiers in Public Health,Aug 27;9:617311
- Mohan I, Kodali NK, Chellappan S, Karuppusamy B, Behera SK, Natarajan G, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Socio-economic and household determinants of malaria in adults aged 45 and above: analysis of longitudinal ageing survey in India, 2017-2018",Malaria Journal,20(1):306
- 5. Balasubramani, K, Sarma, D K, Lalmalsawma P, Pautu L, Karmodiya K, and Balabaskaran Nina P,"Effect of climate change and deforestation on vector borne diseases in the North-Eastern Indian state of Mizoram bordering Myanmar",The Journal of Climate Change and Health,100015
- Balasubramani, K, Paulson, W, Chellappan, S, Behera, S. K, and Balabaskaran Nina P,"District-level epidemiology, hot spots and socio-demographic determinants of tobacco use in Indian men and women: Analysis of national family health survey-4 (2015–16)",Public Health,194:127-134
- Balasubramani K, Leo George S, Anusuya K, Venkatesh R, Thilagaraj P, Gnanappazham L, Kumaraswamy K, Balasundareshwaran A, and Balabaskaran Nina P,"Revealing the socio-economic vulnerability and multi-hazard risks at micro-administrative units in the coastal plains of Tamil Nadu, India.",Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk,VOL. 12, NO. 1, 605-630
- M Kumar, DK Sarma, S Shubham, M Kumawat, V Verma, Balabaskaran Nina P, S Kumar, B Singh, Rajnarayan R Tiwari,"Futuristic Non-antibiotic Therapies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance: A Review",Frontiers in Microbiology,12:609459
- Chellappan S, Roy S, Nagmoti JM, Tabassum W, Vukanti R, Hoti SL, Bhattacharyya MK, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Functional studies of Plasmodium falciparum putative SURF1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae",Journal of Vector Borne Diseases,Oct-Dec;57(4):325-330
- Chellappan S, Roy S, Nagmoti JM, Tabassum W, Hoti SL, Bhattacharyya MK and Balabaskaran Nina P,"Functional studies of Plasmodium falciparum's Prohibitin 1 and Prohibitin 2 in Yeast",Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology,Apr-Jun;38(2):213-215
- Balabaskaran Nina P and Dash AP,"Hydroxychloroquine as prophylaxis or treatment for COVID-19: What does the evidence say?",Indian Journal of Public Health,Jun;64(Supplement):S125-S127
- Behera SK, Das D, Balasubramani K, Chellappan S, Rajaram K, Kumar Mohanta H, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in livestock in the wildlife and livestock interface area of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, India",Veterinary World,(3):465-470
- Zomuanpuii R, Hmar CL, Lallawmzuala K, Hlimpuia L, Balabaskaran Nina P, Senthil Kumar N,"Epidemiology of malaria and chloroquine resistance in Mizoram, northeastern India, a malaria-endemic region bordering Myanmar",Malaria Journal,19(1):95
- Sarma DK, Mohapatra PK, Bhattacharyya DR, Chellappan S, Karuppusamy B, Barman K, Senthil Kumar N, Dash AP, Prakash A, Balabaskaran Nina P,"Malaria in North-East India: Importance and Implications in the Era of Elimination",Microorganisms,7(12): 673
- Balabaskaran Nina P and Desai SA,"Diverse target gene modifications in Plasmodium falciparum using Bxb1 integrase and an intronic attB",Parasit Vectors,11(1):548
- Mohanty AK*, Balabaskaran Nina P*, Ballav S, Vernekar S, Parkar S, D'souza M, Zuo W, Gomes E, Chery L, Tuljapurkar S, Valecha N, Rathod PK, Kumar A,"Susceptibility of wild and colonized Anopheles stephensi to Plasmodium vivax infection",Malaria Journal,17(1):225
- Gupta A, Balabaskaran-Nina P, Nguitragool W, Saggu GS, Schureck MA, Desai SA,"CLAG3 Self-Associates in Malaria Parasites and Quantitatively Determines Nutrient Uptake Channels at the Host Membrane.",MBio,9(3):e02293-17
- Balabaskaran Nina P*, Mohanty AK*, Ballav S, Vernekar S, Bhinge S, D’souza M, Walke J, Manoharan SK, Mascarenhas A, Gomes E, Chery L, Valecha N, Kumar A, Rathod PK,"Dynamics of Plasmodium vivax sporogony in wild Anopheles stephensi in a malaria endemic region of Western India",Malaria Journal,16(1):284
- Balabaskaran Nina P, Morrisey JM, Ganesan SM, Ke H, Pershing AM, Mather MW and Vaidya AB,"ATP Synthase Complex of Plasmodium falciparum: Dimeric Assembly in Mitochondrial Membranes and Resistance to Genetic Disruption",Journal of Biological Chemistry,286(48):41312-41322
- Balabaskaran Nina P, Dudkina NV, Kane LA, Van Eyk JE, Boekema EJ, Mather MW, Vaidya AB,"Highly Divergent Mitochondrial ATP Synthase Complexes in Tetrahymena thermophila",PLoS Biology,8(7):e1000418
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