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Anura V Kurpad

Anura V Kurpad
Head, Division of Nutrition
Professor of Physiology,St. John's Medical College
Adjunct Professor of Medicine,University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Unit/Division
Head, Core Biochemistry Unit,St. John's Research Institute
Research Interests
Amino Acid requirements in health and disease
Energy metabolism
Body composition
Undernutrition and adaptation
Clinical Nutrition
Degrees
MBBS 1983, St John’s Medical College
MD 1988, St John’s Medical College
DNB 1988, National Boards
PhD, 1992, Bangalore University
Awards & Certifications
Sir CV Raman Award for Medical Research,2004
FAMS, 2004
Recent Publications
Brundavani V, Murthy SR, Kurpad AV. Estimation of deep-abdominal-adipose-tissue (DAAT) accumulation from simple anthropometric measurements in Indian men and women. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006;60(5):658-66.
Kuriyan R, Easwaran PP, Kurpad AV. Physical activity ratio of selected activities in Indian male and female subjects and its relationship with body mass index. Br J Nutr 2006;96(1):71-9.
Kurpad AV, Regan MM, Raj T, Gnanou JV. Branched-chain amino acid requirements in healthy adult human subjects. J Nutr 2006;136(1 Suppl):256S-63S.
Kurpad AV, Raj R, Maruthy KN, Vaz M. A simple method of measuring total daily energy expenditure and physical activity level from the heart rate in adult men. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006;60(1):32-40.
Kurpad AV, Regan MM, Raj TD, Rao VN, Gnanou J, Young VR. The daily phenylalanine requirement of healthy Indian adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83(6):1331-6.
Muthayya S, Kurpad AV, Duggan CP, Bosch RJ, Dwarkanath P, Mhaskar A, et al. Low maternal vitamin B(12) status is associated with intrauterine growth retardation in urban South Indians. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006.
Raj T, Kuriyan R, Kurpad AV. Bicarbonate kinetics in Indian males. J Biosci 2006;31(2):273-80
Vezina HE, Henry K, Ravindran GD, Kurpad AV, Raj TD, Fox K, et al. A randomized crossover study to determine bioequivalence of generic and brand name nevirapine, zidovudine, and lamivudine in HIV-negative women in India. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006;41(2):131-6.
Kurpad A, Muthayya S, Vaz M. Consequences of inadequate food energy and negative energy balance in humans. Public Health Nutr. 2005 Oct;8(7A):1053-76.
Mony PK, Kurpad A, Vaz M. Capacity building in collaborative research is essential. BMJ. 2005 Oct 8;331(7520):843-4.
Kurpad AV, Regan MM, Raj TD, Gnanou JV, Rao VN, Young VR. The daily valine requirement of healthy adult Indians determined by the 24-h indicator amino acid balance approach. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Aug;82(2):373-9.
Rosetta L, Kurpad A, Mascie-Taylor CG, Shetty PS. Total energy expenditure (H218O), physical activity level and milk output of lactating rural Bangladeshi tea workers and nontea workers. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 May;59(5):632-8.
Shaikh S, Khaled MA, Islam A, Kurpad AV, Mahalanabis D. Evaluation of stool antigen test for Helicobacter pylori infection in asymptomatic children from a developing country using 13C-urea breath test as a standard. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 May;40(5):552-4.
Bhat DS, Yajnik CS, Sayyad MG, Raut KN, Lubree HG, Rege SS, Chougule SD, Shetty PS, Yudkin JS, Kurpad AV. Body fat measurement in Indian men: comparison of three methods based on a two-compartment model. Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Jul;29(7):842-8.
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