UMA V SANKAR

@asterhospitals.in

Research Administrator and Aster Centre for Clinical Research
Aster Medcity/ Research Administrator

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Cancer Research, Health Policy
212

Scholar Citations

5

Scholar h-index

4

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Why are women with gestational diabetes in Kerala at higher risk for T2DM? A qualitative study on sociocultural factors
    UV Sankar, M Chacko, AJ Sekhar, SC Thomas, S Anvarsadath, ...
    Women and Children Nursing , 2026
    2026
  • Exploring Healthy Lifestyle Interventions among Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Indian Subcontinent
    UV Sankar, M Chacko, AJ Sekhar, S Anvarsadath, SK Nochikattil, ...
    2026
  • High prevalence of “non‐pathogenic” POLE mutation with poor prognosis in a cohort of endometrial cancer from South India
    S Kuriakose, D Dhanasooraj, PM Shiny, S Shammy, VP Sona, ...
    International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 166 (3), 1263-1272 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Public perception on childhood cancers from a population-based study in South India: Lessons to learn to avoid stigma
    Y Krishnan, UV Sankar, BN Nair
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 8 (4), 242-246 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • How to close the care gap: Factors hindering the use of BRCA mutation profiling of patients with breast cancer and ovarian cancer in a real world setting.
    GVP Muneer V. A., Dilip V. Harindran Vallathol, Uma V. Sankar ...
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 41 (16), e18636-e18636 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Dietary Practices and Related Elements Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kerala, India
    K Mannethodi, UV Sankar, RP Varma
    Clinical Medicine 1 (1), 36-43 , 2023
    2023
  • EGFR mutations in lung carcinomas: Mutation profile and survival analysis.
    NE Warrier, DH Vallathol, UV Sankar, S Salahuddin, S PS, ...
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 40 (16_suppl), e20518-e20518 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Understanding women’s perspectives on breast cancer is essential for early breast cancer diagnosis and to avoid diagnosis delay: A mixed method study.
    UV Sankar, NE Warrier, R TS, R Wilson
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 40 (16_suppl), e24036-e24036 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Subjective Global Assessment as a Pre-Operative Nutrition Status Screening Tool for Head and Neck Cancer Patients of a Tertiary Health Care Setting
    S Surendran, UV Sankar, S Nochikkattil, R Cheekapravan, N Warrier, ...
    Cancer Ther 13, 539-548 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Psychosocial impacts of quarantine among survivors of the Nipah virus infection: a qualitative study
    C Radhakrishnan, UV Sankar, VR Rajendran, A Devi, V Jayasree, ...
    Journal of Global Health Reports 5 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • Can COV Direct: Effectiveness of a tele-medicine self-care interventions for cancer survivors during COVID 19 pandemic.
    NE Warrier, UV Sankar, S PS, PV Parameswaran, S KV, N V
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 39 (15_suppl), 1583-1583 , 2021
    2021
  • Glucocorticosteroid Induced Bradycardia in Children Receiving Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia-an Unrecognised Phenomenon
    Y Krishnan, S Gazel, UV Sankar, PS Sreedharan
    Asian Oncology Research Journal 4 (1), 14-23 , 2021
    2021
  • What was happening to the parent while diagnosing cancer for their child?: A common man perspective–a qualitative study
    Y Krishnan, UV Sankar, S Gazal, N Warrier
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 5 (4), S14 , 2020
    2020
  • Clinical audit of a Paediatric Emergency Warning Score (PEWS) in the paediatric oncology unit of a newly established tertiary cancer institute
    Y Krishnan, G Sainulabdin, VS Uma, PS Sreedharan, N Warrier
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 5 (3), 69-74 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 10
  • Detect Early Be Safe–Care for Mother (DEBS-CaM) project: School-based interventions to improve awareness and screening for breast cancer among the young …
    N Warrier, UV Sankar, S PS, N V, S KV, A Sherif
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 38 (15_suppl), e13570-e13570 , 2020
    2020
  • Triple-negative and non–triple-negative breast cancer in a south Indian cohort.
    NE Warrier, UV Sankar, S PS, A Sherif
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 38 (15_suppl), e13110-e13110 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1
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    Y Krishnan, G Sainulabdin, VS Uma, PS Sreedharan, N Warrier
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 5, 69-74 , 2020
    2020
  • Measuring childhood socioeconomic position in health research: Development and validation of childhood socioeconomic position questionnaire using mixed method approach
    UV Sankar, VR Kutty, TN Anand
    Health promotion perspectives 9 (1), 40 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 14
  • Using qualitative approaches to develop a complex construct: Measuring socioeconomic position
    UV Sankar, M Ramanathan, VR Kutty
    International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 6 (1), 1 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 4
  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea
    S Kumar N, EM Iype, S Thomas, UV Sankar
    Indian journal of surgical oncology 7 (1), 62-66 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 27

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The adherence to medications in diabetic patients in rural Kerala, India
    UV Sankar, K Lipska, GK Mini, PS Sarma, KR Thankappan
    Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 27 (2), NP513-NP523 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 133
  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea
    S Kumar N, EM Iype, S Thomas, UV Sankar
    Indian journal of surgical oncology 7 (1), 62-66 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 27
  • Measuring childhood socioeconomic position in health research: Development and validation of childhood socioeconomic position questionnaire using mixed method approach
    UV Sankar, VR Kutty, TN Anand
    Health promotion perspectives 9 (1), 40 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 14
  • Clinical audit of a Paediatric Emergency Warning Score (PEWS) in the paediatric oncology unit of a newly established tertiary cancer institute
    Y Krishnan, G Sainulabdin, VS Uma, PS Sreedharan, N Warrier
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 5 (3), 69-74 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 10
  • High prevalence of “non‐pathogenic” POLE mutation with poor prognosis in a cohort of endometrial cancer from South India
    S Kuriakose, D Dhanasooraj, PM Shiny, S Shammy, VP Sona, ...
    International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 166 (3), 1263-1272 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5
  • Public perception on childhood cancers from a population-based study in South India: Lessons to learn to avoid stigma
    Y Krishnan, UV Sankar, BN Nair
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 8 (4), 242-246 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Psychosocial impacts of quarantine among survivors of the Nipah virus infection: a qualitative study
    C Radhakrishnan, UV Sankar, VR Rajendran, A Devi, V Jayasree, ...
    Journal of Global Health Reports 5 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 5
  • Subjective Global Assessment as a Pre-Operative Nutrition Status Screening Tool for Head and Neck Cancer Patients of a Tertiary Health Care Setting
    S Surendran, UV Sankar, S Nochikkattil, R Cheekapravan, N Warrier, ...
    Cancer Ther 13, 539-548 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Using qualitative approaches to develop a complex construct: Measuring socioeconomic position
    UV Sankar, M Ramanathan, VR Kutty
    International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 6 (1), 1 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 4
  • EGFR mutations in lung carcinomas: Mutation profile and survival analysis.
    NE Warrier, DH Vallathol, UV Sankar, S Salahuddin, S PS, ...
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 40 (16_suppl), e20518-e20518 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • How to close the care gap: Factors hindering the use of BRCA mutation profiling of patients with breast cancer and ovarian cancer in a real world setting.
    GVP Muneer V. A., Dilip V. Harindran Vallathol, Uma V. Sankar ...
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 41 (16), e18636-e18636 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Understanding women’s perspectives on breast cancer is essential for early breast cancer diagnosis and to avoid diagnosis delay: A mixed method study.
    UV Sankar, NE Warrier, R TS, R Wilson
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 40 (16_suppl), e24036-e24036 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Triple-negative and non–triple-negative breast cancer in a south Indian cohort.
    NE Warrier, UV Sankar, S PS, A Sherif
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 38 (15_suppl), e13110-e13110 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1
  • Why are women with gestational diabetes in Kerala at higher risk for T2DM? A qualitative study on sociocultural factors
    UV Sankar, M Chacko, AJ Sekhar, SC Thomas, S Anvarsadath, ...
    Women and Children Nursing , 2026
    2026
  • Exploring Healthy Lifestyle Interventions among Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Indian Subcontinent
    UV Sankar, M Chacko, AJ Sekhar, S Anvarsadath, SK Nochikattil, ...
    2026
  • Dietary Practices and Related Elements Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Kerala, India
    K Mannethodi, UV Sankar, RP Varma
    Clinical Medicine 1 (1), 36-43 , 2023
    2023
  • Can COV Direct: Effectiveness of a tele-medicine self-care interventions for cancer survivors during COVID 19 pandemic.
    NE Warrier, UV Sankar, S PS, PV Parameswaran, S KV, N V
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 39 (15_suppl), 1583-1583 , 2021
    2021
  • Glucocorticosteroid Induced Bradycardia in Children Receiving Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia-an Unrecognised Phenomenon
    Y Krishnan, S Gazel, UV Sankar, PS Sreedharan
    Asian Oncology Research Journal 4 (1), 14-23 , 2021
    2021
  • What was happening to the parent while diagnosing cancer for their child?: A common man perspective–a qualitative study
    Y Krishnan, UV Sankar, S Gazal, N Warrier
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 5 (4), S14 , 2020
    2020
  • Detect Early Be Safe–Care for Mother (DEBS-CaM) project: School-based interventions to improve awareness and screening for breast cancer among the young …
    N Warrier, UV Sankar, S PS, N V, S KV, A Sherif
    Journal of Clinical Oncology 38 (15_suppl), e13570-e13570 , 2020
    2020