Om Prakash Singh

About

I am Dr. Om Prakash Singh, working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Before joining this post, I worked as Scientist at Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi. I did my MSc. in Biochemistry from Allahabad University and then obtained PhD in Biochemistry (Immunology, vector biology and Diagnostic aspects of VL, Malaria and Dengue) from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.

Employment

• National Institutes of Health Visiting Research Fellow
  2024 - 2025
• Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science Assistant Professor
  2019 - Present
• Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University Scientist
  2013 - 2019
• Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya Lecturer
  2005 - 2007

Education

• Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras hindu University PhD
  2007 - 2013
• Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya M.Phil.
  2004 - 2005
• University of Allahabad Faculty of Science MSc.
  2002 - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (76)

• Skin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in patients with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2026.107713
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• Bidirectional Interaction Between Liposomal Amphotericin B Pharmacokinetics and Parasite Dynamics in Patients With Post‐Kala‐Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis: Potential Implications for Optimal Dosing
  Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2026 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.70124
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• Evaluation of serum biomarkers and clinico-radiological correlation to improve the diagnosis of bowel and mesenteric injury following blunt abdominal trauma
  Asian Journal of Surgery 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2025.11.039
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• Monitoring of Leishmania transmission in the postelimination phase: The potential of serological surveys
  International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107153
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• Visceral Leishmaniasis–Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Coinfected Patients Are Highly Infectious to Sandflies in an Endemic Area in India
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae156
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• Assessing insecticide susceptibility, diagnostic dose and time for the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in India, using the CDC bottle bioassay
  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011276
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• Hijacking the intrinsic vitamin B12 pathway for the oral delivery of nanoparticles, resulting in enhanced in vivo anti-leishmanial activity
  Biomaterials Science 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2BM00979J
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• An Insight Into Systemic Immune Response in Leishmania donovani Mediated Atypical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the New Endemic State of Himachal Pradesh, India
  Frontiers in Immunology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.765684
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• Increased amphiregulin expression by CD4 + T cells from individuals with asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection
  Clinical & Translational Immunology 2022 DOI: 10.1002/cti2.1396
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• Domestic mammals as reservoirs for Leishmania donovani on the Indian subcontinent: Possibility and consequences on elimination
  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2022 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14061
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