Mona

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Mona Bedi

  • Address : Professor, Department of Physiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, India
  • E-Mail : drmonabedi@gmail.com

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Introduction


Dr. Mona Bedi is an undergraduate from Lady Hardinge medical college , New Delhi and post graduate from MAMC . She joined MAMC as faculty in 2000 and is now working as Director Professor, Department of Physiology, Maulana Azad Medical College. Her area of focus are Autonomic nervous system, Exercise Physiology and Cardio-Respiratory physiology.  Dr Mona Bedi has published a significant number of papers in foreign and Indian indexed journals. Her original review article, ‘Role of cardiovascular reactivity  to mental stress in predicting future hypertension’ published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypertension (USA) garnered worldwide appreciation from scientific community. She has received Rashtriya Ekta Puraskar for her contribution in teaching and research work.  She has revised and edited  : Ghai’s textbook of practical Physiology 9th and 10th edition and has co-authored  Practical Physiology: A Student’s Workbook and Exam Preparatory Manual for undergraduates in Physiology A dedicated teacher, she is extremely popular amongst her students. Till date she has guided a number of post-graduate students in their thesis work. .She has chaired numerous scientific sessions in various conferences all over India and is an active member of many committees constituted by the Delhi Government.


AFFILIATION


Professor

Department of Physiology

Maulana Azad Medical College

2, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, near Delhi Gate, Balmiki Basti,

New Delhi

India

110002

Email : drmonabedi@gmail.com


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RESEARCH INTERESTS


# Area
1. Autonomic Nervous System
2. Cardio-respiratory Physiology
3. Exercises Physiology
4. Neurophysiology

PAPERS PUBLISHED


# Article Title Year
1. A study of post exercise hypotension in normotensive offspring of hypertensives after acute exercise”. Indian Journal of Medical Research 2023. 2023
2. Effect of acute exercise on Cardiovascular and Serum cortisol reactivity to mental stress in offspring of hypertensives in MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences 2023 2023
3. A novel COVID 19 Pandemic Mental Health Questionnaire (CoPaQ) based study to assess the psychosocial impact of COVID 19 pandemicon Indian population”. European Journal of Molecular and clinical medicine 2021 March; 8(3):4530-42. 2021
4. Effect of short term variation in air quality index on cardioreespiratory oarameters of non smoking healthy adults during diwali in Delhi. Amina Sultan Zaidi1, Ved Prakash Varshney2, Mona BEdi 3. NJPPP Volume 11 Issue 09 March 2020 2020
5. Lacunae in Forensic Handwriting Examination: scope for exploitation. V. P. Varshney, Mona Bedi. MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences Volume 5 Issue 1 Janapril 2019. 2019
6. Gender differences in ANS activity in children. Mona Bedi, Shilpa Khullar , V.P. Varshney International Journal of Physiology Vol 4, No 1, Jan-March 2016 PP 5-10 2016
7. A study of cardiovascular and adrenocortical stress Reactivity in Children of Hypertensive Suchitra B , Malarmannann K B , Subha M V.P. Varshney, Mona Bedi International Journal of Health Science & Research , Vol. 6 Issue:2 Feb 2016, PP 153-160 2016
8. Comparative study of lipid profile between episodic migraineurs & healty volunteers Venkatesh r. Dinesh T, Mona Bedi , V.P. Varshney, Mohan J, Venkidusamy S ; Int J of Medical Science & Public Health 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3. 2015
9. A study of autonomic functions in patients of episodic migraine, Natl, J, Physiol pharmac vol. Online first on Dec 14, 2013 Venkatsan r, Naveen P, Mona Bedi, V.P.Varshney 2013
10. A study of antonomic nervous system status in children of asthmatic parents, IJPP 2012, 56(1) : 74-79 Seema Kumar, Rashmi Babbar, V.P. Varshney , M.K. daga & V. S. Dalvi 2012
11. A study of brainstem auditory evoked potential ( BAEP) in migraine patients in interictal period, International J . of Biomedicine 2012, 32/4, 526-529. Mona Bedi, Shilpa Khullar, V.P. Varshney 2012
12. Assessment of Autonomic function activity in obese children Vascular Disease Prevention ( U.K) Vol. 6, PP . 166- 168-2009. Mona Bedi, Shipa Khullar, V.P.Varshney 2009
13. Effect of diet on BMI in normal and obese young adults, Journal of advance Researsh in Bio Logical Sciences, July 2009, Vol 1, No. 1 PP 13-17 Mona Bedi, Shilpa Khullar , V.P. Varshney, Ankit 2009
14. Assesment of Bronchial liability on exposure to isometric exercise in different phases of menstrual cycle Journal of post-graduate medical education training & Research , 2009 IV ( 1-5) , 46-49 Mona Bedi, V.P. Varshney, Shilpa Khullar 2009
15. Effect of hand grip exercise on QTc interval during different phases of menstrual cycle .Vascular Diesease Prevention , Vol 3, No-2 May 2006,PP 83 -86 ( U.K. )V.P. Varswhney, Mona Bedi, B. Bhandari , Jyotsna Bhandari . 2006
16. Effect of non -vegetarian diet on cardio-vascular reactivity to mental stress in young adults. Vascular Disease Prevention ( U.K. ) vol -2, No- 4, 293-298 ( 2005) V.P. varshney, Mona Bedi, B. Bhandari 2005
17. Comparative study of lipid profile in asympatomatic smokers and healthy non -smokers, IJPP 49(5), 136, 2005 V.P. Varshney, Rajesh Goel, A.K. JaIN, Mona Bedi 2005
18. Autonomic functions in obese children IJPP, 49 (5), 123. 2005 Mona Bedi, V.P. Varshney 2005
19. Role of cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress in predicting future hypertension ( Review Article)Journal of clinical and experimental hypertension ( U.S.A) 22 (1) 1-22 (2000), Mona Bedi, V.P. Varshney , Rashmi Babbar 2000
20. Comparative study of Autonomic Nervous System Activity amongst malnourished and normal children in India; Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 1999; 19: 185-189. 1999
21. Published a pilot study titled “Comparative study of Autonomic nervous System Activity in Normal and Obese Children in the same age group” in proceedings of 11th Annual Conference of the Physiological Society of India, Nov 1999. 1999
22. Cold Pressor Response in normal and malnourished children: Ind. J. Physiol. Pharmac. , 1998; 42(4): 569-571 1998

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ACADEMIC PROFILE


# Examination Passing Year Country
1. MD (Physiology) 1995 India
2. MBBS 1987 India

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS


# Institution Position Country Service Period
1. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Director Professor India 12 years, 3 months, 14 days
2. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Professor India 6 years, 11 months, 0 days
3. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Assistant Professor India 1 years, 11 months, 0 days
4. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Associate Professor India 5 years, 11 months, 0 days
5. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Pool Officer (CSIR) India 1 years, 11 months, 0 days
6. Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Senior Resident India 3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Total Period : 31 years, 11 months, 14 days

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