Dr. Jaya is a young faculty with excellent academic record presently working as an Associate Professor, in the department of Clinical Nutrition at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi. She is a Ph.D. from the Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, after pursuing a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Nutrition with a University Gold Medal, from Rajasthan, India.

Her areas of interest are Clinical Nutrition in Liver and Gastrointestinal Disorders, Critical Illness, Energy Metabolism, sarcopenia, frailty, enteral nutrition and metabolism. She has in all 20 years of clinical research experience in the department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi.  She is the In-Charge of the LiHab centre at ILBS. She is the Thesis Guide for 4 PhD Students apart from being the guide and co-guide for 20 PDCC/PGCC/DM/MCh students at ILBS till date; she is also the Principal Investigator of 6 extramural government research grants, and Co-PI of 3 extramural grants. She has in all 31 publications and 10 book chapters to her credit. She is also the founder member and the Assistant Secretary of the Indian Society of Clinical Nutrition (INSCN), and the life member of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG), Indian Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) and Indian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ISPEN), and also the member of National Task Force of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) on Obesity and Lifestyle Disorders.

PhD (Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition) : All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

M.Sc (Food and Nutrition) : Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer

B.Sc. (Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics) : Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer

Awards and Achievements

• Awarded the Certificate of Merit under National Scholarship Scheme by Ministry of HRD, India, for excellence in Secondary Board Examination in 1994.
• Awarded Gold Medal in 2002 for excellence in M.Sc. (Food and Nutrition), by MDS University, Ajmer, Rajasthan
• Best Oral Paper Award: Benjamin J., Makharia G.K. and Joshi, Y.K. Assessment of the nutritional status of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. At the 10^th annual conference of the Indian Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ISPEN),Chennai, 2004
• 28^th ESPEN Travel Award: Benjamin J., Makharia G.K. and Joshi Y.K. Nutritional status and intestinal permeability in patients with Crohn’s disease. At the 28^th European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Istanbul, Turkey, October, 2006.
• 32^nd ESPEN Travel Award: Benjamin J, Makharia GK, Ahuja V, Joshi Y K. Assessment of body composition in patients with Crohn’s disease in India. At the 32^nd ESPEN Congress, Nice, France, September, 2010.
• Reviewer for the national and international indexed journals – (British Journal of Nutrition, Nutrition, National Medical Journal, Tropical Gastroenterology, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Liver International, Nutrition in Clinical Practice etc.)
• Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Food and Nutrition (IJFN)

Extramural Government Research Grants

• [Principal Investigator (PI) of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) funded project] - “Characterization of body composition in patients with NAFLD and its association with the known risk factors in lean and obese NAFLD” March 2018 onwards; Completed
• (PI of ICMR funded project) – “Effect of Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) supplementation on muscle mass, muscle quantity and molecular markers of muscle regeneration in patients with chronic liver disease- A Randomized Controlled Trial”. Oct 2019 onwards; Ongoing
• [PI of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) funded project] - Effect of Saturated Fat (Desi Ghee) on Gut Liver Axis in Alcoholic Hepatitis. January 2020 onwards; ongoing
• (PI of ICMR funded project) – “Characterization of energy metabolism in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and the effect of Indirect Calorimeter (IC) based nutrition therapy on the clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis". January 2022 Onwards; Ongoing
• (PI of ICAR funded project) – “Effect of consumption of millets based diet on, clinical characteristics, metabolic profile, and gut microbiome in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease”. July 2023 Onwards; Ongoing
• (PI of ICMR funded project) – “Effect of high protein diet on systemic and cellular bioenergetics in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: in search of an ideal macronutrient distribution”. Accepted for funding in 2023

Other Research grants

• (Co-PI of CCRAS funded project)  - “Study the physiological basis and gut bacterial modulations induced by Virechana (Purgation therapy) in healthy adults: A prospective longitudinal study” : March 2021 Onwards; Ongoing
• (Co-PI of Ministry of AYUSH funded project)  - Project 2- Effect of Indian hepatoprotective diet in reversibility of NAFLD in the Centre of Excellence (COE) Project on “Effects of Indian Foods and Ayurvedic drugs on healthy and diseased liver; February 2022 onwards; Ongoing
• (Co-PI of Grifols Pharmaceutical USA funded project) - Evaluation of efficacy of targeted albumin therapy versus standard medical treatment in outcomes of Recurrent ascites in patients with decompensated cirrhosis- A randomized controlled trial  , July 2020 onwards; Ongoing

• Nutritional management of patients with liver diseases

Total invited lectures delivered : 38

• National: 35
• International: 3

Invited Lectures in 2017

• Nutritional Management of a Cirrhotic on RRT at First National Conference on Critical Care and Infections in Liver Disease, 24-26 January 2017 at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
• Nutritional Management in Chronic Liver Disease- ILBS-ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Program on 17.1.17 at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi.
• Assessment and Nutritional approaches to Sarcopenia in cirrhosis at ILBS-CRI Symposium (Centre for Research in Inflammation) France on 29-30th March, 2017 at ILBS New Delhi.
• Panel discussion on Role of Probiotics in Liver Transplantation at Symposium on Probiotics in Practice organized by IDA, Delhi Chapter, 11th November, 2017.
• Nutritional Optimization Prior to Liver Transplantation at 50th National Conference of the Indian Dietetic Association, 18-20th December, 2017, Science City, Kolkata.

Trainings:

• Nutrition workshop on 6^th November, 2003 at the 9^th Annual Conference PENSA 2003, Goa, India
• ‘Nutrition Update 2004’, 22^nd January 2004 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
• Workshop on “Enrich your presentation”, conducted by K L Wig Centre for Medical Education & Technology, AIIMS, New Delhi, 18^th May, 2005.
• International Therapeutic Endoscopy Workshop AIIMS-PGI Endoscopy course 3-4 September, 2005, New Delhi.
• Workshop on “how to write a paper” organized by K L Wig Centre for Medical Education & Technology, AIIMS, New Delhi, 9^th-10^th March, 2007.
• Pfizer excellence in medicine workshop on “Good Clinical (Research) Practice” at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 29^th-30^th March, 2008.
• International Workshop on Micronutrients and Child Health, AIIMS, New Delhi, October 20-23, 2009.
• Workshop on “Designing Clinical Research” organized by Clinical Epidemiology Unit, AIIMS, New Delhi on 23^rd and 24^th January, 2010.
• Workshop on “Ethics in Health Care & Medical Research” organized by K L Wig Centre for Medical Education & Technology, AIIMS, New Delhi, from 10^th -12^th Feb, 2010.
• Workshop on “Information Retrieval in Health Sciences” organized by K L Wig Centre for Medical Education & Technology, AIIMS, New Delhi, from 15^th -16^th Feb, 2010.
• Workshop on “Evidence Based Medicine” organized by Clinical Epidemiology Unit, AIIMS, New Delhi on 16^th  and 17^th March, 2010.
• Launch of ESPEN LLL program in India “Approach to Oral & Enteral Nutrition in Adults” on 19 October 2013 Gurgaon, India.
• 9^th Advanced Certificate Course on Applied Enteral Pharmaconutrition in Critical Care. Organized by The Academy of Clinical Training (TACT) on 28^th – 29^th June 2014, Chennai, India.
• Workshop in Clinical Nutrition on 23^rd August 2014, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi.
• Attended the workshop on “Trauma and Nutrition” of IDA, Delhi Chapter, on 17th October, 2014, at JPNA Trauma Center, AIIMS, New Delhi.
   

   

Number of Publications:

Original Articles: 31

Book Chapters: 10

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