Shrikiran A

Shrikiran A is a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Holding MBBS and MD qualifications in Paediatrics, he maintains active research engagement with a Scopus h-index of 184 and 60 research outputs spanning 2011-2025.

His primary research domain centers on Paediatrics with specialized focus areas including childhood obesity, hypertension, developmental disorders, sepsis biomarkers, and autism spectrum disorder assessment. The research fingerprint reveals strong emphasis on child health epidemiology (100% children focus), disease patterns (26% disease focus), and India-specific health challenges (29% India focus).

Analysis of recent 2025 publications shows concentrated investigation into critical paediatric health issues: obesity-hypertension comorbidity in adolescents, culturally adapted ASD diagnostic tools, regional injury prevention strategies, neurodevelopmental disorder diagnostics, and sepsis outcome predictors. This reflects a clinically grounded research trajectory addressing both global paediatric challenges and India-specific health contexts.

With continuous research output from 2011-2025 including 53 articles, 4 reviews, and 3 letters, his work demonstrates sustained scholarly activity in tertiary care paediatrics. The publication pattern shows increasing output volume since 2017, peaking at 7 publications annually in multiple recent years.