Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research
MD · Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Dedicated to advancing clinical biochemistry through research, diagnostic excellence, and medical education at one of India's premier postgraduate medical institutes.
Dr. Manju Subberwal is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi — one of India's foremost centres for postgraduate medical training and patient care.
With a career spanning over two decades in clinical biochemistry, Dr. Subberwal has contributed extensively to laboratory medicine, diagnostic research, and medical education. Her work focuses on improving diagnostic accuracy and advancing laboratory quality assurance in tertiary care settings.
As a certified NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) assessor, she plays a key role in maintaining and evaluating laboratory standards across healthcare institutions in India.
Spanning clinical diagnostics, research, and laboratory quality management
Comprehensive diagnostic testing and interpretation for patient care, including routine and specialized biochemical investigations in a tertiary care hospital setting.
Pioneering research into Vitamin D deficiency as a silent pandemic, exploring its connections to thyroid disorders, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and immune function.
Expertise in laboratory accreditation, uncertainty of measurement, traceability of test results, and establishing quality goals as a certified NABL assessor.
Research on serum biomarkers including glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) for diagnostic applications in conditions such as glioblastoma and other neoplastic disorders.
Proficiency with advanced laboratory instrumentation including fully automated random access analyzers, CLIA systems, HPLC, ELISA readers, and coagulometers.
Teaching and mentoring postgraduate students in biochemistry, supervising MD and DM research projects, and training MBBS students and medical laboratory technicians.
Selected publications in peer-reviewed journals
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
A tertiary care hospital study establishing quality frameworks for laboratory methods with lower stability, contributing to improved test result traceability and quality assurance standards.
MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences
Research evaluating serum GFAP as a potential diagnostic biomarker for glioblastoma, investigating its clinical utility in the diagnosis and monitoring of glial neoplastic conditions.
G.B. Pant Hospital, Department of Biochemistry
Organized a national symposium covering the associations between Vitamin D deficiency and thyroid disorders, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and immune dysfunction. The symposium addressed challenges in accurate Vitamin D status assessment.
Research contributions also include projects supervised under MD, DM, ICMR, and AYUSH programmes. For a complete list of publications, please refer to indexed databases such as PubMed and Google Scholar.
GIPMER · Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Established in 1964, the Department of Biochemistry at GIPMER provides prompt, professional, and patient-friendly laboratory services to one of Delhi's busiest tertiary care hospitals.
Round-the-clock emergency laboratory services from the OPD block collection room, ensuring critical diagnostic support at all hours.
Equipped with fully automated random access analyzers, CLIA systems, HPLC, ELISA readers, coagulometers, and electrolyte analyzers.
Active participation in national quality assurance programmes, with three faculty members serving as certified NABL assessors.
Two postgraduate seats in MD Biochemistry, with teaching support for MBBS students and MLT trainees. Active research under ICMR and AYUSH grants.