National Public Health Laboratory is a dedicated center under the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and Division of Health Services (DoHS) that serves as a national level referral laboratory that regulates the laboratory services in the country. Along with diagnostic facilities and laboratory-based surveillance, NPHL undertakes laboratory-based research activities promoting new evidence-based scientific research in the field of laboratory medicine and encouraging enthusiastic researchers, with a view of making this institute a pioneer in the research field as well as a center of excellence.
S.N. | Research Topic | Investigators | Research Status | |
| 1 | A study on adverse events following immunization with COVID-19 vaccine at a tertiary center, Kathmandu | Dr. Gopal Lama, Dr. Anup Bastola, Dr. Runa Jha | Completed; Published | |
| 2 | Determination of seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 antibody among immunized individuals with COVID-19 vaccine in a tertiary center, Kathmandu | Dr. Gopal Lama, Lilee Shrestha, Nabin Karmacharya | Completed; Published | |
| 3 | Mutation analysis of beta-thalassemia trait diagnosed at National Public Health Laboratory, Kathmandu | Dr. Rekha Manandhar, Rashmi Karki, Dr. Runa Jha | On-going | |
| 4 | Bacterial co-infection and secondary bacterial infection in COVID-19 hospitalized patients with evaluation of antimicrobial resistance patterns in the clinical isolates. | Dr. Manisha Sharma, Dr. Anup Bastola, Jyoti Acharya, Dr. Runa Jha | Completed; Under publication process | |
| 5 | Comparative study of carbapenemases Gram-Negative bacteria by Phenotypic and genotypic methods with characterized resistance mechanisms. | Dr. Manisha Sharma, Jyoti Acharya, Dr. Runa Jha | On-going | |
| 6 | In vitro susceptibility of methicillin-resistant S. aureus against anti-MRSA drugs | Nisha Rijal, Jyoti Acharya, Dr. Runa Jha | On-going | |
| 7 | Isolation and antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida isolate isolated from different clinical specimens at National Public Health Laboratory. | Anjana Shrestha, Jyoti Acharya, Dr. Runa Jha | On-going |