• Participation on “Research Methodology Workshop” conducted by Department of Community medicine at MTH, Pokhara, from 16th - 27th July, 2012.
• Actively participated in “Workshop on Problem Based Learning (PBL)” held at MCOMS, Pokhara from 9th - 11th December, 2013. 
• Actively participated in workshop on “Faculty development programme - Medical Teaching Technology’ 2013 held at MCOMS, Pokhara
• Teachers’ training on “Embracing innovations for Enhancing Students’ Learning” organized by Chitwan Medical College (CMC), Health Professionals Education & Research Center (HPERC), Bharatpur from 27th Feb - 3rd March, 2016.
• Attended conference on “Post-Earthquake Challenges of Infectious Diseases” held at Kist Medical College, Kathmandu on 27th May 2016.
• Training of Trainers (TOT) on “Helping students learn Ethics” held at Chitwan Medical College (CMC), Bharatpur from 18th - 23rd Sep, 2016.
• Resource person of “Faculty Development Workshop: Embracing innovations for Enhancing Students’ Learning” held biannually at CMC since 2017.

• Routine Biochemical tests 
• Specialized biochemical tests (Hormones and tumor markers, Iron profile)
• Handling of both semi-automated and fully automated chemistry analyzers
• Electrochemistry
• Quality Assessment : Internal and External Quality Control
• Reagent preparation (Molar, Normal and Formal solution)
• Conventional and Real time- PCR
• Agarose gel electrophoresis
• ELISA, CLIA and eCLIA
• Chromatographic techniques
• DNA extraction

1. Pokharel DR, Khadka D, Sigdel M, Yadav NK, Sapkota LB, Kafle R, Nepal S, Sapkota RM, Choudhary N. Estimation of 10-Year Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Nepalese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Framingham Versus United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study. NAMJ 2015;7(8):347-55.

1. Sapkota LB, Pokharel DR, Shukla PS, Thapa S. Diagnostic value of serum Adenosine deaminase and its isoenzymatic activity in Nepalese patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Medical Science 2016; 4(4):349-53. 

1. Thapa S, Sapkota LB, Hamal P. Threat of scrub typhus in post-earthquake Nepal. JCMC 2016;6(18):1-5.

1. Sapkota LB, Thapa S. Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors and glycemic control in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. JCMS 2016;12(1):28-32.

1. Thapa S, Sapkota LB. Burden of Dengue Virus Infection in Chitwan and Peripheral Districts: An Emerging Disease in Terai Region of Nepal. IJTDH 2016;21(1):1-10.

1. Thapa S, Sapkota LB. Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in erythromycin resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and CONS at tertiary care hospital. JCMS 2016;12(3):83-88.  

1. Sapkota LB, Thapa S. Assessment of serum electrolytes in hypothyroid patients attending Chitwan medical college teaching hospital. AJMAH 2017;2(2):1-5.

1. Sapkota LB, Thapa S, Subedi ND. Correlation study of Adenosine deaminase and its isoenzymes in type 2 diabetes mellitus. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 2017;5:e000357.

1. Sapkota LB, Thapa S. Correlation between glycemic parameters and lipid profile in type 2 diabetic patients attending tertiary care centre in Central region of Nepal. JCMC 2017;7(19):20-24.

1. Thapa S, Sapkota LB. Bacteriological assessment of stethoscopes used by healthcare workers in a tertiary care centre of Nepal. BMC Research Notes 2017;10:353.
2. Thapa S, Gokhale S, Sharma AL, Sapkota LB, Ansari S, Gautam R, Shrestha S and Neopane P. Burden of bacterial upper respiratory tract pathogens in school children of Nepal. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2017;0:e000203.

1. Thapa S, Sapkota LB. Changing Trend of Neonatal Septicemia and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Isolates in Nepal. Int J Pediatr 2019:3784529. doi: 10.1155/2019/3784529. 

1. Sapkota LB, Thapa S. Pattern of dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetic patients attending tertiary care centre of Nepal. EC Endocrinology and Metabolic Research 2019:4(9). 

1. Thapa S, Hamal P, Chaudhary NK, Sapkota LB, Singh JP. Burden of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness attending tertiary care hospital in Chitwan, Nepal. BMJ Open 2020;10:e034727. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034727

Undergoing research projects as a Principal Investigator:

• Sapkota LB, Thapa S, Bastola D. Anti-TPO antibodies in thyroid dysfunction

• Best Paper Award, America Nepal Medical Foundation, First International Microbiology Conference of NACM, 2019 held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
• LMCE Korea 2017, Young Scientist Travel Grant Award.
• Academic editor: Asian Journal of Research in Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Academic editor: Medical Journal of Clinical Trials & Case Studies (MJCCS)
• MD Biochemistry scholarship, MCOMS (2011)

TEACHING AND CLINICAL LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

• Teaching-learning activities of undergraduate (MBBS, BDS, B.Sc. Nursing, B.N, BMIT, B.Sc. MLT, BPH and B. Pharmacy) students;
• Teaching Clinical Biochemistry, Genetics and applied aspects to postgraduate MD/MS residents;
• Teaching “Role of Clinical Biochemistry in Emergency settings” to fellowship residents of MRCEM (Masters of Royal College of Emergency Medicine) program
• Conducting Problem Based Learning (PBL) sessions for undergraduate MBBS 1st and 2nd year students;
• Conducting system wise PBQs and MCQs based assessments to undergraduate MBBS and BDS students 
• Diagnostics: reporting and biochemical analysis of various clinical specimens in the Clinical Laboratory; and
• Researches

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Routine Biochemical tests 
• Specialized biochemical tests (Hormones and tumor markers, Iron profile)
• Handling of both semi-automated and fully automated chemistry analyzers
• Electrochemistry
• Quality Assessment : Internal and External Quality Control
• Reagent preparation (Molar, Normal and Formal solution)
• Conventional and Real time- PCR
• Agarose gel electrophoresis
• ELISA, CLIA and eCLIA
• Chromatographic techniques
• DNA extraction