Roadmap for Research

AHERF TASK FORCE:

1. Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Chairman.
2. Dr. Anupam Sibal, Director Medical Service, Apollo Hospitals Group

Members:

Dr. S.K Agarwal
Dr. Narendra K. Arora
Prof. Vani Bhramchari
Dr. K. Ganapathy
Dr. Satih Kumar Gupta
Dr. Sanjiv Jasuja
Dr. V.P Kamboj
Dr. Ajay Kumar
Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Prof. V.S Mathur
Vaidya S.K Mishra
Dr. B. Shyamala Sesikeran
Dr. Bela Shah
Ms. Jayanthi Swaminathan
Dr. Jayanthi Undamatla
Dr. V.K Vinayak

Areas under research:

1. Cutting Edge Research:

Stem Cells Research
Research in Molecular Diagnostics
Clinical proteomics and genomics
Research in pharmacogenetics and use of drugs
Development of leads of new drugs
Technology Development

2 . Human Resource Development

3 Resource Mobilization

4.Clinical Research including Traditional Medicine:

Clinical Trials
Studies on the Cost of Treatment and Diagnostics
Research in Traditional Medicine
Clinical Research in areas identified by clinicians

5. The Way Forward:

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases
Baseline data from different parts of India
Collection of baseline health and morbidity data in school children
Establishment of registries
Health Economics
Research on the use of Telemedicine

6. Agencies supporting research : National and International Collaborations.

NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

S.No.	Centres	Area of Collaboration
1.	Anna University, Chennai	Clinical Research Course
2.	IGNOU, New Delhi	Hospital Administrative, Paramedical Courses and online courses
3.	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi	Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory
4.	Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi& Institute of Bio-Medical and Genomics, Kolkata	Myocardial Infarction in Young Indian Adults – Genetic Risk Factors
5.	Health Net Global	Information on Drug Interactions through Mobile Phones
6.	Mann India Technologies	Information on Drug Interactions through Mobile Phones
7.	International Centre for Genetics Engineering and Biotechnology and Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi	Pathogen Detection and Discovery using High Throughput Platforms
8.	Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology – Delhi	Effects of Plastic Surgery on Face Recognition
9.	IIT, Madras	Molecular characterization of EPCs in PCOS patients as a diagnostic marker for CVD
10.	MTESC- NGO, District Collector’s office - Sivagangai	Prevalence of anemia and obesity in 20,000 adolescent & adult girls & women
11.	Kasturba Hospital Gandhigram, Madurai	Healthcare status by HoW with transmission of data through telemedicine
12.	West Bengal Government	Mobile Medical Unit to provide healthcare to the rural population in 24 Parganas
13.	EISAI pharmaceuticals India & Help Age India	Improving rate of diagnosis and treatment of dementia and depression among elderly in India
14.	Puttur Bone Setters	Scientific validation of traditional PBS sytem
15.	Quintiles India	Preferred partner for clinical trials
16.	Sciformix Corporation	Pharmacovigilance.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

S.No.	Centres	Area of Collaboration
1.	Stem Cyte Inc.	Stem Cells
2.	Quintiles	Phase 1 clinical trials center
3.	Harmann U.K	Validation of digital technology versus manual
4.	Microsens Technologies U.K	Evaluation of screening technology in TB diagnosis
5.	Stockholm University Sweden, Annamalai University, IIT Madras	Joint Research project under Indo-EU collaboration on biotechnology to evaluate the impact of biomarkers in functional foods of age related diseases
6.	IIT Madras, Goethe University Germany	Vascular complications of T2D

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