Awarded Indo-USA Brain Collaborative grant
Ludhiana, 8th August, 2012. (Shalu Arora and Rector Kathuria)The
Stroke Unit of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana has received a
1.18crores grant from the department of Biotechnology, India and
National Institute of Health, USA. Dr. Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, Professor
and Head of Neurology is the receipient of this award. This grant money
is to develop a National Stroke Registry between India and USA. Dr.
Pandian is the Principal Investigator from India and Dr. Aneesh Singhal,
Stroke program, Massachusetts General hospital, Boston (Harvard
University) is the Principal Investigator from USA in this grant. Dr.
Pandian said that this research grant will help India and USA to develop
a common stroke database and do cross cultural studies. New information
regarding various risk factors for stroke, clinical services for stroke
and reasons for delay in treatment are some of the important parameters
that will be studied in this research. The information on stroke will
be collected from 4 other centers in the country besides CMC Ludhiana.
They are PGIMER Chandigarh, AIIMS New Delhi, NIMS Hyderabad and SCTIMST
Trivandrum.
Dr. Pandian stated that this research proposal was selected out of 72 grant applications. Dr. Yashpal Singh, Professor of Neurology said that this Indo-USA collaborative registry will collect data for the next 2 years and many sub-studies will be carried out once the stroke registry is established. Dr. Abraham G Thomas, Director, CMC lauded the efforts of the Neurology department in getting the grant.
Dr. Pandian stated that this research proposal was selected out of 72 grant applications. Dr. Yashpal Singh, Professor of Neurology said that this Indo-USA collaborative registry will collect data for the next 2 years and many sub-studies will be carried out once the stroke registry is established. Dr. Abraham G Thomas, Director, CMC lauded the efforts of the Neurology department in getting the grant.
