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Faculty and staff at AIPH have conducted multiple research studies in India over the last decade, focusing on improving population health, reducing morbidity and mortality and preventing disease. This has been made possible by active collaboration with senior faculty members at reputed institutions, NGOs, the robust community-based research infrastructure and data centers established by us at various parts of Orissa and India. Participating institutions in India include All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; T N Medical College and Nair Hospital, Mumbai; SCB Medical College, Cuttack; Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Center, Cuttack; Ispat General Hospital and the WHO Center for Malaria Education, Rourkela; Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar; Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar; Jana Sikshan Sansthan, Rourkela; and Vijaya Orissa, Bhubaneswar. Our overseas collaborators include established public health experts and senior faculty at University of Maryland, George Washington University, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Michigan State University in the U.S. and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and the Norwegian Knowledge Center, Norway. These AIPH collaborating investigators are also engaged in conducting research in various domains of public health in their respective countries. Multiple faculty from well known institutions in India, Africa, U.K., and Australia also work with us as consultants on various educational and research projects. Every summer, students from U.S. universities continue to use the AIPH platform to gain experience in tropical medicine and conduct community-based research at our field sites and hospitals.
Completed Projects:
1. Population based large scale surveillance of neonatal infection and mortality in 223 villages of Orissa, 2002-06. The Project was carried out in three districts namely Khurda, Puri & Sundargarh of Odisha to reduce neonatal infection. During the period from 2002 to 2006, around 14000 neonates had been enrolled for this study. This project was funded by National Institutes of Health, USA and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Publication:
Chandel DS, Johnson JA, Chaudhry R, Sharma N, Shinkre N, Parida S, Misra PR, Panigrahi P. J Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase producing Gram-negative bacteria causing Neonatal sepsis in India in Rural and Urban settings. Med Microbiol. 2011;60(4):500-507
2.Study of clinical spectrum of childhood malaria in SCB Medical College Hospital, 2005-07. Institutional funding.
3.Surveillance of tobacco use among women during adolescence and pregnancy in Orissa, 2005-07. Funded by NCI, USA.
4. Training on essential newborn care (ENC) and neonatal resuscitation program (NRP) to reduce birth asphyxia to all health care providers in 500 villages of Rayagada district, Orissa, 2005-08. Neonatal resuscitation program was carried out in 500 villages under 8 blocks of Raygada district. The project was supported by National Institute of Child and Health Development, USA.
Publications:
I. Carlo WA, Goudar SS, Jehan I, Chomba E, Tshefu A, Garces A, Parida S, Althabe F, McClure EM, Derman RJ, Goldenberg RL, Bose C, Krebs NF, Panigrahi P, Buekens P, Chakraborty H, Hartwell TD, Wright LL. Newborn care training and perinatal mortality in developing countries. N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 18;362(7):614-23
II. Carlo WA, Goudar SS, Jehan I, Chomba E, Tshefu A, Garces A, Parida S, Althabe F, McClure EM, Derman RJ, Goldenberg RL, Bose C, Hambidge M, Panigrahi P, Buekens P, Chakraborty H, Hartwell TD, Wright LL, Moore J. First Breath Study Group. High mortality for very low birth weight infants in developing countries despite birth training.Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):e1072-80 Epub 2010 Oct 11
5. Impact of probiotic on neonatal infection, hospital based study in Orissa, 2006-07. This study was aimed at preventing neonatal infection by feeding newborn babies with a probiotic. It was carried out in SCB Medical College of Cuttack, Capital Hospital of Bhubaneswar and ISPAT General Hospital of Rourkela in Sudargarh district. During this period we enrolled around 200 babies for this study. This project was funded by National Institute of Child and Health Development, USA.
Publication:
Panigrahi P, Parida S, Pradhan L, Mohapatra SS, Misra PR, Johnson JA, Chaudhry R, Taylor S, Hansen NI, Gewolb IH. Long-term colonization of a Lactobacillus plantarum synbiotic preparation in the neonatal gut. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2008;47(1):45-53
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