Empowering Indian health researchers with computational modelling tools

Empowering Indian health researchers with computational modelling tools

Principal Investigators:

  1. Dr. Donald S. Burke, Dean, GSPH and Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  2. Dr. Clareann H. Bunker, Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Epidemiology, GSPH, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  3. Dr. Saumyadipta Pyne, Scientific Director, PHDL, University of Pittsburgh.

Co-Investigators:

  1. Dr. P. S. Reddy, Chairman, SHARE INDIA.
  2. Dr. Supriya Kumar, Department of Epidemiology, GSPH, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  3. Prof. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Vice President Research and Policy, Public Health foundation of India, Hyderabad.
  4. Dr. Jammy Guru Rajesh, Associate Research Director, SHARE INDIA.
  5. Dr. Mohammed Raheel Sayeed, Research Scientist, SHARE INDIA.

Funding source: Fogarty International Center - NIH.

Amount: US $ 62,140 for three years (2015 to 201 8),
                  US $ 41,427 (2015-17), US $ 20,71 3 (2017-18)

Aims: Capacity building of public health professionals and researchers in India.

Objectives :To enhance evidence based, data driven decision making through innovations in information communication technology.

Status of the project
A training program was conducted in march 2019 on computational modeling techniques for undergraduates and post graduates of MIMS.