Research
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S. No. |
Name of the Project |
Description of the Project |
1. |
Air Pollution and its Effect on Health: 20 City Multi-site Study
Data Coordinating Centre under Dr R M Pandey
Source of Funding: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India.
Amount: Rs. 26.40 lakhs
Status: On going |
This project is being undertaken in twenty cities in the country. The project has two part Hospital based Component of the study Community based Component of the study
Hospital based Component of the study: In the hospital based study primary objective is to study the effect of environmental pollution on acute health outcomes. This part data is being collected on hospital deaths, acute cardiac and respiratory events, level of environmental pollution as measured by Pollution Control Board, Data on humidity and wind direction by Department of Metrology. This data will be collected throughout the year.
Community based component of the study: In the community part data will be collected from the households near the pollution monitoring sites. |
2. Research (Collaborative Research Projects) The faculty and scientists of the department is involved in almost all the research projects being carried out in the institute either as co-investigator or as consultant. They are also involved in many research projects carried out/ being carried out in other medical colleges and research Institutions as statistical consultant or co-investigator. 3. Research (Collaborative Ph.D/ DM/MCH/MD /MS/MDS/MHA Thesis) The faculty and scientists of the department are involved in almost all the Ph.D./ post-graduate theses being carried out in the institute as Co-guide/ DC member/Consultant. Other technical staff will assist faculty and scientists in analysing thesis/collaborative project data. |