Centres of excellence under MAHE Dr. Ravindra Prabhu Professor, Department of Nephrology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Clinical Epidemiology Unit Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • Coordinate research at • Conduct of regular CMEs 1. To conduct workshops to • The prevalence of falls and intra and inter on clinical research, promote research among PG factors associated with departmental level in meetings of faculty from & faculty. fear of falling among K.M.C. Manipal. different departments to 2. Collaborate with other patient with ARMD • Encourage clinical research promote research, projects discipline and institutions for • Clinical Study of Diabetic through inter institutional with interdepartmental clinical research. retinopathy Screening cooperation. collaboration 3. Conduct CMEs. Algorithm funded by • To liaise with industry for 4. To start disease registries in Robert Bosch diagnostic / device related hospital. • Impact of obstructive clinical research. sleep apnea on circadian • Capacity building of health variation of intraocular care professionals in the pressure and structural- field of clinical research functional changes of methods and biostatistics. retina Dr. Satish Kumar Adiga Professor, Division of Clinical Embryology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Human Fertility & Clinical Embryology Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To provide to cancer • Innovations to preserve • To explore the • AvH affected prepubertal fertility in cancer affected possibilities of • DST boys & girls, adult men prepubertal boys: From introducing • ICMR & women experimental approaches postgraduate program • Nordic Centre for to clinical applications. • Repeated superovulation in Clinical Embryology Fertility induced changes in the in MU-Dubai or Melaka Preservation(Karolinska oocytes, embryos and Campus Institutet) somatic cells • Effect of biotin supplementation to sperm wash media on the enhancement of sperm function and pregnancy outcome in intrauterine insemination program Dr. Joseph Thomas Professor, Department of Urology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Centre for Bioethics Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To develop a centre of • Conducted 6 Certificate • Short term • None learning in bioethics in Courses in Bioethics of two • The general workshop for India and the neighbouring months duration. 126 3 days on topics covering region for multidisciplinary candidates have human protection, researchers and successfully completed the responsible conduct of practitioners of medical Certificate Course. research and Good Clinical and allied health sciences. Practices. • Long term • One year Fellowship program in bioethics • Masters in Bioethics • Online course for ethics committee members Dr. Pragna Rao Dean, KMC, Manipal Centre of Excellence in Inborn Errors of Metabolism

Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants

• The aim of this center is • Indo-German metabolic • Implementing NBS program to other • Collaboration with Dr. hospitals in Udupi taluk. And training to understand the meet conference was held on NBS and creating awareness on Sudheer Moorkoth, challenges in newborn on 23rd and 25th of IEM to non-facility based health Manipal College of September. workers like community health screening and initiate workers and ASHA workers., Pharmaceutical Sciences • A workshop was conducted teachers. newborn screening in to provide training to for high end diagnosis the state of Karnataka Health care professionals. • Counsel and create awareness technique like GCMS among young boys and girls on the and LC MS. • A total of 434 babies were significance and need of newborn screened in two months ie screening. • Grants: 2nd August 2017-30th VGST/CESEM/GRD- • Conducting and co-coordinating September 2017 outreach campaigns using 308/2014-2015 funding • Centre has diagnosed over radio/television and internet (online 60 lakhs Indian currency campaign). 3000 high risk cases so far • Grand Challenges • 2 PhD studies, 4 post- • Implementing and extending the Canada graduate theses are present parameters of NBS Screening supported for Hb variants.

• Aiming to acquire and initiate tandem mass spectroscopy for confirmatory diagnosis of newborn screening Dr. Kavita Saravu Professor, Department of Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To achieve excellence in • Multicentic international • Converting 8 seed grants • McGill University, Canada. infectious diseases study - Determinants of pilot projects into research and training Antimicrobial use and De- extramurally funded through interdisciplinary escalation in Critical Care objective. and international (DIANA Study) • Develop new collaborations collaborations and to • Conduct of regular CMEs with other Universities promote translation of on clinical research, • Initiate short courses for knowledge into policy and meetings of faculty from training in infectious practice. different departments to diseases. promote research, projects with interdepartmental collaboration. Dr. Veena Kamath Professor, Department of Community Medicine Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Centre for vaccine research Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To foster research in the • A Phase II/III, Multicenter, • To emerge as a centre for • RGCB area of vaccine research & Open-Label, Randomized vaccine research control and facilitate the Study Of Liquid Bovine output of quality Rotavirus Pentavalent Vaccine (LBRV-PV) To Evaluate Lot-To- publications and research Lot Consistency And To grants. Compare Non-Inferiority With • Capacity building, training Lyophilized BRV-PV In Healthy and mentorship Infants In India • A Multicenter Phase II/III Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study To Evaluate The Efficacy And Safety Of VPM1002 In The Prevention Of Tuberculosis (TB) Recurrence In Pulmonary TB Patients After Successful TB Treatment In India Dr. Anil K.Bhat Professor and Head, Department of Orthopaedics Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Hastha: Centre for Congenital Hand differences Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To be a nodal centre in • A comprehensive and • Scale up the registry to • Collaboration with 9 India for documentation, validated online congenital National Registry centres in India knowledge translation and Hand differences registry • International • International collaboration innovative research on established conference/Visits with Christianne van • CME on “ An integrated • congenital hand approach to Extend community survey Nieuwenhoven: Erasmus differences (anomalies) Congenital Hand Differences” to Mangalore district MC, Rotterdam held on April 16th 2017 • Children fund • Mr. Ian Lowdon: Great • Observership program • 3D printing unit for Western Hospitals between 3 major Hand children prosthesis NHS,Swindon, UK centres at KMC, Manipal, • Mr. Henk Giele: Oxford Ganga hospital, Coimbatore, university NHS trust and Wadia hospital, Mumbai • District level survey of 0-16 years children completed • Information brochures and • Mobile app “Hastha” Dr. TMA Pai Endowment chairs Dr. Kiran Chawla Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

Tuberculosis Elimination Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To conduct Awareness • Genotypic Detection of • To make TB lab as “state National Collaborations Programmes for fluoroquinolone resistance of art” lab - National center of leprosy Tuberculosis and Quality in MDR TB (SOLS) • To enhance the and other mycobacterial • Research Projects. Experimental evaluation of International and diseases Agra anti-microbial property Coscinium fenestratum on National collaborative - NIRT Chennai MDR and other bacterial research initiatives International collaborations strains – Ayurvedic - Sydney University, department (MU study) Australia • Genotypic diversity of MTB - McGill University, Canada strains - National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra Dr. Vandana K.E Professor, Department of Microbiology Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Antimicrobial Stewardship Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • Integrated Antimicrobial • Initiation of multidisciplinary • Establishment of • Capacity Building and Stewardship Program Antimicrobial Stewardship educational courses for Strengthening of Hospital through education and Team at Kasturba Hospital different stakeholders in Infection Control to detect • research for a tertiary care Situation analysis of current containment of and prevent antimicrobial status of antimicrobial hospital in India resistance and usage of antimicrobial resistance resistance in India by • Develop a model of antimicrobial agents • Set up a training center for CDC/AIIMS/ICMR successful program in • Antibiotic policy app for major prescribers of • Participating center in developing nation with android antibiotics National program in ICMR locally relevant guidelines • Initiation of few standard • Hospital based research Antimicrobial Stewardship through transformational treatment guidelines center on stewardship Program care • Various student projects in • Industry collaboration for infection control educational initiatives on • Streamlining of antibiotics formulary at Kasturba Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship – Stoppage of illegal antibiotic combinations Dr. Anil K.Bhat Professor and Head, Department of Orthopaedics Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Congenital Hand differences Core Philosophy Achievements Future Plans Collaborations/Grants • To be a nodal centre in • A comprehensive and • Scale up the registry to • Collaboration with 9 India for documentation, validated online congenital National Registry centres in India knowledge translation and Hand differences registry • International • International collaboration innovative research on established conference/Visits with Christianne van • CME on “ An integrated • congenital hand approach to Extend community survey Nieuwenhoven: Erasmus differences (anomalies) Congenital Hand Differences” to Mangalore district MC, Rotterdam held on April 16th 2017 • Children fund • Mr. Ian Lowdon: Great • Observership program • 3D printing unit for Western Hospitals NHS, between 3 major Hand children prosthesis Swindon, UK centres at KMC, Manipal, • Mr. Henk Giele: Oxford Ganga hospital, Coimbatore, university NHS trust and Wadia hospital, Mumbai • District level survey of 0-16 years children completed • Information brochures and • Mobile app “Hastha”