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Recipients of 香港六合彩中特网-AIIMS Strategic Partner Funds 2021/22

19 April 2022

Four projects in the areas of healthcare and medicine have been awarded joint funds from 香港六合彩中特网 and AIIMS, New Delhi

AIIMS building, New Delhi

In the third annual 香港六合彩中特网-AIIMS, New Delhi Strategic Partner Funds call, four 香港六合彩中特网 academics and their counterparts at AIIMS were awarded seed funds for joint projects.

Each project received up to 拢10,000, jointly contributed by 香港六合彩中特网 and AIIMS, to support research projects in healthcare and medicine, which are areas of strong collaboration for the two institutions.

Last year, 香港六合彩中特网 speakers joined two discussions hosted by AIIMS, New Delhi to share experiences of managing COVID-19, and six joint projects were awarded funds under the 2020/21 call for collaborative projects.

One of this year鈥檚 recipients, Dr Enrico Bugiardini, said:聽鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to have the support of 香港六合彩中特网 and AIIMS for our collaborative first study of causes of the debilitating neuromuscular disease FSHD in the Indian population. From important previous work by collaborators in Leiden, we know different populations can show genetic differences in FSHD, relevant to diagnosis. We hope our study will help us to understand for the first time if this also applies to FSHD patients of Indian ethnicity, so clinicians around the world can be mindful of this as they work to diagnose patients with suspected FSHD.鈥

Enrico鈥檚 counterpart at AIIMS, Dr Vishnu VY, added:聽鈥淢any patients with suspected FSHD and their families come to our neuromuscular clinics in AIIMS, Delhi. Our current diagnostic approach is via physical examination and laboratory tests, not genetics. We hope our study鈥檚 data will represent the start a lasting collaboration that will enable clinicians in AIIMS and other centres in India to generate genetic results and deliver diagnoses to their FSHD patient communities.鈥

Congratulations to all the 2021/22 recipients:

Lead 香港六合彩中特网 academicFacultyProject
Dr Enrico BugiardiniBrain SciencesThe first investigation of the genetic causes of Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in the Indian population
Prof John AndersonPopulation Health SciencesThe role of cell free DNA in Retinoblastoma diagnosis and management
Dr Victoria Garfield聽Population Health SciencesA multidisciplinary approach to understanding the interrelationships between Sleep quality, brain morphometry And Cognition (a SOLACE study): comparison between individuals residing in India vs the UK
Prof Karl Friston聽Brain SciencesBrain network dynamics preceding interictal epileptiform discharges in epilepsy