Presentations from India (October 2006)

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Medical School and School of Public Health faculty met with directors and staff of the Indian Council on Medical Research in Dehli, India, to discuss mutual research interests and joint projects. Below are the presentations from various participants. The ICMR, headed by Dr. N.K. Ganguly, is similar in its scientific role to the US National Institutes of Health.

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Day One Presentations: October 18

Presentations on the first day focused on obesity and diabetes research; and heart failure.

• Robert Jeffery: Obesity Prevention Research at the University of Minnesota
  Powerpoint presentation describing key aspects of obesity research at Minnesota.
  
  
• John Connett: Global Studies of Surgical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  Summarizes surgical therapy study results.
  
  
• Kumar G. Belani: Obesity and Diabetes Prevention - Surgical & Public Health Appr
  Review of research trends.
  
  
• Anoop Misra: Obesity, Diabetes & The Metabolic Syndrome: Indian Perspective
  Summary of the epidemiology in India.
  
  
• Rajesh Khullar: Bariatric Surgery - An Asian Perspective
  A summary of work so far.
  
  
• S. Ikramuddin, T. Kellogg: A Paradigm Shift in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
  Summary of changes in diabetes Type II management.
  
  
• Naresh Trehan: CVD Trends in India
  Summary of the epidemiology.
  
  
• Prem Pais: CVD and India
  Perspective of the Dean of Medicine, St. John's University, Bangalore.
  
  
• Lyle Joyce: CVD Leading to Heart Failure - An Int'l Problem
  A global look at the issue by the University of Minnesota's Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.

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Day Two Presentations: October 19

Presentations focused on public health, biomedical research, autoimmune disease, stem cell research, tobacco control and infectious disease.

• Kumar G. Belani: Public Health US-India Partnerships - An Introduction
  Overview and summary.
  
  
• John Finnegan: Globalizing Public Health Training
  Trends in developing "global markets" for public health training.
  
  
• M.D. Gupte: ICMR School of Public Health-India US Partnership
  Review of ICMR directions in forming an SPH.
  
  
• Mark Paller: Research at the U of M Academic Health Center
  A summary and overview of research in the AHC.
  
  
• Jasjit Ahluwalia: Clinical Research Resources at the AHC
  Summary and overview of clinical-translational research efforts and resources.
  
  
• Lalit Kant: The Indian Council on Medical Research (ICMR)
  What it is, how it works, how it is organized; and a summary of projects.
  
  
• Dan Mueller: Autoimmune Disease Research at the AHC
  Overview of autoimmune research.
  
  
• Narinder Mehra: Autoimmune Disease and Immunogenetics
  Summary from the Dept of Transplant Immunology & Immunogenetics, AIIMS, New Delhi.
  
  
• S.K.Bhattacharya: Infectious Disease Advances
  Summary of India's situation.
  
  
• M. Pappaioanou: Influenza, Avian Influenza
  Current global data.
  
  
• Jonathan Ravdin: Development of a Synthetic Intranasal Lectin-based Amebiasis Su
  Progress to date summary.
  
  
• Philip McGlave: Stem Cell Transplantation at the AHC
  Summary of current work.
  
  
• Vasantha Muthuswamy: Stem Cell Research - An Indian Perspective
  View by the Senior Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research.
  
  
• Anne Joseph: Tobacco Research Program at the AHC
  Summary of efforts across the AHC.
  
  
• Kishore Chaudhry: The Global Battle for Tobacco Prevention - Indian View
  Description of India's tobacco and smoking problems in global context.
  
  
• Harry Lando: Networking for Global Tobacco Reduction
  Summary of directions.