Research

Research Projects:

• Effectiveness of Community based Parenting Program in improving cognitive development of rural children in Maharashtra. The project is funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
• 3rd WHO contract for South East Asia member countries (INR 49.95 lakhs). It will be a policy making document which will be used for National Guidelines by regulatory bodies of SE countries for young children (6 to 36 months)
• New Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre - Health Technology, funded by Entrepreneurship Development Center, Ahmedabad, Dept of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Characterization of CCF (nutrient composition, labelling including claims) in selected countries in SEAR, funded by World Health Organization, SEARO, New Delhi.
• Mental Health status of Covid Warriors funded by Indian Council of Social Science and Research, Government of India
• TemMed - Biomedical Device to improve adherence of TB patients, funded by Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (TEAMED- Assessing TB Compliance in Nagpur & Nashik)
• Burden of Soil Transmitted Helminths in Pregnant women in selected states in India, funded under the Public Health Research Initiative of Public Health Foundation of India.
• ICMR – NARI COVOVAX (Covid vaccine trial)
• Independent Evaluation study Design women +water Global Development Alliance Program (Wash) Washington
• Saving Brains : Effectiveness of maternal nutrition and parenting program on cognitive development of children from rural India at 2 Years of age : A Cluster RCT (Grand Challenges Canada)

Collaborations:

The school has National and International Collaboration active in the field of research, student, and faculty exchange. To name few,

• Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar
• University of Sheffield, UK
• University of Sydney, Australia
• Liverpool John Moors University, UK

The school is part of the following three consortium

• South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN)
• Global Consortium for Public Health Research
• Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI)