IndiaCLEN - Capacity Sub Committee

Chair Person:

Dr. Abraham Peedicayil, Christian Medical College, Vellore

Members:

• Dr. Rajiv Nath,KGMC, Lucknow
• Dr. Manorama Purwar, GMC, Nagpur
• Dr. BWC Sathiasekaran, MMC Chennai
• Dr. Edwin Amalraj,TNMGR ,Chennai
• Dr. Antonyswamy, CMC, Vellore
• Dr. Sheela Shenoy, Medical College, Trivandrum
• Dr. M Ramam,AIIMS, New Delhi

Objective:

• Development of personnel, equipment and infrastructure
• Assist CEUs to build capacity for research
• Development of Personnal, Equipment and Infrastructure in CEUs
• Enhancement of skills of members that would translate research into action
• Encourage higher levels of training
• Assist in Capacity building of colloborative partners

Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC)

Biostatistics Resource and Training Center (BRTC) of Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore was established with funding from INCLEN and has been running Biostatistics update courses since 1996 for IndiaCLEN Fellows. The center has visiting faculty from McMaster University, Canada and University of North Carolina, USA. Three-month courses on the recent developments in Biostatistics are offered by the Center. It also provides training through special workshops for 3-4 days on recent developments in Biostatistics. The center is specialized in Data Management for multi center studies.