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Short term training programmeJunior faculty researchers will receive four months of training at Emory to acquire specific and focused mentoring and research skills. Long term training programPost-doctoral fellows will receive 24 months of training (four months at Emory in the first year, six weeks at Emory in the second year, and the remaining 18.5 months in India). Training components include mentored research, coursework, professional development (ethics, grants-writing, communication skills), and an emphasis on context-specific innovation in health programs and research. Collaboration with Emory will compliment India-based mentoring and training, and permit transfer of skills and expertise in specific areas. |
Acknowledgement The U.S.Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and the Fogarty International Centre provides grant (1D43HD065249) that support the training programmes through their Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program (NCoD) (D43). |
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Centre for Chronic Disease Control and the Emory University are working towards building capacity in non communicable diseases (NCDs) prevention and control in India. In 2009 a collaborative NCD training initiative was launched by this partnership with the assistance from the National Institutes of Health, USA. This interdisciplinary training program focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) across the life-course, in cross-connecting subject areas (child health, nutrition and lifestyle, environmental health, obesity and diabetes, stroke and other vascular diseases) and population science disciplines (epidemiology and biostatistics, clinical trials, translation research, social sciences, and economics). The program will build a critical mass of NCD researchers and incorporate them within integrated NCD research programs in India with emphasis on retaining talented young scientists in India, enabling them to develop world-class research skills in an Indian-based trainingprogram, facilitating international collaborations, and providing end-of-training grants to promote in-country research projects. The program will have a cascading effect, as each of the 18 trainees will serve as a resource upon completion of the program, disseminating knowledge and skills to other researchers at in-country institutions. |