Internally Funded Research

CTMRF Funded Research Projects during the period 2018- 2019

Principal Investigator : Dr. Anand Manoharan, Director (Research), CTMRF

Research Projects : Determination Of Pneumonia Etiology, Association Between Nasopharyngeal Load Of S.pneumoniae, Viral Coinfection And Clinical Severity Of Pneumonia Among Children <5 Years At KKCTH, Chennai.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 12.5 Lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. Anand Manoharan, Director (Research), CTMRF

Research Projects : Developing a rapid diagnostic platform to detect antibodies to Salmonella typhi using a synthetic & unique Salmonella specific outer membrane antigen fragment.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 3.75 Lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. P. Sulochana Putli Bai, Laboratory Director & Head of Microbiology, KKCTH

Research Projects : Determination of trend in third generation cephalosporin MIC of Salmonella isolated in blood.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 80,000/-

Principal Investigator : Dr. Arathi Srinivasan, Associate Consultant, Haemato-Oncology, KKCTH

Research Projects : Assessment of nutritional status in children with cancer.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 12.5 Lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. Julius Xavier Scott, Visiting Consultant, Haemato-Oncology, KKCTH

Research Projects : Study of genetic polymorphisms in methotrexate metabolism to predict methotrexate toxicity in children with cancer.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 4.5 Lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : Frequency and clinical outcomes of Respiratory Viral Infections in children with cancer presenting with febrile neutropenia.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 15 Lacs

Principal Investigator : -

Research Projects : CTMRF Research Laboratory.

Year of sanction: 2018

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 75 Lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. Chandrakumar N, MD, DM (Neonatology), HOD-Neonatology, KKCTH

Research Projects : Correlation of serum lactate levels, Perfusion index and Pleth variability index with invasive BP in late preterm and term infants with shock in level III NICU: a prospective observational study.

Year of sanction: 2019

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 3.5 Lacs

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Medical Director and Head of the Dept. of Pediatrics, KKCTH

Research Projects : Comparative evaluation of the diagnositc accuracy of dengu NSI ELISA, IgM, PCR and a newly designed LAMP (loop mediated amplification test): A study from a pediatric teaching hospital in Chennai.

Year of sanction: 2019

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.): 8 Lacs

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