St. John's Research Institute

SJRI - IAEA Collaborating Centre

IAEA: In May 2010, IAEA formalises its relationship with the St. John´s Research Institute (SJRI) in Bangalore, India, designating it one of the IAEA´s select collaborating centres worldwide.The SJRI has been working with the IAEA´s Nutrition and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section since 1988, and is well networked in India as well as internationally."The SJRI is not only special because of its excellent track record, but because it´s the first Institution we have chosen to be a collaborating centre in Nutrition," says Lena Davidsson, Head of the IAEA´s Nutritional and Health-related Environmental Studies Section.The Institute´s research focuses on nutrition, cancer, as well as infectious and lifestyle-related diseases."This is an exceptionally good example of a centre where stable isotope technique is being used for nutrition-related research in a developing country," says Davidson.The longstanding relationship between the IAEA and the SJRI has provided a number of benefits to both parties. For example, the SJRI analyses samples for Asian and African Member States, provides lecturers for the Agency´s courses on stable isotope technique, and trains research fellows from Member States worldwide.BackgroundThe IAEA has introduced the concept of collaborating centres to assist in implementing specific areas of its programme of research, development and training in nuclear technologies, while capitalizing upon and helping to expand the capabilities of Member States´ scientific and technical institutions.Designation as a centre does not imply preeminence in the specific scientific field; rather it is a public recognition of the collaboration with the IAEA in a specific field of work.See Story Resources for more information. http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2010/buildingrelations.htmlRecognition RenewedInternational Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations has renewed and re-designated St. John’s Research Institute as their First and Only Nutrition Collaborating Centre in the World.  The Institute was first recognised in the year 2010 which has since been renewed from 2015 to 2019.Dr. Anura Kurpad, who heads the Division of Nutrition, was responsible for this recognition for St. John’s.More information is available at: http://www-naweb.iaea.org/na/news-na/na-st-johns-research-institute.html

ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) designates the St John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore led by Prof Suman Rao (Dept of Neonatology) and Dr Prem K. Mony (Division of Epidemiology & Population Health) as an ICMR Collaborating Centre of Excellence [ICMR-CCoE] in recognition of the commendable achievements in biomedical research. 

The Indian Cardiovascular Research and Advocacy Group-2 (ICRAG-2). ICMR-Centers for Advanced Research (CAR).

Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John’s Research Institute has been recognised by The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) for the period 2024 to 2029 under the leadership of Dr. Denis Xavier as Principal Investigator. The study title is “Impact, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of a synergistic, multipronged, customized, low-cost intervention package (IP) to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) among diverse populations across India.St John’s leads a consortium of 7 leading Institutions across India in this project. The group is called the Indian Cardiovascular  Research and Advocacy group (ICRAG-2).We will undertake multiple projects (Systematic review, cross-sectional study, qualitative study and a cluster randomized trial) across India over 5 years at about 25 sites.

Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) on Medical Devices Development, Characterization and Validation. A Clinical Trials Approach.

In the medical devices segment, India has seen explosive growth, fuelled by the encouraging start-up ecosystem, availability of skilled resources, low-cost hardware/software and data/communication network and the Medical/health sector with plethora of problems waiting to being tapped with smart/ AI enabled solutions. However, there is a lack of facilities for unbiased characterization, clinical testing and validation hampering the development of medical devices in the country.This proposed CAR will drive cutting-edge MedTech innovation and development within the medical/clinical environment interfacing with clinicians/patients and facilities at St. John’s Hospital and Research Institute. It will provide an interface for iterative design thinking, developmental change, hardware/software creation/modification etc to drive research within the medical devices domain. This program will create an enabling environment for novel device/ tools development through interface with clinicians, patients, and facilities to drive innovation and co-generation of IP and also evaluate medical devices through the use of standardized protocols, characterization, testing and validation. This will also help build capacity for hardware and software fabrication/ modification, test instrumentation, physiological simulation in hardware etc within St. Johns.