With the aim of taking a step forward in the approach of precision therapy to treat diabetes in India, two Indian students – Sushrima Gan and Aditya Shivram Nar recently joined the inspired program at Dundee University, England.
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Inspired is a four-year partnership between the University of Dundee’s Global Research Unit about the Global Diabetes Outcome Research and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation.
This program uses medical records to provide better care for diabetes along with a large collection of patient data (covering more than 450,000 Indian diabetes patients collected by specialty centers of Diabetes Dr.
Mohan in India.
The project seeks to improve the results of diabetes with a better understanding of diabetes, how it develops, why some people respond better than others for care, and why some patients experience complications.
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At present, Sushrima pursues PhD in medicine at Dundee University.
As a biostatistian, the role of sushmira in this project is to study the determinant factors of phenotypic and genotypic drug responses to managing diabetes in different ethnic populations.
His work has helped some inspired output, including research that has helped identify different forms of diabetes in South Asia.
It has important implications for predicting the risk of complications and focusing attention to individuals with the highest risk to develop it.
PhD Aditya’s research saw a retinal image as a biomarker to predict vascular complications among type of diabetes patients 2.
Retinal photography was used to filter the severity of retinopathy associated with diabetes.
He also explores what other valuable clinical information entered these photos to show that they are useful for early diagnosis of vascular complications.
In this program, a group of inter-discipline students are exploring various aspects of the complications of Diabetesaditya Shivram Nar
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It was near a personal meeting with diabetes that inspired Sushrima, a master in biostatistics from the University of Hindu Banaras (BHU) and Aditya, a science master of graduates in public health to join the program and help with diabetes productively.
“My parents suffered from diabetes, and I had seen the first hand of how terrible the disease was Statistics from the University of Calcutta.
Aditya’s parents are also diabetic patients.
With a bachelor’s degree at a pharmacy from the University of Mumbai, Aditya has combined his education in a way that will help it contribute to resolving greater problems than diabetes battles.
Both students submit a program request because they will give them a comprehensive prospect associated with diabetes in their respective research fields.
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Students do not face special problems when gaining their visas or travel.
“I think the achievement of visas is not a chaotic process because this program is specifically designed for India,” said Sushrima.
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This project plays an important role because it is related to the phenotypic data of diabetes students in India and genetics, which help take advanced steps in the approach of precision therapy to treat diabetes.
Aditya said, “This course has a group of students between disciplines, post-docs, and sympathizers, which all see various aspects of diabetes complications.
Therefore, the course has given me a unique exposure that will be very important for the future.”
For Sushrima, regular journal clubs and group discussions have helped him in the overall development as researchers.
