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The Department of Health Sciences Research (HSR) is a premier interdisciplinary and translational research hub at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus
Department of
Health Sciences Research (HSR)
The Department of Health Sciences Research (HSR) is a premier interdisciplinary and translational research hub at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus. Under the leadership of Dr. D. M. Vasudevan, the department promotes high-impact research through strong national and international collaborations.
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The department actively executes nationally funded projects supported by agencies such as:
ICMR – Indian Council of Medical Research
CSR- Corporate Social Responsibility Fund
FDI – Foreign Development Investment
ROCHE- Roche products (India) Private Limited
CCDC – Centre for Chronic Disease Control (Society)
AYUSH – Central Council for Research in Ayurveda Sciences (CCRAS) Ministry of Ayush Government of India
IECS ARGENTINA STUDY Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy
TBA- The Tuberculosis Association of India
BMS- Bristol Myers Squibb India Pvt Ltd
ESI- Endocrine Society of India
Institution – IIT Kanpur, IIT Bengaluru
Other Funding Bodies
HSR manages internationally funded research projects in collaboration with reputed global organizations and institutions, including:
The department supports research across:
With a strong emphasis on innovation, capacity building, and policy translation.
Department of
Health Sciences Research (HSR)
HSR provides end-to-end research management, including:
The department ensures scientific rigor and adherence to global research standards.
Department of
Health Sciences Research (HSR)
Dean – Research (Medical), School of Medicine, Kochi | Research Head, School of Medicine, Kochi
Dr. Sreekumar Kannoth Paniker
Professor
Dr. V. Siva Kumar
Professor
Prof. Muralee Damodaran
Emeritus Professor
Dr. C. K. K. Nair
Emeritus Professor
Dr. Sheena P. Kochumon
Asst. Professor
Team HSR
Team AI
Telemedicine
Simulation Lab
Department of
Health Sciences Research (HSR)
| PI Name | Department | Funding Agency | Title | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jaideep C. Menon | Cardiology | ICMR | Data driven approaches to snake bite: Epidemiology, reporting, phenotypes, environmental factors, inequalities & treatment duration | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Jaideep C. Menon | Cardiology | ICMR | Digital technologies for optimizing the continuum of CARE for diabetes and hypertension management in the public healthcare system in India-DIGI Care Multi centre study | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Jaideep C Menon | Cardiology | WHO | Longitudinal cluster randomised design of a lifestyle toolkit in individuals with cardiometabolic multimorbidity: Implementation-Effectiveness, Type III study. | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Jaideep C Menon | Cardiology | ICMR | ZERO SNAKEBITE DEATH INTIATIVE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT FOR MITIGATION OF SNAKE BITES ENVENOMING SARPA | 2025-2029 |
| Dr. Jaideep C Menon | Cardiology | ICMR | Accelerating the Snakebite envenomation (SBE) Care: Implementation of a digital intervention approach in a high burden district of Odisha | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Aswathy S. | Community Medicine | WHO | Improving adherence to drugs among persons with coronary artery disease through m-health and community health worker led interventions in Kerala; a type II effectiveness- implementation research | 2023-2025 |
| Dr. Aswathy S. | Community Medicine | IECS ARGENTINA STUDY | Estimating the disease burden, economic impact , and health and economic benefits of raising taxes to counter the dual combustible and smokeless tobacco epidemics in India: an economic and disease modelling study. | 2024-2025 |
| Dr. Aswathy S. | Community Medicine | ICMR | Serosurvey for Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) in Western Ghats, India, 2024 (20,89,013/-) | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. Gopal S. Pillai | Opthalmology | ICMR | Development of a Combined Deep Learning Algorithm Integrating Clinical Metadata and Retinal Fundus Imaging for Predieting Chronic Kidney Disease | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Gopal S. Pillai | Opthalmology | ICMR | Developing a machine learning based algorithm to screem and triage patients at risk of cardiovascular diseases like coronary artery disease and stroke from non mydriatic retinal images | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Gopal S. Pillai | Opthalmology | ROCHE | Develop an Android Application for patients to input medication details, track treatment duration, and analyze expenditure for better financial planning and patient care | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Chandrasekhar Janakiram | Public Health Dentistry | ICMR | Anant Mushkaan: A multi- site implementation Research on primary School based tooth brushing and oral health education in India | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Chandrasekhar Janakiram | Public Health Dentistry | ICMR | SARANSH (System Atic Reviews And Networking Support in Health) Grant for regional capacity building in systematic reviews and meta-analysis. | 2024-2025 |
| Dr. Chandrasekhar Janakiram | Public Health Dentistry | FCRA | “Incorporating economic evidence in systemic reviews: A methodology study” | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. Chandrasekhar Janakiram | Public Health Dentistry | ICMR | “Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Standalone Oral Health Curriculum for Primary and Middle School Students in Kerala: A Model for National Adoption”. | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. K. N. Panicker | Community Medicine | ICMR | Developing and demonstrating a comprehensive community- based model for morbidity management, disability prevention(MMDP) and rehabilitation of lymphatic filariasis patients | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. K. N. Panicker | Community Medicine | FCRA | Vocational Rehabilitation , to Augment the quality of life of Stigmatised elephantoid filarial patients in Kerala, India- A Mixed Method Study | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. Hisham Ahamed | Cardiology | ICMR | Repurposing anti diabetic drug and related rescue mechanisms for glycogen storage cardiomyopathy | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Hisham Ahamed | Cardiology | BMS | Characterization of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Burden and Clinical Outcomes in a South Asian Tertiary Care HCM Centre. | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Hisham Ahamed | Cardiology | FCRA | A multicentre observational study on sudden cardiac death risk marker profile and arrthymicoutcomes in hypertropic cardiomyopathy patients with ICD implantation | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Navaneetha Sasikumar | Peadiatric Cardiology | FCRA | Early detection of congenital heart disease aided by mobile app based echo-integrated diagnostic tool. | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. Navaneetha Sasikumar | Peadiatric Cardiology | ICMR | Development and Implementation and evaluation of protocolized cardio obstetric care in improving maternal cardiac obstetric and fetal outcomes of pregnant women with heart disease in India. | 2024-2028 |
| Dr. Hindol das | Public Health Dentistry | ICMR | Effectiveness of an oral health curriculum in reducing dental caries increment and improving oral hygiene behaviour among school children of Ernakulum: A cluster randomized trial | 2022-2026 |
| Dr. Sandya | Radiology | AYUSH | A randomised controlled study to assess the effect of Marsha Nasya karma in motor, sensory, memory and cognitive parameters elicted through MRI elicted apparently healthy individuals. | 2023-2025 |
| Dr. Venkitachalam | Public Health Dentistry | FDI | Common risk factor approach for improving early childhood oral health and malnutrition among primary and preschool children in kalpetta, India. | 2023-2026 |
| Dr. Manu Sudhakar | Biochemistry | ICMR | Multi- Omics based machine learning models for detection of metabolic syndrome and it’s components | 2023-2026 |
| Dr. Vivek Nambiar | Neurology Stroke Medicine | ICMR | Implementation of Tele stroke in acute stroke thrombolysis and stroke prevention in selected triballydominant areas of South, North and North East India | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Arun Mamchan Xavier | Peadiatric & Preventive Dentistry | DHR | Assessment of the effect of prenatal and post natal maternal behavioural change communication(BCC) INTERVENTION ON THE Dental Caries Experience of their children | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Mahesh Kappanayil | Peadiatric Cardiology | ICMR | Lethal Aortopathy syndrome associated with novel FBLN4D203A mutation among Mappila Children of Malabar, Kerala-seeking novel clinical, moleculargenetic and anthropological insights. | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Perraju Bendapudi | Opthalmology | ICMR | Screening diagnosis and staging of retinopathy of premature in preterm and low birth weight infants using AI | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Neeraj Sidharthan | Clinical Haematology | FCRA | WFH TWINNING FUNDING AGREEMENT FORM HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT CENTRE. | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Akhilesh K. | Respiratory Medicine | TBA | Barriers of implementing pulmonary rehabilitation in South India-A SWOT Analysis | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. Subramania Iyer | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | FCRA | Validation of point of care devices for immunosuppressive drug monitoring and precision dosing in transplant patients (PRIMA) | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Venkitachalam | Public Health Dentistry | FCRA | “Impact of an education training package to Anganwadi workers for improving oral health knowledge among mother-child dyads in Kerala, India.” | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. Teena Mary Joy | Community Medicine | ICMR | A phase III, Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, immuogenicity & safety of single dose of dengue tetravalent vaccine, live attenuated (recombinant,lyophilized)- dengiIII of panacea biotech limited in healthy Indian Adults under NHRP(vector borne component) | 2024-2027 |
| Dr. Rema G. | Hematology | ICMR | Efficacy of low-Dose prophylaxis with Emicizumab in preventing bleeds and reducing work absenteeism in adults with Hemophilia. | 2025-2029 |
| Dr. Arun Valsan | Gastroentrology | ICMR | Identification of outcome biomarkers in yellow phosphorus or metal phosphides (YPMP) related acute liver failure/injury using untargeted proteomic signature with clinical profile and development of a novel machine learning derived score for outcome prediction Amutli – center collaborative trial | 2024-2029 |
| Dr. Lakshmi Menon | Head & Neck Oncology | ICMR | Clinical development of EGFR targeted Indocyanine Green-Cetuximab probe for Near- Infrared Image guided surgery of Oral squamous Cell Carcinoma to ensure surgical adequacy | 2024-2029 |
| Dr. Shubham Ahirrao | Endocrinology | ESI | Urine Cortisol to creatinine ratio after ACTH stimulation as a measure of Adrenal Sufficiency in non critically ill adults. | 2024-2025 |
| Dr. R. Krishna Kumar | Peadiatric Cardiology | ICMR | Centre for Advanced Research in Pulmonary Hypertension | 2024-2029 |
| Dr. Divyamol | Geriatrics | ICMR | The Impact of positive aging intervention on flourishing of elderly in India; A Pan-India Cluster Randomized Trial | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. Harilal Parasuram | Neurology | INSTITUTION – IIT KANPUR | “AI-based Deep Learning Algorithms for Epilepsy Detection,” | 2024-2026 |
| Dr. Harilal Parasuram | Neurology | INSTITUTION – IISc Bangalore | Intracranial EEG monitoring, functional and behavioural mapping of cognition. | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Nisha Bhavani | Endocrinology | ICMR | Establishing reference intervals of transgenders in the Kerala population. | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Hisham Ahamed/ Dr R KK | Cardiology | CCDC | Understanding Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Indians | |
| Dr. Ginil Kumar | Uro-Oncology | FCRA | INTUITIVE FOUNDATION | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Chitra Venkateswaran | Community Medicine | FCRA | Assessment of a psychological intervention by community health volunteers for hypertension in rural settings in Alappuzha in Kerala – A pilot study.” | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. Mamatha M. R. | Pharmacology | ICMR | “Alternative Sampling and Analytical Method Development for Simultaneous Antimicrobial Drug Detection and Quantification Using LC-MS in Neonatal Saliva for Optimizing Drug Therapy” | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. D. M. Vasudevan | Health Science Research | ICMR | Development of infrastructure for promotion of health research I.C.M.R. New Delhi- Release of non-recurring Grant-in-aid for Establishment of Multi-Disciplinary Research Units (MRUs) in Medical Colleges/Research Institutions under the umbrella scheme of ‘DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PROMOTION OF HEALTH RESEARCH’ during the financial year 2025-26 through ‘Assignment’ to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the Treasury Single Account (TSA) System. | 2026-2031 |
| Dr. Tejal Patel | Head & Neck | ICMR | Genetic profilimh and comparison of the advancing tumour front in aggressive and non-aggressive oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. Krishnanunni Nair | GI Surgery | ICMR | Microbiome – Mediated Modulation of Hepatic Regeneration After Living Donor Liver Transplantation | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. Priya Nair | Gastroentrology | ICMR | “A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Adjuvant Therapy to Biologic Agents in Crohn’s Disease with Fistulae.” | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. Zachariah Paul Polachirakal | Nephrology | ICMR | Donor derived cell free DNA testing for immune surveillance in kidney transplant recipients | 2025-2026 |
| Dr. K. R. Thankappan | Public Health | ICMR | Effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention utilizing digital technology on hypertension control in a fishing community in South India- A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial | 2025-2028 |
| Dr. Siby Gopinathan | Neurology | CSR | Supporting Surgical care for economically disadvantaged epilepsy patients and consultation of patients through telemedicine | 2025-2027 |
| Dr. Manu Raj | HSR & Pediatrics | CSR | Preparing Children after heart surgery towards a fulfilling and productive adulthood | 2026-2031 |
| Dr. Ansalna Y. | Endocrinology | ESI | Prognostication of indeterminate thyroid nodule by detecting driver mutations in FNA SAMPLES and plasma cell -free nucleic acids. | 2026-2027 |
| Dr. Suma Balan | Rheumatology | FCRA | “Prevalence of Rheumatological Musculoskeletal Disorders Among School Children in Ernakulam District, Kerala,India – a COPCORD cross-sectional survey”, | 2026-2028 |
Department of
Health Sciences Research (HSR)
Contact Person: Mrs. VIBI (Secretary HSR)
Email: hsr@aims.amrita.edu
Extn: 8024
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