Global REACH: India Platform

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Welcome to India

Learn more about our partnering collaborators in India.

Overview

The India Platform spans a number of multi-disciplinary partnerships across some of the country’s leading institutions. The University of Michigan’s relationship with All India Institute of Medical Science, in New Delhi, stretches back to 2011 with more recent collaborations with Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, in Kochi, and Manipal University, in Udupi City.

Partnerships focus on trauma and surgery, antimicrobial resistance, genetic research of developmental disorders, and more. Michigan Medicine’s Kellogg Eye Center has a longstanding relationship with India’s unique Aravind Eye Care Center and the Global Surgery Center recently entered into a new partnership with GVK, India’s primary ambulance service provider, that will focus on emergency response training.

Platform at a Glance

Partner Institutions:
All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi
Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Kochi
Manipal University, Udupi City
Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai

Activities:
Capacity Building
Research Training
Student Exchange

Primary Focus Areas:
Emergency Medicine
Trauma Surgery
Oncology
Ophthalmology

Featured Collaborations

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GVK Partnership

GVK Partnership
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Aravind Training Partnership

Learn about Aravind Training Partnership.

Aravind Training Partnership

Publications with Collaborators in India

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View a list of publications authored by Global REACH Faculty Network members with collaborators from India in the 22-23 academic year. Throughout the year, more than 100 Global REACH Faculty Associates (from the medical school) and Faculty Affiliates (from other health science disciplines) published 384 papers with foreign co-authors, including about 30 with colleagues in India.

View all Countries' Publications from 2022-23

India Platform News

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Medical School News

COVID-eo Conference: How a U-M physician helped care for patients in India during the pandemic

Krishnan Raghavendran used the videoconference tools popularized during the pandemic to help colleagues in India care for their most difficult COVID cases.
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Medical School News

New Training Grant Finds Kellogg Eye Center Partnering With India’s Leading Eye Hospital

A new NIH-funded project supports partnership between Kellogg Eye Center and Aravind Eye Hospital to develop a clinical research training program.
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Department News

New Certificate in Global Health Program welcomes first cohort of residents, fellows

The new Certificate in Global Health for Residents and Fellows program held its kick-off session Oct. 6, bringing together a multi-disciplinary cohort of participants from eight departments to learn from faculty leaders and each other as they explore global health concepts and trends.
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Department News

Making a difference in Dandora: UMMS student grapples with challenges in Kenya’s largest waste dump

Eric Cooper and U-M School of Nursing student Noeline Cheruto spent a little over two weeks this summer in Dandora, a 30-acre open-air dumpsite in Nairobi, getting to know the Kenyans who live and work at the site, learning about their myriad health and social challenges, and looking for opportunities for U-M learners to meaningfully engage.
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Department News

Benin collaborator’s visit advances plans for stroke rehabilitation study

Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Libak Abou recently hosted his collaborator from Benin. They are partnering to adapt wearable technology employed by U-M for use in Benin, where stroke is a leading cause of disability and access to rehabilitation services is limited.