The University of Michigan Medical School is expanding its collaboration with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The new agreement includes the research of cancer, immunology, genetics trauma and disaster medicine. It was signed by Prof Mahesh C Misra, Director, AIIMS, and Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan.
“Universities are at the forefront of globalisation and co-operation,” said Coleman, who is visiting India this week. “Collaborations among our universities draw on the strengths of diverse perspectives to encourage the sort of cross-fertilisation that is the basis of creativity and innovation,” he added.
The expanded alliance with AIIMS is expected to help fulfill U-M’s mission to facilitate health research, education and collaboration with global partners for the benefit of communities worldwide.
Misra added that the new agreement or MoU would have great impact for his institute. “AIIMS will benefit immensely from our collaboration in gastroenterology, liver, paediatric surgery, acute care surgery, organ transplantation. Our efforts are to jointly attract national and international funding,” he said.
The first MoU between the two institutions was signed in March 2012 for trauma care and marked the beginning of the partnership. “We’re aiming to develop a robust platform for collaboration that will facilitate research on diseases common to both our countries and the education that will strengthen our abilities to improve health,” said Joesph Kolars, the Medical School’s Senior Associate Dean, Education & Global initiatives.
“We bring a lot of experience and proven protocols to the table, along with a very robust program of basic and clinical science research,” said Krishnan Raghavendran, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Acute Care Surgery at the U-M Medical School.
EH News Bureau