Manipal University is a partner in the UAB-South Asia ITREOH Program with the Sparkman Center.
Partnership Profile
Manipal University-Kasturba Medical College (MU-KMC) is located in Manipal, on the Malabar Coast of Southwest India and is part of the UAB-South Asia International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH), a collaborative research training program. MU is the nucleus of 50 educational institutions and 10 hospitals. It is also the center of a comprehensive network of community health services and numerous rural development projects.
Accomplishments
Due to collaborative efforts with the UAB-South Asia ITREOH Program, MU has been offering a graduate degree program in public health (MPH) since Fall 2009.
Trainee-led pilot research projects in India include:
- The Mercury and Infant Neurological Development (MIND) Study in India – Pilot Phase
- Occupational Risk of Health Sciences Students to Vaccine Preventable Airborne Viral Diseases in India
- Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability (CUPID)
- Determinants of Seroprevalence of Burkholderia Pseudomallei in Residents of Udupi Taluk and Environmental Prevalence of B. Pseudomallei –A Preliminary Study
- Relationship between Climatic Factors and Diarrheal & Vector Borne Disease in Southwest India - A Retrospective Study
- Global Climate Change: Opinions of School Teachers and General Population in Mangalore, India
- A Multi-Center Study to Assess Fine Particle Matter (PM2.5) Air Pollution Due to Secondhand Smoke in Public Places
- Use of National Reporting System for Occupational Diseases among Non-Governemental Employees in Peninsular Malaysia
- Surveillance of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries in Malaysia, 2002 to 2006
- Awareness and Perception towards Global Climate Change among School Teachers and General Population in Mangalore
- Retrospective Analysis of Climate-Related Factors and Vector-Borne Diseases
- Retrospective Analysis of Climate-Related Factors and Diarrheal Diseases with a Focus on Cholera