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FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF INN, MARCH 11, 2006

The aim of this meet was to discuss about the aims and objectives of INN and also focus on the year 1 plan of identifying tools for determining high-risk individuals for NCD. Dr. V. Mohan, President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chairman & Chief of Diabetology, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai highlighted the aims and goals of INN. The members present unanimously selected Madras Diabetes Research Foundation as the secretariat of INN. Several suggestions were given by the members about future activities of INN, which included writing of grant proposals as a network for identifying high risk individuals of NCDs, formulating prevention strategies and motivating young researchers to take up research projects related to NCDs.  Further it was suggested to start a website dedicated to INN for posting the activities under this network and to form a core committee to make decisions regarding the network.

FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF INN, MARCH 11, 2006

Members present :

  1. Dr. O. Dale Williams, Professor and Associate Director, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.
  2. Dr. Cora E. Lewis,Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.
  3. Dr. Myron D. Gross,  Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
  4. Dr. G. Roglic, Technical Officer, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
  5. Dr. V. Mohan, President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
  6. Dr. M. Rema, Vice President, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
  7. Dr. K. Anand, Associate Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  8. Dr. U.V. Mani, Head, Department of Foods & Nutrition, Co-Ordinator, WHO Collaborating Centre, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India.
  9. Dr. Uma Iyer, Reader, Department of Foods & Nutrition, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India.
  10. Dr. B.W.C. Sathiyasekaran, Professor, Department of Community Medicine,   Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, India.
  11. Dr. V. Kumaraswami, Deputy Director, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, India.
  12. Dr. R.M Pandey, Additional Professor, Department of Bio-statistics All India Institute of   Medical  Sciences , New Delhi, India.
  13. Dr. Rajeev Gupta, Professor of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, India.
  14. Dr. Naval K. Vikram, Assistant Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  15. Dr. Manjula Datta, Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, Chennai, India.
  16. Dr. J.S. Thakur, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

 

 

 

 
 
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