Alumni in the News

The Wilson Group – the assessors of the Peter Beaconsfield Prize have awarded Dr. Preman Singh the £250 Runner-up Prize. The prize is intended to reward young researchers who are capable of engaging with translational medicine, and displaying a wider grasp of the significance and potential applicability of their research. Read more about Dr. Singh …

Dr. Preman Singh (MBBS batch of 1983) Awarded the Peter Beaconsfield Runner-up Prize in Molecular Genetics at Oxford University in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG). Read More »

Richard Lane from The Lancet profiles Dr. Gagandeep Kang, leading virologist, Professor of Microbiology, Wellcome Trust Lab at CMC and co-chair of the Lancet Citizen’s Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System. “One of her striking traits is that she does not say a lot, particularly at large meetings, she is not the loudest voice. But …

Dr. Gagandeep Kang (Batch ’81) is profiled in The Lancet Read More »

The Waldenström Award is given by the International Myeloma Society to outstanding researchers in recognition of their contributions to the myeloma field. Read more here.

Dr. Singh and her husband have been running the hospital since 2014 and have engendered local confidence in its services, providing high-quality medical services to rural communities. Read more at Civil Society.

In a statement from Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS), Dr. Varkey will partner with chief administrative officer Mary Jo Williamson to manage the operations of the 17 hospitals and 50 community clinics in the MCHS system. Those facilities stretch across portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.­­ Read more at WXOW.com.

PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing our society today.­­ Learn more at PLOS Global Public Health.

As part of Cancer Research UK–Children with Cancer UK Innovation Awards, Dr. Anindita Roy (Batch ’90) at the University of Oxford and Prof. Anastasios Karadimitris, Imperial College of London, are developing a new “off-the-shelf” immunotherapy to treat a type of infant leukemia. Read more at Cancer Research UK.

The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is exacerbating a perennial problem of misinformation about immunization. To support additional debunking efforts, the Google News Initiative is launching a COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund worth up to $3 million. Read more at Google News Initiative.

Dr. Abraham Joseph and Ambi Harsha, the “Campus Kid”, have put together a video series of stories and ambient music of the times on the campus of the Christian Medical College, Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. Part 1 of this “musical memorabilia can be viewed here: View Part 1 of 6 on YouTube.