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On Friday, May 6, 2022, Fairfax Financial Holdings, along with its business services provider Quess Corp, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, to …
The Foundation and CMC have once again been selected by USAID as an American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) grant recipient, a federally funded program that supports infrastructure and capital improvement initiatives. The FY2020 ASHA Grant will support the use of robotics and Artificial Intelligence to help improve physical rehabilitation for people with disabilities.
On Thursday, Dec. 9th the Women’s Transformation and Leadership ministry from the Reformed Church in America (RCA) in collaboration with the Vellore Christian Medical College (CMC) Foundation held a virtual celebration entitled “Rekindle: Sisterships in Mission”. The RCA Women’s Leadership group including Reverend Liz Testa, Coordinator for Women’s Transformation and Leadership, helped to design and host this global mission event for hope. The evening’s program highlighted the season of Advent, Dr. Ida Scudder’s 151st birthday, and CMC’s endeavor to construct a maternity hospital in the Jawadhi Hills region of south India.
Philip Yancey shares the principles he has come to learn through years of writing about God and suffering. Yancey also speaks about his relationship with Dr. Paul Brand, a prominent physician who worked with leprosy patients at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, and how that relationship influenced his perception of pain.
The Foundation and CMC have once again been selected by USAID as an American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) grant recipient, a federally funded program that supports infrastructure and capital improvement initiatives. The FY2020 ASHA Grant will support the use of robotics and Artificial Intelligence to help improve physical rehabilitation for people with disabilities.
Alumni in the News
Dr. Gagandeep Kang (Batch ’81) Participated in the India-US Health Partnership roundtable on “Vaccine for All”
The Indian Embassy in the United States organized a roundtable on “Vaccine for All” as part of the India-US Health Partnership.
New Jersey’s Only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Names Director for Phase I Clinical Trials and Investigational Therapeutics
Enhancing its commitment to providing the most advanced treatment options for cancer patients through clinical trials, Rutgers Cancer Institute of
Dr. Alok Srivastava Presents a Promising Experimental Hemophilia Therapy at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition
Fitusiran, an experimental hemophilia therapy administered through a monthly subcutaneous injection, met its primary endpoint in a phase III trial
Dr. Priya Abraham: For the love of virology
Dr. Priya Abraham, director of the National Institute of Virology, profiled in Forbes India. As the head of the National
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Azim Premji, Founder-Chair of @Wipro, asks:
What is the magic of CMC?
He goes on to answer the question during his speech for the Ida Scudder Humanitarian Oration, delivered at @OffCMCVellore in Dec '21. https://bit.ly/3LlZd7c @VCMCFoundation #nottobeservedbuttoserve
#pandemic
Meet Mayo Clinic’s infectious disease specialist: https://vellorecmc.org/interviews/2020-annual-report-interview-dr-priya-sampathkumar/
In this interview, @PSampathkumarMD discusses excellence in patient care & her involvement with India SOS during India’s second wave of the pandemic.
#IWD2022 #WomeninScience #IdaScudder #cmcalumni
Dr. Subbarao (Batch '75) was also recently profiled in the @TheLancetInfDis:
Kanta Subbarao—confronting influenza and COVID-19 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00172-4/fulltext#.YkNeoX_StoE.twitter
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Patient Care – COVID-19 Response – CMC Vellore readies 400-bed COVID-19 Care Facility at its new campus in Kannigapuram
Research – Christian Medical College, CMC, Vellore – Over 30,000 babies in India die each year from Rotor Virus – that was until CMC unique approach to research lead to the development of a vaccine.
Our History – Christian Medical College, CMC, Vellore – In this video you will see the moment that inspired a young woman to establish a Christian medical mission in Southern India over a 100 years ago.