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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.
After nearly sixty years, CMC has academically realigned its Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Institute with the internally acclaimed Rusk Rehabilitation Institute of New York City. A relationship that was launched on September 1st brings back memories of the days when Dr. Mary Verghese, who worked under the tutelage of Dr. Howard Rusk in New York for 18 months, returned to Vellore to introduce rehabilitative medicine to India for the first time.
On July 1st, 2021, CMC re-opened the night schools and launched a new comprehensive developmental program for children and adolescents in the Jawadhi Hills through the support of a generous alumna.
In response to the deadly second wave of COVID-19 in India, the Foundation has raised $1.41 million through a concerted effort with CMC, as well as through the efforts and effectiveness of our Board, alumni, faith-based community, loyal friends and more than 500 newfound donors.
Over the last couple of weeks, CMC has responded in two key domains: First, the number of patients arriving at CMC each day with fever and breathing difficulty increased substantially as the pandemic wave shifted from the North and West to the East and South.
Alumni in the News
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).
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
Dr. Gagandeep Kang (Batch ’81) is profiled in The Lancet
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
Dr. Vincent Rajkumar (Batch ’84) Receives the Prestigious 2021 Waldenström Award by the International Myeloma Society
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. Ashita Singh (Batch ’93) fosters the spirit of service at the Chinchpada Christian Hospital.
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
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1 billion doses of COVID vaccine given in India in less than 10 months!!!
Almost all of it manufactured in India. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
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Such a pleasure to interview Prof. Kanta Subbarao, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza in Melbourne. So many role models in research/global health not afraid to take on big and important problems. @OffCMCVellore https://vellorecmc.org/interviews/2020-annual-report-interview-dr-kanta-subbarao/
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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.