Applications open for Senior Research Fellowships and Research Associates - 2015 : CSIR

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Overseas Doctoral Fellowship to Indian Students

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Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has recently approved the launch of SERB Overseas Doctoral Fellowship. 

• Under this programme SERB provides fellowship to Indian students graduating from Indian universities/ institutes to pursue Ph.D. in areas of science, technology, engineering and medicine in academic institutions of international repute abroad.
• The Programme aims to build national capacity where the talent supply of researchers in areas of interest to the country is sub-critical.
• The applicant should be an Indian and have completed eligible degree in India (Bachelor/Post graduate) in Science or Engineering (including Medicine, Pharma, Agriculture and related S&T areas) not earlier than preceding two years.
• The applicant should have got admission into doctoral research program in *specified areas in overseas top ranking universities. The fellowship amount will be US $24,000 per annum.
• The fellowship will be offered for a period of 4 years. In exceptional cases, the fellowship can be extended for one more year.
• In addition, one time Contingency/Preparatory allowance of Rs. 60,000/- and return Airfare (Economy) will be given to every fellow.
• SERB is in a process of initiating dialogue with top ranking overseas Universities to explore long term partnerships to build quality human capacity. 

SERB has entered Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the following Universities:

SERB has been negotiating with more top ranking Universities. Students who secured admission in other top ranking Universities across the globe can also apply for these fellowships. They should send the applications directly to SERB along with a copy of admission offer letter from the overseas institution and their bio-data. In this case, selected fellows will be provided a fellowship of US $24,000 per annum and one time Contingency/Preparatory allowance of Rs. 60,000/- and return Airfare (Economy). The selected candidate is required to execute a bond on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.100/- before a notary-public/Oath of Commissioner as per specimen bond of SERB. The candidates are required to return to India after completion of their Ph.D. However, permission for staying for another four years after completion of the Ph.D course may be considered, for the reasons to be recorded in writing without any financial support of any kind whatsoever from SERB. 

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2015 Treatment Recommendations on Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science and CPR

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The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) was formed in 1993 and currently includes representatives from the American Heart Association (AHA), the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation, the Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, and the Resuscitation Council of Asia.

Mission : To identify and review international science and information relevant to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) and to offer consensus on treatment recommendations. ECC includes all responses necessary to treat sudden life-threatening events affecting the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, with a particular focus on sudden cardiac arrest. For this 2015 consensus publication, ILCOR also included first aid topics in its international review and consensus recommendations.

In 1999, the AHA hosted the first ILCOR conference to evaluate resuscitation science and develop common resuscitation guidelines. The conference recommendations were published in the Guidelines 2000 for CPR and ECC. Since 2000, researchers from the ILCOR member councils have evaluated and reported their International Consensus on CPR and ECC Science With Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) in 5-year cycles. The conclusions and recommendations of the 2010 CoSTR were published at the end of 2010. Since that time, ILCOR meetings and webinars have continued to identify and evaluate resuscitation science. The most recent ILCOR 2015 International Consensus Conference on CPR and ECC Science With Treatment Recommendations was held in Dallas in February 2015, and this publication contains the consensus science statements and treatment recommendations developed with input from the ILCOR task forces, the invited participants, and public comment.

The parts of this CoSTR publication include a summary of the ILCOR processes of evidence evaluation and management of potential or perceived conflicts of interest, and then reports of the consensus of the task forces on adult basic life support (BLS; including CPR quality and use of an automated external defibrillator [AED]); advanced life support (ALS; including post–cardiac arrest care); acute coronary syndromes (ACS); pediatric BLS and ALS; neonatal resuscitation; education, implementation, and teams (EIT); and first aid. The 2015 CoSTR publication is not a comprehensive review of every aspect of resuscitation medicine; not all topics reviewed in 2010 were rereviewed in 2015. This Executive Summary highlights the evidence evaluation and treatment recommendations of this 2015 evidence evaluation process. Not all relevant references are cited here, because the detailed systematic reviews are included in the individual Parts of the 2015 CoSTR publication.

Here are the complete details on the therapeutic recommendations on CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science. 

Part - I: Executive Summary : Download Here

Part - II: Evidence Evaluation and Management of Conflicts of Interest : Download Here

Part - III: Adult Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillation : Download Here

Part - IV: Advanced Life Support : Download Here

Part - V: Acute Coronary Syndromes : Download Here

Part - VI: Pediatric Basic Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support : Download Here

Part - VII: Neonatal Resuscitation : Download Here

Part - VIII: Education, Implementation, and Teams : Download Here

Part - IX: First Aid : Download Here

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List of Journals with Impact Factors - 2015

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The IF provides quantitative tools for ranking, evaluating, categorizing, and comparing journals. The impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. The impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.

The impact factor is useful in clarifying the significance of absolute (or total) citation frequencies. It eliminates some of the bias of such counts which favor large journals over small ones, or frequently issued journals over less frequently issued ones, and of older journals over newer ones. Particularly in the latter case such journals have a larger citable body of literature than smaller or younger journals. All things being equal, the larger the number of previously published articles, the more often a journal will be cited.

Calculation of journal impact factors:

A= Total cites in 2015 

B = 2015 cites to articles published in 2013-2014 (this is the subset of A) 

C = Number of articles published in 2013- 2014 

D = B/C = 2015 Impact Factor

Here is the list of all the top journals which are indexed, this helps in differentiating the true journals which are well indexed from that of fake journals. This document will also provide you the journal cited half - life. 

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Public Health Research Initiative (PHRI) Research Grant: 2015-16

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Dear Pharm.D Professionals,

Finally, the wait is over now its time to prove.. This is a challenging opportunity to prove the strength of Indian research in Global Public Health, If we get succeed in this.. there exists many more opportunities. 

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Public Health Research Initiative (PHRI)

Public Health foundation of India (PHFI) in collaboration with Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB, A Statutory Body under Department of Science and Technology (DST)) aims to set up an extramural fund to provide the Indian researchers focused on public health from institutions of repute, as per an established process. PHRI will enable young Indian researchers to carry out clearly defined research project at a place of their choice up to a period of 36 months.

Project Duration and Cost:

These grants will be awarded for research studies of public health importance in India. The estimated amount of the available research grant is limited to 30 Lakh INR per fellowship. The total duration of the grant will not exceed more than THREE years.

Eligibility Criteria:

The applicant must possess a Postgraduate degree from an accredited institution in any domain related to public health, including medical and non-medical sciences, nutrition, physiotherapy, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, social sciences, law and humanities. It would be desirable if the applicant has a doctoral degree. (Applications related to Biomedical, Biophysics and biochemistry are excluded from PHRI fellowships)

Age Criteria:

The applicant must be40 years or less at the time of applying for the PHRI Research Grant, age relaxation of 5 years is applicable for female or if applicant belong to SC/ST/OBC then

Application procedure:

Candidates are requested to apply online

a) Online application formats with detailed guidelines are available at the website www.phfi.org Guidelines for Submitting a proposal

This should include the following:

Title of the study

Overall goal

Broad Objective

Specific objectives

Methodology

Analysis plan

Expected outcome

Timeline

Implications for future research

References

Dissemination and publication plan

Itemized budget along with justification for each item

Curriculum vitae of investigator listed in the grant application

Word limit: Not more than 3000 words (excluding references, Dissemination plan, Itemized budget and Curriculum Vitae) Font Style: Times New Roman Font Size: 12 with Line Spacing 1.5

Kindly note following should be mentioned while sending the grant application:

Area of work:

Area proposed by candidate should be clearly defined research area in any aspect of Public Health like Public Health Nutrition, Non Communicable Diseases, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Policy etc.

Place of work:

A project site in India, depending on the demand of the research study. The PHFI reserves the right to reject the fellowship application in case candidate DOES NOT FULFIL minimum qualification or supplies any false information.

Public Health Research Initiative (PHRI) Fellowship: 2015. Online submission will close by 15 June 2015 after 5:00 PM.

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Statistics of Indian Research : Two sides of the same Coin

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Background:

India is a democratic and second largest populous country in the world with rapidly expanding economy and scientific production at an impressive rate. India has started the 21st Century well behind Russia, France, Italy and Canada, this needs empowerment and advancements in technology and scientific endeavours. In terms of yearly publications India leads all these countries by healthy margins and now its about to reach Japan. Despite of these gains, Indian publications generate fewer citations on an average when compared to emerging countries like China and Brazil. The brighter spots include several world class centres for science, education and technology investing sufficient funds in Research & Development (R&D). More women almost 14% are participating in science in India heading towards the global progress. 

Top 10 Elite research institutions in India:

1. Punjab University -Chandigarh
2. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Mumbai
3. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science - Kolkata
4. CSIR Chemistry and Physics - 5 locations
5. Indian Institute of Technology - Mumbai
6. Indian Institute of Science - Bengaluru
7. Indian Institute of Technology - Guwahati
8. CSIR industry and standards - 12 locations
9. Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur 
10. Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai

This image is copied from Nature - News Feature; the author of this blog is not responsible for incorrect geographical map of India

Investments in Research and Development: 

India is Asia's second largest country, but has very few scientists; as many Indian born researchers leave for higher positions in abroad and very very few foreign scientists settle in India. The country invests adequate economy in Research & Development and produces relatively very less patents per capita compared to other nations. China's research spending has shot up to almost 2% of its GDP, India languishes around 0.9% and lags behind Brazil and Russia. India spends 171 thousand US $ per researcher, and the United states tops with 342 thousand US$, Pakistan at the bottom with 58 thousand US $. Countries like Hungary, Spain, UK are behind India where as China, Brazil, South Korea, France, Japan, Italy, Germany are beyond. 

Publications and Patents: 

Since 2000, though India has quadrupled its scholarly output the impact remained very low, nearly 30% of the world's average. India is one of the world's leading filters of patents but registers few applications till date. 17 domestic and foreign patent applications are filed in 2013 per 1 million people, whereas South Korea filed 4,451 applications. India lacks behind and has only 2,00,000 full-time researchers i.e.; 1 researcher per 10,000 labour force and ranks behind Chile and Kenya. This is because 40% of Indian researchers settle in abroad for higher positions.

Reference: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v521/n7551/

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Software to Analyze the Outcomes of Cancer Therapy : An Indian Innovation

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Facts about Cancer:

Cancer is one of the most leading causes of mortality in the world. There are more than 100 types of cancers affecting any part of the human body. According to the statistics of World Health Organization (WHO) in 2012, About 8.2 million people worldwide died from cancer, where 60% of world’s total new annual cases occur in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. About 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low and middle income countries. 

Worldwide, the 5 most common types of cancer that kill men are lung, stomach, liver, colorectal and oesophageal cancer; whereas in case of women it is breast, lung, stomach, colorectal and cervical. In many developing countries, cervical cancer is the most common cancer. Cancers of major public health relevance such as breast, cervical and colorectal cancer can be cured if detected early and treated adequately. More than 30% of cancer could be prevented, mainly by not using tobacco, having a healthy diet, being physically active and moderating the use of alcohol. In developing countries up to 20% of cancer deaths could be prevented by immunization against the infection of HBV and HPV.

Complexity of cancer treatment:

Treatment of cancer is very complex, and the outcome is dependant on various factors like ethnic background, socioeconomic, nutritional status and genetic variations. In developing countries like India, two other compounding factors are widely varying levels of awareness of cancer amongst our people, and economic constraints. Moreover, all these days we were dependent on the western guidelines and their protocols to treat the patients, where research is carried out in their population. All these highlights the urgency and need to collect data, conduct research and establish standard guidelines from the very own population, which is not an easy task. Collecting the data in a systematic and consistent way will help all those involved in care of cancer patients, to derive accurate and objective information on treatments that will yield optimal outcomes in the population, while at the same time being cost effective. 

From the literature available so far, it is a well known fact that Indian patients responds differently to different therapeutic regimens compared to rest of the world.

In this case it is important to track the outcomes of the therapeutic plans individually and carry out the clinical trials in India. 

All about Indian Innovation:

A software program named ‘OncoCollect’ was developed by Prof. Dr.Ramesh Nimmagadda, the Director of Medical Oncology at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai which is used to analyze the patient's data to show treatment outcomes. This software is equipped with drugs used in cancer treatment, and doctors can choose the regimen they are using. All other forms of cancer treatment are also covered in the software including surgery and radiotherapy which is flexible for all types of cancers and lymphomas except blood cancer. The physicians could then record responses seen, toxicity/side effects, survival periods and relapses.

This innovation is to gather as much data on as many cancers from as many patients as possible. “Apart from showing us treatment outcomes, it will also show us economic costs - both costs borne by the patient, as well as costs and efficacies of certain drugs used". The training on this software is freely provided by Dr. Ramesh Nimmagadda cancer foundation.

"Congratulations to the brilliant brains of India".

I'm thankful to Miss. Saila sri, Researcher - Medtrack, Cognizant Technology Solutions for sharing this information with us.

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Global Student Research : Make A Difference in Five Minutes

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"Your Contribution is very important to us"

You are well aware of the present situation and current global scenario of student research activities. Comparatively high income countries are more advanced in research than middle and low income countries.When it comes to student's research activities most of the developing and underdeveloped countries shows a rapid decline. This decline can be due to lack of knowledge, lack of research facilities, no proper funding, no research lab particular to their area of research and many more in their respective universities. In order to fulfill the research gaps and achieve advancements in the global scenario, there is an utmost need to address the problems.

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How can we address the problems??
The world is so advanced with full of research activities and it is the need of the student to address their interests, overcome the problems and find solutions for a better career. When it comes to the global scenario such essentialities are to be addressed to the particular regulatory and global research authorities in order to fulfill the research gaps and provide better platform. 

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How can we achieve success??
Unless, the basic research interests of the students and their current knowledge on research activities are not well determined it will be difficult to find the loopholes and fulfill the research gaps. Once there is clear evidence on the knowledge aspects and the current scenario many relevant measures can be taken to fill the research gaps and raise the advancements in the global research.

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How to determine the knowledge and research gaps??

In order to determine the current knowledge and present scenario of student research activities, a group of researchers from various countries came forward and decided to launch a research on views, knowledge and perception of medical/pharmacy students on medical/clinical research by conducting a survey on "Medical/Pharmacy students’ views, knowledge and perception towards medical research and engaging in scholarly journal publications" in all the countries. So, we wish to take your contribution in this survey to strengthen the student research scholarly activities. Kindly, go through the link provided and report your valuable opinion. Please forward to your peers and encourage them to participate.

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Who can participate in this survey??

All Pharmacy (Diploma/Bachelor/Master/Doctor), Dental (UG & PG) and Medical (UG & PG) students all over the world are welcome to fill out the survey.

Message from the researchers... Indeed, it is our immense pleasure to welcome your participation. Your contribution is very important to us and this will not go in vain despite it strengthens the student research scholarly activities.

Thanking you in anticipation.

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Fundamentals of Research : Elsevier Publishing Campus

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Dear Pharmacy Students, 

It is evident that there is a decline in the student scholarly research activities due lack knowledge on the fundamentals of research. We publish a couple of papers and feel like we know everything, unfortunately there exists fake journals, fake impact factors with no proper abstracting and indexing.. 

In this case it is important to know :

1. What is peer review?
2. What is Impact factor?
3. Difference between fake impact factor and a true impact factor?
4. Different Impact factors and which one to trust?
5. What are scholarly publications?
6. What is abstracting and Indexing?
7. What is the publishing process in scholarly publications?
8. How to draft a manuscript and how to submit it?
9. How to write a research proposal?
10. What is Bibliography and literature review?
11. What is plagiarism and various softwares available?

Get answered to 100's of questions like this...

Elsevier is the world's leading information resource provider offering a free online certified course with six different colleges to teach the fundamentals of research. Here are the different colleges:

1. College of Skills training
2. College of Big Ideas
3. College of Networking
4. College of Research solutions
5. College of Career planning
6. College of recommended Organizations.

"If you think you know everything then you know nothing"

Your role is changing. Researchers today need to secure funding, collaborate, share data, publish results, commercialize research and demonstrate impact. Early career researchers in particular are under significant pressures and Elsevier is committed to supporting you on you way to publishing a world class journal article or book and developing your career as a successful professional researcher.

"The Elsevier Publishing Campus" is an online platform offering free lectures, interactive training and professional advice. Perhaps you are interested in writing a journal article or submitting a book proposal; learning how to conduct peer review for a high impact journal; understanding research and publishing ethics or writing a successful grant application, whatever it may be we have the resources to help you achieve your goals.

Dedicated training takes time and effort on your part and we believe successful researchers should be recognized for this. For each interactive training module or online seminar that you complete, your work will be recognized with an awarded certificate from Elsevier.

Our hope is that you will also be inspired to contribute to this community. Perhaps you have an idea to share, a view on a specific trend or topic, or maybe you wish to leave a comment – We welcome all your participation.

Here is the official website:

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Scope for Pharm.D : A Global Perspective

Are you sick of Pharm. D??

Are you worried of your profession and career opportunities??

Are you frustrated with no proper evidences that support your career growth??

Here is the answer... 

The world's need for and supply of health professionals is in flux. The latest article in our Global Health Series reviews the supply of and demand for physicians, healthcare professionals and nurses around the world.

Researchers from UK has divided the world into 4 areas for their study and the detailed global data is diagrammatically represented

A. Southeast Asia.

B. Sub-Saharan Africa.

C. Middle East.

D. Western Pacific.

Several interesting facts were revealed in the study : It is estimated that 57 poor countries are facing a severe crisis with insufficient human resources to meet minimum needs and there is a need of 27.3 million healthcare professionals globally where Indian status is totally dense and there are only 1.6 ratio of health care professionals to 1000 population.

Here is the gap to be filled by the pharma doctors and only a teamwork can bring the success... Cheer up with a smile and go ahead..

Courtesy: New England Journal of Medicine, Vol: 370, Issue: 10, Published on March 6, 2014

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