MDRF and Deakin University Celebrate Ten Successful Years of Partnership in Diabetes Research
- Under this partnership, India’s first Diabetes Nurse Educators course was launched along with a slew of grants and scholarships for research
Chennai, 2nd March 2023: Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), the R&D wing of the leading Diabete s Specialities Hospital Chain – Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre today celebrated the tenth anniversary o f its landmark partnership with Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Joining hands in the year 2013, the coll aboration was announced with an objective to further strengthen research led treatment for Diabetes Manage ment and Care. In its ten years journey, Deakin University and MDRF have jointly launched several path-breaki ng initiatives like PhD programs in various aspects of diabetes and the country’s first Diabetes Nurse Educators Ce rtificate course to enhance the knowledge of nurses on the basic sciences pertaining to diabetes and unders tand ing the underpinning principles in evidence-based management of diabetes. Through this course, 75 students h ave been successfully trained.
In an effort to further nurture the research ecosystem in Diabetes care, Deakin University had also launched a 100% scholarship for PhD students through its In-Country PhD Program (ICPP). 7 PhD students had benefitted from this PhD program till date and 15 research papers have been published so far, with several others in the pi peline.
Commenting on the occasion, Chairman and Chief Diabetologist, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre and M DRF, Dr. V. Mohan said “It has been a great pleasure and privilege to commemorate the decade long collaboration bet ween Deakin University, Australia and MDRF. This has led to not only several research projects having been taken up but also has provided a platform for students in India to pursue and obtain their PhD from the prestigious International Uni versity by doing the research and skill development courses in India itself.”
Dr Anjana, President, MDRF said “Another offshoot of the collaboration is the Diabetes Nurse Educators Course whi ch was started for the first time in India. As we celebrate the decade of milestones between MDRF and Deakin Univer sit y, we look forward to more path-breaking research in the coming years.”
Prof. David Austin, Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Health, Deakin University added “We at Deakin are delighted to celebrate this great milestone with MDRF and look forward to increasing our research and academic collab orations in the coming years”.
About Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centres : Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre is a one-of-a-kind dia betes speciality chain founded in the year 1991 and headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is India’s leading di abetes care provider offering comprehensive services for diabetes patients. Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Ce ntres has 50 Diabetes centres and clinics in India and over 8 lakh patients with diabetes have been registered at these centres and more than 5.5 million consultations have been completed till date.The Gopalapuram (Chennai ) centre is the flagship hospital. The centre specializes in Total Diabetes Care, Diabetes Eye Care, Diabetes Foot Care services, Diabetes Cardiac Care, Diabetes Dental Care, Preventive Care, Diet counselling and Precision Dia betes care. visit: www.drmohans.com and www.mdrf.in
