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The 1st Prof MK Bhan Memorial lecture has started live streaming
Please watch at
The Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Vinod K Paul @NITIAayog on topic 'Science & Art of Influencing Health at Transnational Scale: How Visionary Physician Scientists Do it'

Dr @RenuSwarup, Secretary @DBTIndia announces the renaming of the @THSTIFaridabad- @unescorcb cluster auditorium after Prof MK Bhan

Dr @RenuSwarup also announces the launch of a #Fellowship Program to encourage young #researchers to continue their postdoctoral research in India.
The MKB-YRFP scheme @DBTIndia

Prof VK Paul @NITIAayog begins his lecture remembering his decades of collaboration and learning from Prof MK Bhan.

Prof VK Paul says he would like to highlight the work of four physician- scientists from #India who influenced health at transnational scale.

Prof VK Paul presents the Kangra Valley Study led by Prof V Ramalingaswami

which led to a clear policy decision: Salt Iodization

Prof VK Paul then transitions to cover the work of Prof Srinath Reddy @thePHFI on #CVDs #CAD #NCDs

Interesting work on #tobacco #media #films and #NCDs

Next up is the work of Dr Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang on home-care of neonates can help bring down neonatal mortality majorly. Work done in @SearchGad
cc @yogesh_kalkonde
Work also with impact globally in many #LMICs

The @SearchGad led by Drs Abhay and Rani Bang also lead to clear policy impact, with many benefits for #MNCH in #India

Finally Prof VK Paul pivots to Prof MK Bhan's work on #diarrhea and the role of persistent diarrhea in #childmortality
#MNCH #India

A lot of Prof MK Bhan's group's studies showed that established treatments often did not work for Persistent Diarrhea, and also showed what worked. Explored role of Zinc

Again, work with important and clear policy impact in the country, and globally
#MNCH

Prof MK Bhan also led work on better 'ORS'--> again with policy impact

Prof VK Paul highlights that often biology was also leveraged to better understand the research being undertake.
Role of Zinc in #diarrhea being an example

Prof VK Paul highlights common strands- of what visionary physician-scientists do differently
#leadership #science #medicine #India #publichealth
@PrinSciAdvGoI @DBTIndia @THSTIFaridabad

Prof VK Paul ends his lecture with four nuggets of wisdom from Prof MK Bhan
@GautamBhan80 @ShereenBhan_GH

For those of you who might have missed the lecture, the unedited version of the lecture is available at

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