The SAGE Impact Leaders will be both Indian and International students registered at participating institutes. For information on the Junior and Senior Ambassadors, please see: https://sites.google.com/echonetwork.in/sagereport2023/home. The PhD SAGE Fellows will be selected through National and International calls in early 2024. The projects will be supported for three years (a typical PhD fellowship period).
Host Institute: Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG)
Host Academic Supervisor: Sandul Yasobant, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG)
Co-Project Supervisors:
Abbey Olsen, Assistant Professor, Section for Animal Welfare and Disease Control, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Bhaskar Rajakumar, Program Director - Healthcare, ARTPARK
Sanjay Lamba, Scientist, Tata Institue of Genetics and Society (TIGS)
Varsha Shridhar, Director and Co-Founder, Molecular Solutions Care Health LLP
Advisors:
Darshan Narayanaswamy, Project Manager, National One Health Mission, Government of India
Ishwaryalskhmi M, Senior Research Associate, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
Kashish Chhotaira, Research Manager, Kantar IMRB
Sushmitha Sundar, Head of Life Sciences, Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH)
Identification and fine-tuning of systemic gaps in the current Dengue Surveillance System/Dashboard to enhance the early warning and response to dengue, specifically for Ward 50 Bengaluru
SWOT analysis of existing dengue surveillance systems to explore the role of disease control strategies that reduce the contact rate between humans and disease vectors
Assessment of data flows, sources, verification, accuracy and analysis mechanisms under the existing dengue surveillance system of Bengaluru along with data streams from other components
Expert and community consultations for new proposed surveillance system
To support an early warning system (EWS) to detect disease outbreak, supporting predictive and epidemiological models for vector-borne diseases
Blueprint for an integrated surveillance system that addresses loopholes and challenges
Public health care experts
Surveillance experts
Local municipalities
Communities
Dashboard developers like ARTPARK
Data Management Tools
Proficient Experts, including Epidemiologists, Virologists, Medical Practitioners, Statisticians, IT Professionals, and Public Health Officials.
Network Experts who developed the proposal