Funded Research
Ongoing
| Sr No | Title | Source of Funding | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIS Based Surveillance of People with Dementia and Its Risk Factors among People Residing in South Delhi by Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Approach- A Pilot Cross Sectional Study for Customized Care Plan and Policy Planning | DHR | 2022-2024 |
| 2 | Health Awareness Amongst Elderly and Family Member of India through Series of Audio Visual and Print Media, Leveraging Existing Old Age Solution Portal of the Department of Geriatric Medicine-AIIMS | Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) | 2023-2024 |
| 3 | Development and validation of an android based application app to assess cognitive status of older people through speech, emotion and visuo-spatial pattern recognition. | DST | 2023-2025 |
| 4 | Validating Biomarker Panel in Five Different Cohorts to Define and Predict Biological Ageing, Disease Burden and Mortality in Human Subjects- A Pilot Prospective Cohort Study. | ICMR | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | Efficacy of adjunct probiotics in combination with standard of care as compared to standard of care alone in elderly patients with moderate unipolar depression: A randomized double-blind parallel-group placebo-controlled multi-center pilot trial (Site PI at AIIMS, ND) | ICMR | 2023-2025 |
| 6 | Determination of anti-aging and antioxidant potential of a Unani formulation | CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India | 2021-2024 |
| 7 | Blood plasma derived exosomal profiling of cytokines and chemokines in frail elderly and assessment of impact of Nordic walking intervention on exosomes | ICMR | 2023-2026 |
| 8 | Association between the Dual-Task gait performance and cognitive frailty among older adults | Intramural | 2024-2026 |
| 9 | Impact of Geriatric assessment-based intervention on Health-Related Quality of life of older patients with cancer | Intramural | 2024-2026 |
Completed
| Sr No | Title | Source of Funding | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effect of Smart Nordic Walking Training on Mobility Independence in Community Elderly - A pilot Study | ICMR | 2019-22 |
| 2 | Characteristics of Indian Super Agers- A pilot prospective cohort study with a potential future predictive model | ICMR | 2019-22 |
| 3 | Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI) Genomic Study | NIH | 2019-2024 |
| 4 | www.oldagesoulutions.org- a web portal for older people and their care givers | DST | 2019-22 |
| 5 | Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia (DAD) for Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI) | National Institute of Health, USA (R01) | 2015-2020 |
| 6 | Development of platform and technical guidelines for application of mobile telephony in old age care (mAging program) | M/o Health & Family Welfare | 2016-2017 |
| 7 | Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI) | M/o Health & Family Welfare | 2015-2019 |
| 8 | Effect Of Multimodal Intervention (Diet, Exercise, And Computer Based Cognitive Training) Amongst Elderly Subject With Subjective Cognitive Impairment (SCI) From Delhi & NCR-A Randomised Control Trial | Department of Science and Technology | 2017-2020 |
| 9 | www.oldagesoulutions.org-a web portal for older people and their care givers | Department of Science and Technology | 2018-2020 |
| 10 | Predicting frailty in Indian hospital setting; comparison of three indicators. | AIIMS Intramural Grant | 2016-2017 |
| 11 | Study of Sarcopenia: Establishment of norms for diagnosis, prevalence and risk factors in ageing North Indian population and development of preventive strategies. | Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Extramural grant | 2019 - 2022 |
| 12 | National Study of Knowledge, Attitude, Perception &Medical Awareness towards a Model of – Intergenerational Engagement & Science, for Sanitation, Hygiene & Health | DST | 2019-2020 |
| 13 | Clinical Frailty Scale as a predictor of mortality in older adults with SARI- A Prospective observation study | None | 2020-21 |
| 14 | Clinical characteristics of Critically ill older adults with COVID-19: A retrospective study | None | 2020-21 |
| 15 | Metabolic syndrome and its association in outcome of covid-19 in older adults – prospective cross sectional study | None | 2020-21 |
| 16 | Performance in 6-min walk test in prediction of Covid-19 complication – A prospective observation study | None | 2020-21 |
| 17 | Collaborative Multi-centric Clinical Trial to study the effect of Ayush Rasayana (A & B) on ageing in apparently healthy elderly subjects | Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences | 2014-2017 |
| 18 | www.oldagesoulutions.org- a web portal for older people and their care givers | Department of Science and Technology | 2014-2017 |
| 19 | Predicting frailty in Indian hospital setting; comparison of three indicators. | AIIMS Intramural Grant | |
| 20 | A randomized clinical trial on the effect of Laser Therapy treatment on diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain in older adults | Lab India Healthcare Limited | 2016-2017 |
| 21 | Urinary incontinence among older Indians: Assessment of management strategies and impact on quality of life | Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA, India | 2015-2016 |
| 22 | Dementia care: utility and implementation of a novel non-pharmacological intervention | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | 2014-2016 |
| 23 | Impact of age and age related functional decline on cancer care | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | 2012-2015 |
| 24 | A study of health and functionality of the oldest old in a tertiary health care setting | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | 2012-2015 |
| 25 | Impact of nutritional supplementation and rehabilitation in pre-frail older patients in Geriatric Department of a Tertiary care hospital in India | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | 2012-2015 |
| 26 | Impact of regulatory T-cells on host immunity among older pulmonary | Indian Council of Medical Research | 2012-2014 |
| 27 | Development of a web-portal directed at welfare of older people | Department of Science and Technology | 2008-2013 |
| 28 | Health emergencies in older people: predictors of hospital revisit | Indian Council of Medical Research | 2008-2012 |
Non-Funded Research
Completed Ph D Thesis
- Dr. Joyita Banerjee –Malignancy in the elderly: Development of screening tool and protein markers
- Dr Rashmita Pradhan-Evaluation of a novel Intracellular Protein in serum as marker of Ageing
- Dr. Masroor Anwar –Study of Regenerative potential of Skeletal Muscle in Ageing
MD thesis (Completed and Ongoing)
- Dr Akash K Ambashtha – A Study of health and Functionality in the oldest old in the Tertiary Health care setting.
- Dr Swapnil Jathar- Assessment of Biomarkers of Frailty in Ageing population.
- Dr Vijay Kumar- Early Detection of Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
- Dr Ramesh Kandel - Functional Status and Co Morbidities of Elderly cancer patients
- Dr Harjit Singh Bhatti-Clinical Profile of Older people with Heart Failure
- Dr Gaurav Desai- Clinical and Biochemical profile of MCI In Indian Elderly
- Dr Venugopalan G. – Validation of a new Clinical Protocol and biochemical tool for detection of Frailty among older Indians
- Dr Sriniwas Thakur - Assessment of palliative care needs among older patients with cancer
- Dr Nidhi Soni- Cardiovascular Co-morbidities in COPD in Older patients
- Dr Hrishikesh Indani- Study of Orthostatic Hypotension among Older Indians
- Dr Rishav Bansal-Impact of Diabetes and its complications on mental health and quality of life in older people of India
- Dr Saroj Kumar Yadav – Study of PET scan in evaluation of cognitive impairment in older adults
- Dr Ayantika Haldar- Application of Easy Care Instruments in detection of Geriatric Syndromes in Older people
- Dr Kamal Bandhu – Evaluation of Syncope for cardiovascular outcomes and its impact on Cognitive Status
- Dr Ramesh Sah- Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Elderly
- Dr Pramod Kumar – Assessment of cardiac status in the very old population
- Dr Manicka Saravanan- Assessment of Gait and balance in the very old Population
- Dr Sunny Singhal- Quantitative and Qualitative study of lower extremity muscle function in older adults
- Dr Shailendra S. Bhadouria – Assessment of Needs of family caregivers of Older patients requiring Long Term Care
- Dr Sumitabh Singh- Impact of frailty and geriatric syndrome on outcome of major orthopedic surgery in the very old.
- Dr. Abhijit R Rao- Clinical, biochemical and radiological profile in mild behavior impairment
- Dr Mamta Saini– Gait and balance assessment in patients attending memory clinic
- Dr Meenal Thakral- Study of cognitive frailty in health-seeking population.
- Dr. Baburao Gudeti- Comprehensive geriatric assessment of older adults attending fragility clinic in a tertiary health care setting in India
- Dr Ravi Sah- Randomized placebo control trial to assess clinical and immunological efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in Indian older adults
- Dr Bhrigu Jain- Quantitative assessment of the cardiopulmonary fitness in Indian older adults attending the Geriatric OPD
- Dr Gevesh Chand Dewangan – Assessment of autonomic function across frailty status in Indian elderly.
- Dr. Ambica Singh – Estimation of novel proteins among older subjects as biomarkers for cognitive impairment.
- Dr. Ananta Aryal – One carbon metabolism and cognitive impairment in older Indians
- Dr. Karishma De – Development of new frailty scale in older Indians
- Dr. Mujtaba Waris – Establishment of clinical construct of intrinsic capacity in older adults
- Dr. Sreerag P Rajan – Biomarkers and diagnostic tools of sarcopenia in Indian older population
- Dr. Akash Jaiswal – Observations on sarcopenia in residents of old age home
- Dr. Bhawana Painkra – Predictor of survival following hospitalization for illness of recent onset amongst the oldest old.
- Dr. Urza Bhattarai - Biological ageing indicators and its correlates in older Indians.
- Dr. Bharti Kumari - Caregiver stress and burden among carers of cognitively impaired individuals.
- Dr. Yamini Ajmera - Incidence and prevalence of delirium and its sociodemographic, clinical and biochemical correlates in geriatric population.
- Dr. Akshata Rao - Study of biomarkers in subjects with subjective cognitive decline.
- Dr. Sunil Jyani - Validation of ICT-BRIEF tool as Mortality predictor at 6 months and 1 year in older adults
- Dr. Athul Vyas - Gait and balance profile of users of Smart Nordic Walker and Smart Shoes
- Dr. Anushree A S - Item reduction of SCOPE C Version 1 and validation of same in elderly with malignancy
- Dr. Subramonian Ashwin - Effect of intergenerational learning on cognitive reserve in elderly
- Dr. Sudeep Matthew George - Study of the gut microbiota in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic in older adults
- Dr. Suman Maity - Gait analysis in persons aged 75 years and above
- Dr. Gaurav Sharma - Cognitive impairment and its impact on treatment outcome of older adults attending AIIMS Cancer clinic
- Dr. Monika D. Sharma - Prevalence of Orthostatic Hypotension in patients with Subjective Cognitive Decline.
- Dr. Sakthi Kiruthika K - A cross-sectional study on diagnosis of Dementia in elderly, based on informant interview using modified CDR.
- Dr. Parul Bhutani - A cohort study to assess the feasibility of WHO ICOPE in tertiary health care.
- Dr. Raj Kumar Tata - A cross-sectional study to compare health status among obese, sarcopenic and sarcopenic obese in elderly population
- Dr. Vedula Narawyana Mihir - A cross-sectional study on cognitive impairment in older population in the community and their risk stratification using digital technology.
- Dr. Saumyarup Pal - A comparative study of left ventricular muscle mass and function between sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic Indian Geriatric population.
- Dr. Swarup Das - Evaluation of the efficacy of a self-assessment questionnaire (ICT Brief 10) to assess the intrinsic capacity of older adults in comparison with standard tools.
- Dr. Yogesh Poonia - A study to assess risk factors which act as a barrier for early hospital discharge.
- Dr. Arundhati S Wariar - Effect of COVID-19 infection on functionality in older adults.
- Dr. Shreya Biswal - Assessment of self-reported sleep duration and quality in relation to the cognitive status of older adults. A case control study.
- Dr. Anupam Upadhyay - A prospective observational study on assessment of cognitive impairment as a predictor of outcome in older patients with heart failure.
- Dr. Afeef A - Study of hospitalization in post COVID older adults.
- Dr. Vasu - Change in the cognitive status of older people registered and followed up in the memory clinic of AIIMS on 3-year follow up.
- Dr. Richa Mallick - A prospective cohort to study the adverse outcomes related to inappropriate medications as per Beer's criteria in elderly patients.
- Dr. Bhabhor Kaminiben Narsinhbhai - Self Assessment screening tool for Dementia.
- Dr. Diparani Tekhelmayum - Assessment of structural and functional brain changes associated with increasing age.
- Dr. Tejas S R - Assessment of Cardio Pulmonary Exercise indices in sarcopenic patients after guided physiotherapy and nutritional intervention.
- Dr. Venugopal Mantry - Study of gut microbiota in cognitively frail adults.
- Dr. Aditya - Comparing the performance of the CARG and CRASH score for predicting toxicity in older patients with cancer in India
- Dr. Shailendra - Assessment of IC in Indian Older Adults with Prostate Ca
- Dr. Chirag - Prevalence of impairments in geriatric domains and quality of life in elderly cancer survivors of India and its comparison with age-matched non-cancer cohort - A case control study
- Dr. Debayan - Pattern of smoking cessation among elderly and primary caregivers after diagnosis of cancer
- Dr. Shubham Raikwar - Impact of Geriatric assessment-based intervention on Health-Related Quality of Life of older patients with cancer
- Dr. Divyansh Sharma - Clinical and biochemical factors associated with increased incidence of delirium in geriatric patients with UTI- A cross-sectional study
- Dr. Harshal Khobragade - Effect of exercise on dual task performance in cognitive frail patients - A non-randomized control trial
- Dr. Mahreen Manzoor Bhatti - To evaluate the benefit of magnetic stimulation of pelvic floor in older females with urinary incontinence - a single center non-randomized trial
- Dr. Shubham Samdarshi - Older adults' perspectives on healthy ageing: A qualitative interview
- Dr. Shrutika Chavan - To find out factors which predict Risk of ATT (Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment) induced Hepatitis in older Adults
- Dr. Udit Shukla - Change in IC of adults aged 65 years and older before and after hospitalization based on WHO ICOPE based screening
- Dr. Naveen Prabhu - Predictive value of gait speed at discharge on survival or rehospitalization in older adults
- Dr. Akhilgiridhar Uppaluri - A cross-sectional study on factors associated with hospital readmission within 90 days of discharge in older adults with age more than 65 years.
- Dr. Suchit - Prevalence of Polypharmacy in older patients with Malignancy
- Dr. Gokul Reddy - Evaluating efficacy of Gait and balance training for cognitive function and mobility in individuals with motoric cognitive risk syndrome: A pilot Non-Randomized controlled Trial
- Dr. Abhay Didwania - Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of HAP among older adults - A prospective cohort observational study
- Dr. Durga - Cross-sectional Study on the type of dietary pattern and effect of dietary pattern on longevity, physical functional biomarkers in older adults aged 65 years and above
- Dr. Kirti Kamwani - Non-randomized control trial to evaluate effect of metformin vs 20% calorie restriction on elderly individuals with early diabetes.
