The Indian Council of Medical Research started the Short Term Studentship Program in 1979 with a specific end goal to advance intrigue and bent for explore among restorative students. The fundamental goal of this program is to give a chance to undergrad medicinal understudies to acquaint themselves with inquire about approach and systems by being related for a brief length with their seniors on continuous research program or by embraced autonomous tasks. This may fill in as an impetus for them to take up look into as a vocation later on. The Guide/Institution must give the understudy all offices (packs, reagents and different necessities) for completing examination.

Qualification

This program is just for undergrad MBBS understudies before they show up in their last, most decisive tests and accordingly, assistants/PG understudies are not qualified to apply. Understudies of paramedical/dental/non-medicinal courses may not have any significant bearing.

The understudy must do the examination in his/her own therapeutic school under the guide who is utilized in the restorative school as a workforce. Just perpetual full time employees working in any of the Department of the Medical College where the understudy is selected, can go about as the guide. Low maintenance experts/going to workforce/occupants/Tutors/Pool officers/PG understudies can't be the guide.

Just a single understudy will be permitted to work under one guide. At least two understudies are not allowed to chip away at same subject together. Recommendations submitted on a similar theme by various understudies are obligated to be dismissed inside and out. The understudy may have one Guide and other Co-Guides. Be that as it may, ICMR will perceive just a single principle Guide for all reasons.

Indian National understudies who are examining in perceived medicinal schools of India can apply. Understudies who are holding OCI cards/PIO cards/NRI's concentrate in Indian medicinal school can likewise apply and duplicate of the OCI/PIO/NRI card must be submitted. Understudies from outside medicinal schools are not qualified for this program.

List of the Research Projects executed in the division of Biostatistics ICMR and Institute for Research in Medical Statistics

ICMR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES:

(1) Prevalence of Blindness.
(2) Epidemiological study on Epilepsy in India.
(3) Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus.
(4) Epidemiological study on Oral Cancer, Breast & Cervical Cancer.
(5) Noise Survey, Rubella Infection & Poliomyelitis Survey.
(6) Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in school Children.
(7) Prevalence of Peptic Ulcer.
(8) Clinical Chemistry Norms.
(9) Infant Growth Norms.
(10) Hearing Impairments.
(11) Research in Health Survey Techniques.
(12) Oesphageal Cancer.
(13) Diabetes Mellitus (1979).
(14) Stroke & Ischaemic Heart Disease in Young Subjects in India.
(15) Epidemiological Study on Spontaneous Subarachonoid Harmorrhage in India.
(16) Investigation into factors that determine the health Status of a Community.

ICMR - WHO COLLABORATIVE STUDIES:

(17) TB Prevention Trials - Madras.
(18) Short term sequelae after Induced Abortion.
(19) Oral Contraceptive and IUCD Testing.