Research activities

 

The published studies of the Department are on Tobacco and Cancer epidemiology, implementation research

 

Projects (Ongoing)

Sl No. Name of the project Role of Institution (Collaborator/ Coordiantion/ co-coordinating and collaborator) Funding Brief Progress  
1 National Tobacco Quit Line Service at BBCI for 8 North Eastern States Odhisa and West Bengal The Tobacco Quit Line is house at BBCI attached to the preventive oncology department and Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty is the PI of the Project Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Around 10 lakh calls hitted IVR -
2 Multicentre Women empowerment - Cancer awareness nexus (WE-CAN): with national and International Partners Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty is the Regional PI ICMR and Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases-Research Network supported Initiated -
3 Adoption of Rani Community Health Center as Cancer Detection Center Mother Institute BBCI The Rani CHC ans sub center staff trained on common cancer detection. Ashas are senitized on identifying symptoms and signs of cancer and reporting OPD Services on fixed date of each month. -
4 Identification of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome families with breast cancer and their BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene mutation profiling in NER population Implementing agency (Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty is Co-Principal investigator) NCDIR funded 2020-2023 Started -
5 Tobacco Free Kids Action Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty from the department as Principal coordinator at BBCI Washington DC Ongoing -
6 Establishment of Longitudinal cohost study for prevention of chronic diseases: Indian study for Healthy Agencies (ISHA) One of the co-coordinating and implementation unit DAE Dr. Rajesh Dixit From BBCI Dr. Mouchumee Bhattacharyya, Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty, Dr. Manigreeva Krishnatreya

 

Completed Projects

  1. “A pilot study to Develop an Efficacious Oral Cancer Screening Strategy for India’ Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty is the Co- Principal investigator of the Project. Funded by Medical Research Council, UK
  2. Community based intervention for tobacco cessation: a Multicentre implementation research funded by WHO.
  3. District Cancer Control Program under National Cancer Control Program
  4. Monitoring Survey of cancer risk factors and health system response in NER, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute is the lead agency. Dr. Srabana Misra Bhagabaty , Co-PI, NCDIR-ICMR funded
  5. Access India Study- accessibility to cancer care in childhood cancer- InPOG-ACC-16-02 study.
  6. “Monitoring survey of cancer risk factors and health system response in North East Region(NER)” funded by ICMR-NCDIR
  7. “Monitoring Survey of cancer risk factors and health system response in North East Region(NER)” funded by ICMR-NCDIR