Projects

Areas of Research

  • Epidemiology and burden of viral hepatitis (Hepatitis A, B C, D and E)
  • Implementation research to eliminate the viral hepatitis at par with the National targets for viral hepatitis elimination
  • Models of care to improve the continuum of health services related to viral hepatitis
  • Diagnostic and treatment capacity of viral hepatitis
  • Epidemiology and burden of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Diseases (MAFLD)
  • Early detection and management of MAFLD at the facility level
  • Community level burden of MAFLD among the high-risk population especially people with hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia
  • Prevalence of Metabolic control among people with hypertension and diabetes
  • Linkage of care to improve the early diagnosis and timely intervention to achieve the Metabolic control among people with hypertension and diabetes
  • Evaluation of non-invasive biomarkers for liver disease progression
  • Estimation of the pooled cost-effectiveness of liver fibrosis diagnostic technologies
  • Implementation and Operational research for liver health
  • Patient support group to improve the quality of life of the individuals who underwent liver transplantation
Liver Health

Ongoing Research

A Comprehensive Assessment of Laboratory Testing Capacity for Hepatitis B, C and D in Healthcare Facilities Across Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study in 2024-2025

  • Partners: ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology and Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
  • Assessing the burden of viral hepatitis and testing capacity to identify barriers and facilitators to hepatitis testing and diagnosis

Capacity building of primary care physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B using an e-learning Program in India

  • Partners: ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology and the Gilead Sciences Inc.
  • Developing educational programs to train 10,000 healthcare professionals in liver disease management

Metabolic Control among Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) Program Beneficiaries with Diabetes or Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, 2024-2025

  • Estimating the prevalence of metabolic control among people with diabetes or hypertension enrolled in the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM) program
  • Determining factors associated with poor metabolic control among MTM beneficiaries

BEAT-B Study: Behaviour, Aspirations and Treatment needs of people living with Hepatitis B

  • Partners: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
  • Understanding the perceptions and experiences of patients with chronic Hepatitis B towards the disease and its treatment

A prospective study to identify clinically relevant biomarkers for early detection of progression analysis of NAFLD to NASH

  • Partners: Tiru’s Clinic’les Private Limited, Salem, Tamil Nadu
  • Utilizing genomic profiling of NAFLD patients with significant fibrosis (LSM ≥8.2) for early detection of NAFLD progression to NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)

Development and deployment of a patient-centered point-of-care Digital Information System for treatment and tracking in Tamil Nadu

  • Developing a patient-centered, point-of-care digital information system
  • Hepat App: Android application for healthcare workers to record vitals, medications, and schedule future visits