Statistical and epidemiological capacity building to enhance India-UK collaborations

British Council and UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI)

Title
Statistical and epidemiological capacity building to enhance India-UK collaborations

Duration
May 2014-October 2016

Summary
This collaborative project between the Institute of Home Economics (IHE), University of Delhi and the LSHTM Centre for Statistical Methodology (CSM) aims to develop the statistical expertise of Indian researchers to effectively manage, analyse and interpret research data and train junior researchers to produce high quality publications and to expose UK statisticians to the complexities of epidemiological research in India and the challenges faced in working in developing countries. Training courses are being delivered in Delhi (An Introduction to Stata for Medical Statistics and An Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Clinical trials and Epidemiology) while Indian researchers are participating in face-to-face and Distance Learning Courses run by LSHTM. Data from two longitudinal studies of nutrition and childhood growth of Indian children will also be analysed as part of this collaboration.