Aim – The Research Cell is formed to help the USI members in following areas:

·         Guide any member of USI - Full /associate /affiliate in undertaking research project.

·         The research project could be in clinical urology or basic sciences

·         Help the members in collaborating with various instititutions in India and abroad for that project.

·         Help the members in liaising with   organizations like ICMR and other bodies for possibility of funding for the said project

·         Encourage the young trainees and consultants to get into research, the counseling and possible areas of research they can undertake would be taken care of by the research cell.

·         Work with the pharma industry closely to undertake the projects that are useful, such as epidemiological studies, drug trials and clinical trials. USI would like to encourage the pharma industry to undertake the projects at the National level through USI, rather than restricting the studies to the smaller places and with less number.

·         USI would like to see and encourage Indian studies with the help of research cell. The aim is to have the Indian data rather than relying on western data.

 

As a first step, we have worked on following areas:

·         Collected all the data of various institutions that undertake clinical and basic sciences research in India as of today.

·         Identified some more institutions that have potential of conducting research.

·         Identified ‘trainers’ / “guides” who can help the USI members in undertaking the research.

·         As a first National study, the research cell is currently working on OAB (Overactive bladder) questionnaire to look into the epidemiological data with the help of Ranbaxy. The questionnaire would be circulated to the members and we would help in compiling the data with the help of experts.

 

We request you to:

·         Contact us for any help you need to undertake a research project

·         Write to us if your institution is ready to participate in the National project

·         Write to us if you wish to be a trainer /guide to help the young trainee/urologist in undertaking the research project. USI would certainly appreciate your efforts.

 

Dr Makarand Khochikar
Convener, Research Cell,  
Email: khochikar@gmail.com  
Mobile: 09822052731.

Dr S K Singh
Co-Convener Research Cell,   
Email: shrawanksingh2002@yahoo.com 
Mobile:09815877319.