The Research Section has been celebrating Research Day every year. The annual event is dedicated to highlighting the breadth of research and depth of discovery at the Institute as it provides an excellent opportunity to students, residents, scientists and faculty to showcase their research work/poster and platform presentations. In addition, mentoring talks and panel discussion are also organized.
Third Annual AIIMS Research Day was celebrated on 30th January 2024. The 3rd Research Day included the following activities:
- Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary to Govt. of India, Department of Health Research and Director General, ICMR delivered the AIIMS Goden Jubilee Oration titled “Medical Research in India- vision and action”.
- Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India delivered the AIIMS Silver Jubilee Oration titled “Harmonizing connections: Interorgan crosstalk for metabolic health”. The participation by Faculty and students was phenomenal highlighting the centre stage which research occupies for members of this institution.
- One interactive session entitled “How career planning is different for women: a session for all genders” was delivered by Dr. Shubha Tole, Professor of Neurobiology at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
- Keynote addresses were delivered on “How to build a hippocampus” by Dr. Shubha Tole, Professor of Neurobiology at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai;
- AIIMS values the commitment and contributions of all its students, residents, scientists, and faculty over the years, who have contributed to make this institute a leader in the country in terms of research output indices.
- The research efforts of AIIMS Faculty were recognized by giving following awards:
- Research Excellence Awards (Year – 2022)
- Oncology Awards (Year – 2022)
- ‘Shobha Seth Wenger’ Distinguished Chair in Gynaecologic Oncology
- Dr. Surendra K Chawla Award for best paper in CTVS
- Infosys chair in oncology
- In addition, there were Best paper presentations (12 platform and 596 poster) in various categories of students such as PhD., MBBS, BSc., MSc., Nursing, Junior Resident, Senior Resident and Project Staff.
- A peoples’ choice award’ was also given for the most liked poster.
A total of 596 posters showcasing the research carried out by AIIMS students were displayed and evaluated. Prizes were awarded to the best oral papers and posters in various categories (MBBS, BSc. MSc., Nursing, PhD, JR, SR, SDG and Project Staff).
A total of 87 awards in all were given in these student categories:-
| Category | Number of Abstracts | Prize Awarded |
| MBBS | 23 | 10 |
| BSc | 03 | 1 |
| MSc | 36 | 8 |
| PhD | 177 | 12 |
| Junior Residents (MD/MS) | 85 | 14 |
| Senior Residents (DM/MCh/Fellows/Non-Acad) | 130 | 15 |
| Nursing | 15 | 8 |
| Project Staff | 117 | 9 |
| SDG | 10 | 7 |
| Selfie Award | – | 3 |
| Total | 596 | 87 |
- Also, 15 devices developed by the AIIMS Faculty were displayed in the Exhibition and 3 were awarded.
- There was a vibrant Panel Discussion, which was moderated by Prof Anurag Agrawal, Dean Biosciences and Health Research, Ashoka University. The panel consisted of senior medical research policy makers – Dr. Prashant Warier, Co-founder & CEO, Qure.a,.Dr. Anurag Rathore, Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi, Dr. Lipika Dey, Professor of Ashoka University, Mr. Rajroshan Sawhney, Google Research Partnership, Health AI Lead, APAC, Dr. Krithika Rangarajan, Associate Professor, AIIMS, New Delhi The panelists discussed the Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Innovative Science: Transforming Health Care. The Institute has been widely acknowledged and recognized for its research quality, ethics and applicability. The faculty, scientists and students of AIIMS have been largely instrumental in maintaining this culture of cutting-edge research. The Institute has outstanding scientific talent with diverse research interests.
AIIMS EXCELLENCE AWARDS and ONCOLOGY Awards (2022)
The Research Section has implemented a programme to recognize quality research outputs of its faculty/scientists by awarding “AIIMS Excellence Awards” and Oncology Awards. There are two categories of prizes: Basic/Fundamental Science and clinical/Applied Science. Original publications published in peer reviewed index journals are eligible for the said awards. A total number of Publication received for the year 2022 (Clinical Science Category:59, Basic Science Category: 41 & Oncology Clinical Category: 21, Oncology Basic Category: 14).
A list of the AIIMS Excellence Awardees for the year 2022 is as under:
Research Excellence Basic Sciences Category Awards: 2022
| S.No. | Name | Title | Name of Journal | Comments |
| 1 | Dr. Archana Singh Additional Professor |
Chronic hyperglycemia drives alterations in macrophage effector function in pulmonary tuberculosis. | European journal of Immunology | First Prize |
| 2 | Dr. Rupesh K. Srivastava Associate Professor |
Bifidobacterium longum Ameliorates Ovariectomy- Induced Bone Loss via Enhancing Anti-Osteoclastogenic and Immunomodulatory Potential of Regulatory B cells (Bregs) |
Frontiers in Immunology | Second Prize |
| 3 | Dr. Baibaswata Nayak Professor |
Pattern recognition receptor CD14 gene polymorphisms in alcohol use disorder patients and its Influence on liver disease susceptibility. | Frontiers in Immunology | Second Prize |
| 4 | Dr. Manoj Kumar Tembhre Scientist |
Interleukin-33 Induces Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) Formation and Macrophage Necroptosis via Enhancing Oxidative Stress and Secretion of Proatherogenic Factors in Advanced Atherosclerosis | Antioxidants | Third Prize |
| 5 | Dr. Dinu S Chandran Additional Professor |
Differential role of central and peripheral arterial stiffness in determining brachial artery resting retrograde flow in patients with ischemic heart disease vs healthy subjects | Journal of Human Hypertension | Third Prize |
| 6 | Dr. Sujata Mohanty Professor |
Promoting in-vivo bone regeneration using facile engineered load-bearing 3D bioactive scaffold | Biomedical Materials | Third Prize |
| 7 | Dr. Thoudam Debraj Singh Associate Professor |
Application of elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) containing extra-cellular matrix (ECM) binding ligands in regenerative medicine | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | Third Prize |
| 8 | Dr. Sachin Kumar Scientist-II |
Evaluation of the programmed death-ligand 1 mRNA expression and immunopositivity and their correlation with survival outcomes in Indian lung cancer patients | Human Cell | Third Prize |
| 9 | Dr. Siddhartha Kundu Assistant Professor |
TemporalGSSA: a numerically robust R-wrapper to facilitate computation of a metabolite-specific and simulation time-dependent trajectory from stochastic simulation algorithm (SSA)-generated datasets. | Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Commendation |
| 10 | Dr. Uma Sharma Professor |
NMR based metabolic profiling of patients with potential celiac disease elucidating early biochemical changes of gluten-sensitivity: A pilot study | Clinica Chimica Acta | Commendation |
| 11 | Dr. K H Reeta Professor |
Dihydromyricetin alleviates cerebral ischemiareperfusion injury by attenuating apoptosis and astrogliosis in peri-infarct cortex | Neurological Research | Commendation |
| 12 | Prof. Ashish Suri Professor |
Effect of the Segmentation Threshold on Computed Tomographye Based Reconstruction of Skull Bones with Reference Optical Three-Dimensional Scanning |
World Neurosurgery | Commendation |
| 13 | Dr Pranay Tanwar Professor |
Computational investigation reveals that the mutant strains of SARS-CoV2 have differential structural and binding properties | Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine | Commendation |
Basic Science (Oncology)
| S.No. | Name | Title | Name of Journal | Comments |
| 1 | Dr. Kunzang Chosdol Professor Biochemistry |
Upregulation of Atypical Cadherin FAT1 Promotes an Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment via TGF-b K | Frontiers in Immunology | First Prize |
| 2 | Dr. Vaishali Suri Professor Neuropathology |
DNA methylation profiling of meningiomas highlights clinically distinct molecular subgroups | Journal of Neuro-Oncology | Second Prize |
| 3 | Dr. Jyotirmoy Banerjee Associate Professor Biophysics |
Transcriptomic profiling of nonneoplastic cortical tissues reveals epileptogenic mechanisms in dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors | Functional & Integrative Genomics | Third Prize |
Clinical Science Category
| S.No. | Name | Title | Name of Journal | Comments |
| 1 | Dr. Purva Mathur Professor Laboratory Medicine |
Health-care-associated bloodstream and urinary tract infections in a network of hospitals in India: a multicentre, hospital-based, prospective surveillance study | The LANCET | First Prize |
| 2 | Dr. Sameer Bakhshi Prof & Head Medical Oncology |
Sex disparity in childhood cancer in India: a multi-centre, individual patient data analysis | The LANCET | Second Prize |
| 3 | Dr Kana Ram Jat Additional Professor Pediatrics |
Azithromycin for Poorly Controlled Asthma in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Asthma Original Research (CHEST) | Second Prize |
| 4 | Dr. Piyush Ranjan Professor Medicine |
Effect of intensive weight-loss intervention on metabolic, ultrasound and anthropometric parameters among patients with obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an RCT | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Third Prize |
| 5 | Dr Animesh Ray Associate Professor Medicine |
A study on the morbid histopathological changes in COVID‐19 patients with or without comorbidities using minimally invasive tissue sampling | Journal of Medical Virology | Third Prize |
| 6 | Dr Biswaroop Chakrabarty Additional Professor Pediatrics |
The Childhood and Adolescent Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire (CASEQ): Development and validation of an ICSD-3-based screening instrument, a community and hospital-based study | Journal Of Sleep Research | Third Prize |
| 7 | Dr. Deepali Jain Professor Pathology |
Molecular signature of postmortem lung tissue from COVID-19 patients suggests distinct trajectories driving mortality | Disease Models & Mechanisms | Third Prize |
| 8 | Dr. Yatan Pal Singh Balhara Professor Psychiatry |
A randomized controlled trial to assess effectiveness of GamE- an e-Health intervention to self-manage gaming with an aim to prevent gaming disorder | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | Third Prize |
| 9 | Dr. Archna Singh Addl Professor Biochemistry |
Standardisation and application of a novel multiplex assay for estimating micronutrient status and inflammatory markers in women of Sauria Paharia and Santhal tribes of Jharkhand | British Journal of Nutrition | Third Prize |
| 10 | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Professor |
Clinical and Prognostic Impact of Copy Number Alterations and Associated Risk Profiles in a Cohort of Pediatric B-cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cases Treated Under ICiCLe Protocol | European Hematology Association | Commendation |
| 11 | Dr. Ayush Agarwal Assistant Professor |
Primary CNS vasculitis (PCNSV): a cohort study | Nature Portfolio | Commendation |
| 12 | Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal Professor |
Impact of bariatric surgery on urinary incontinence in morbidly obese individuals | Surgical Endoscopy | Commendation |
| 13 | Dr. Krithika Rangarajan Assistant Professor Radio-diagnosis |
Ultra-high resolution, multi-scale, context-aware approach for detection of small cancers on mammography | Scientific Reports | Appreciation |
| 14 | Dr. Awadh Kishor Pandit Associate Professor Neurology |
Mucormycosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Case-Control Study | Microorganisms | Appreciation |
Oncology Award – Clinical Science Category
| S.No. | Name | Title | Name of Journal | Comments |
| 1 | Dr. C. S. Bal Prof. & Head Nuclear Medicine |
Survival Outcomes in Metastatic Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients Receiving Concomitant 225Ac-DOTATATE–Targeted a-Therapy and Capecitabine: A Real-World-Scenario Management-Based Long-Term Outcome Study |
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine | First Prize |
| 2 | Dr. Sameer Bakhshi Prof. & Head Medical Oncology |
Prevalence of micronutrient deciency and its impact on the outcome of childhood cancer: A prospective cohort study | European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism | Second Prize |
| 3 | Dr. Anita Chopra Professor Laboratory Oncology Unit |
Prognostic utility of key copy number alterations in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Hematological Oncology | Third Prize |