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New Delhi, November 8
The world's largest technological organisation successful tropical medicine, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, has awarded the prestigious 2022 Bailey K Ashford Medal and 2022 Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) grant to an Indian physician-scientist.
Dr Subash Babu, Scientific Director of the ICER-India programme astatine the ICMR-National Institute for Research successful Tuberculosis, Chennai, was fixed the grant connected October 30 astatine the yearly ASTMH gathering held successful Seattle, the US.
The medal is awarded annually to 1 oregon much mid-career investigators for distinguished enactment successful tropical medicine, a property connection issued by ICER, India, said.
In the 82-year past of the award, it has ne'er been fixed earlier to an Indian idiosyncratic oregon for enactment done astatine an Indian institution.
In summation to the Bailey K Ashford award, Dr Babu was besides awarded with FASTMH for “committed work” successful tropical medicine since 1995.
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