Maternal & Child Health - Developmental & Disease Biology

The goal of this program is to support both basic research on Developmental and Disease Biology and application-centric discovery in the following major domains: 1. Mechanistic paradigms underlying, 2. Problems encompassing women’s health including infections, autoimmune diseases exclusive to or more prevalent in women, 3. Menopause and potential association with bone health and osteoporosis, implications of menstrual hygiene on reproductive health and management of menstrual wastes, 4. Cancers are exclusive to women and those resulting from the deranged menstrual cycle, 5. Developmental basis of adult-onset of disease perspective including the effect of maternal and child malnutrition on the physical and cognitive development, 6. Novel tools of prediction, early & easier disease detection and therapeutic intervention in the above conditions, and 7. In vivo, In vitro and AI-based model system to study aspects of women's health and early development