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Global Scholars Projects: Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, MD, MS, MSc
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Location
Chennai, India
Implementation Period
2023-2025 (2023 Wave)
Scholars Project
Establishing the First Dedicated Population-Based Childhood Cancer Registry and Network of Hospital-Based Childhood Cancer Registries in India
Current Role
Pediatric Oncologist, Head of Medical and Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India
About the Global Scholars Project
This project established the first dedicated population-based childhood cancer registry in India. The registry will help in collecting high-resolution data on pediatric cancers in Chennai. It will also help in understanding the information needed for influencing policy on pediatric cancers. In addition, the project will include implementation science research to understand the barriers and enablers of establishing a pediatric cancer registry.
The lack of a comprehensive pediatric cancer registry has been identified as an important barrier to generating political interest in pediatric cancer. The data generated from the Chennai pediatric cancer registry will be the first step in sensitizing policymakers toward pediatric cancer in India. It will also be a model for establishing similar cancer registries in other regions of India and low- and middle-income countries.
Publications
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Bridging the data gap in India: High-resolution findings on incidence, treatment, and survival from the Chennai population-based childhood cancer registry
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Assessment of barriers and enablers for implementing a population-based childhood cancer registry in Chennai, India
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Assessment of barriers and enablers for the implementation of a population-based childhood cancer registry in Chennai, India
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Incidence and pattern of childhood cancers in Chennai, India: An analysis of population-based cancer registry data and quality assessment
Project Assets
About the Scholar
Radhakrishnan earned his doctorate (D.M.) in medical oncology in 2011 from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India; he earned his MD in pediatrics in 2003 from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India.
He was awarded the silver medal for best resident during his pediatrics training and gold medals for best fellow in medical oncology and for best research by a fellow at AIIMS. These awards were conferred on him by the president of India. Radhakrishnan trained in the United Kingdom for two years under the International Pediatrics Training Scheme of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health.
“Unless you know the reality, how are you going to make a change? The first step toward making a change in the community would be to have a registry, because the registry is the gold standard for knowing what is happening on the ground.”