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Asian Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
Translational Research Centre
Prof. Barry Marshall Research Centre for H. pylori India
Under Aegis of
Asian Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and AIG Hospitals
Under the visionary leadership of Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman of AIG Hospitals, the Prof. Barry Marshall Research Centre for H. pylori India has been established at the Asian Healthcare Foundation, AIG Hospitals. Named in honor of Professor Barry J. Marshall, co-discoverer of H. pylori and co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Centre was formally inaugurated by Prof. Marshall himself on November 8, 2024.
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This pioneering centre is dedicated to advancing cutting-edge research on Helicobacter pylori through an integrated, multidisciplinary approach involving leading basic scientists and clinical experts. Key focus areas include mechanisms of virulence, patterns of antibiotic resistance, genomic evolution, and gastrointestinal microbiome alterations associated with H. pylori infection, employing state-of-the-art metagenomic and molecular techniques.
The Centre aims to serve as a global hub for translational research, driving innovations in the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of H. pylori-related diseases.
Research Team
Dr. Santanu Chattopadhyay
HOD and Scientist
E.mail:
chattopadhyaysantanu23@gmail.com
dr.santanuchattopadhyay@ahcf.co.in
Dr. Santanu Chattopadhyay did PhD on Helicobacter pylori virulence and antibiogram from National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, India. Then he moved to United States for postdoctoral research on RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) of non-segmented negative sense RNA viruses. After coming back to India, he joined Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Trivandrum, Kerala where he worked on H. pylori virulence, antibiotic resistance, genome evolution and gastrointestinal microbiome. In January, 2025 he joined Asian Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG), Hyderabad as HOD and Scientist of the newly formed Prof. Barry Marshall Research Centre for Helicobacter pylori.
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Dr. Nishant Nandanwar
Scientist-in-Charge
Email:
Dr. Nandanwar completed his Ph. D at the Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie University, Berlin, Germany. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Biotechnology, University of Hyderabad, India and at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, California, USA. His research focuses on understanding bacterial pathogenesis associated with infectious diseases.
