Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 18: Hyder Mir of SKIMS, Soura while working with Research Project “Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network” has bagged the 2021 MENA-ISN Research Award for his paper.
The paper is titled “Poor Vaccine Effectiveness against Influenza B-Related Severe Acute Respiratory Infection in a Temperate North Indian State (2019-2020): A Call for further Data for Possible Vaccines with Closer Match”.
Mir is set to present his work at MENA-ISN Influenza Day 2022 on October 7th- 8th 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey and will receive a cash prize of 2.5 lacs.
As per SKIMS, PRO, Mir is the first international Scientist to receive the award.
“The work was conducted in Influenza Lab, SKIMS under the supervision of Dr Parvaiz A. Koul and funded by GIHSN, Spain,” SKIMS said.
In this connection, Director SKIMS has congratulated Mir and said, such acknowledgements at the International level are a shot in the arm for researchers at SKIMS.
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