Name: Dr. Sanjay Juvekar

Qualification:PhD (Anthropology)

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Profile: Prof. Sanjay Juvekar, an Anthropologist by training leads a team of anthropologists, medical professionals, computer analysts, biotechnologists, pharmacists, health scientists and field-based researchers. He heads Vadu Rural Health Program (VRHP) including a 30-bed secondary care rural hospital, a Micro Health Center facilitating e-health at Pabal, Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System covering over 170,000 people in 22 villages and globally acclaimed Vadu research unit. He has developed the capacities of the community, especially local women to conduct research. His meticulousness and high values for the ethical conduct of research enabled a variety of multidisciplinary research at VRHP including epidemiological, social science research; disease burden studies, vaccine trials & other clinical trials/studies, behavioural interventions, implementation science and microbiome studies. Moreover, many students (undergraduates, Masters and PhD-Scholars) and young researchers have also benefitted from his teaching instinct. His vision and efforts to establish HDSSs across the nation is appreciated nationally. He conceptualized INDEPTH Sharing and Access Repository- the iSHARE which is a world-renowned initiative with a goal to make research data publicly available for use by a global scientific community.

Name: Dr. Ashish Bavdekar - Principal Investigator

Qualification: MBBS, DCH, DNB (Pediatrics)

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Profile: Dr. Ashish Bavdekar is working as an Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Gastroenterologist in the Department of Pediatrics, KEM Hospital since 2000. He provides clinical services (outpatient and inpatient) in gastroenterologist and shoulders academic responsibilities as an Associate Professor with the Department of Pediatrics in KEM Hospital. He is a senior research consultant in Pediatric research atVadu Rural Health Program wings of KEM Hospital Research Centre since 2000. He has been involved in the capacity of principal or co-principal investigator in various epidemiological as well as clinical trials in children. His major work interests include infectious diseases, vaccines, pediatric gastroenterology, epidemiology and biostatistics.

Name: Dr. Pradeep D'Costa -Principal Investigator

Qualification: MBBS DNB(Med)

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Profile: Dr.Pradeep D’Costa is working as Consultant Physician and Intensivist Dept. of Medicine, HOD of Critical Care ICU in KEM Hospital Pune. He is a American Heart association certified instructor of B.C.L.S, A.C.L.S and B.T.L.S also faculty for the P.G.D.E.M.S , Regional faculty for AHA 2008 for Asia-Pacific region member of HICC ,Code blue ,Quality Control, Pharmaco -Management Committee. He is involved in many Clinical trials as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. He contributed to many national-international paper publications as an Author and Co-Author.

Name: Mr. Tathagtata Bhattacharjee - Honorary Consultant – Data Science & IT Systems

Qualification: MBA-IT

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Profile:Mr. Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Honorary Consultant – Data Science & IT Systems, has relentlessly supported Vadu data systems for over 15 years. He has work experience in both the corporate world and academia. During his tenure in post-graduate teaching, he effectively trained his students on data management using live case studies of VRHP as a win-win scenario to improve data systems at Vadu. He played a pivotal role in rolling out electronic field data capture systems initially using laptop computers and then on android tablets, one of the first exponents of such big scale longitudinal field surveillance using tablets in India.His global exposure, working as a SAC member for INDEPTH Network and thereafter taking lead role in INDEPTH’s iSHARE project, gave Vadu a leading edge in understanding and designing health data management systems. Currently though he is working with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), he continues to support KEM Hospital Research Centre for data science development in the capacity of honorary consultant.

Qualification: M.D; DCH

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Profile:Dr. Anand Shantaram Kawade, M.D; DCH, is a pediatrician by training and has more than 35 years of clinical experience of managing children of all age groups in the public and private hospital set up as well in large scale community set up. As a trained vaccinologist, public health scientist and clinical trial specialist, his experience of conducting large phase II & III, GCP/ ICH compliant, community-based vaccine trials is crucial for understanding safety & efficacy of trial vaccine. He had been a principal investigator for large phase III trials of vaccines of National importance like Rotavac, Rotasiil, Pneumosiil, Covishield, and Cervavac. Additionally, he was responsible for clinical development of other important vaccines like Hexavalent, Typhoid, Influenza, Sputnik-V, recombinant BCG etc.
Besides vaccine trials he is involved in various disease burden studies, epidemiological studies, implementation research and intervention studies.
Currently he is working as Head of Department, Vadu Rural Health Program, KEMHRC, Pune and supports the Vadu HDSS (Health and Demographic Surveillance System) activities includes training and assessment of verbal autopsies, advising for conduct of clinical trials in community, supporting field activities & data collection and identification of translational clinical research in Vadu HDSS. He is certified trainer of trainer (TOT) for Clinical investigator development program by CDSA, DBT. He is also affiliated to various national academic bodies (Indian Academy of Pediatrics) and international collaboration(Brighton collaboration). He has multiple publications to his credits in high impact international journals includes Lancet, Vaccine, NEJM and Nature. Apart from his areas of interests like vaccinology, infectious diseases, pediatrics research, he is keenly interested in medical teaching, medical education technology and health technology. He possesses strong administrative and managerial skills along with strong analytical, presentation, organizational, management, effective problem solving and communication skills.

Qualification:: B.A.M.S., PGD in Clinical Research, Master of Global Health (University of Barcelona)

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Profile: Dr. Girish Dayma has a holistic experience of more than 13 years in public health and Clinical Research, especially in maternal and child health infectious domain. He joined KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune in November 2009 in Clinical Research Operations for a large community-based Phase II/III vaccine trials funded by WHO, DBT, PATH & BMGF. In a pursuit of gaining global research experience, he completed a course of Master of Global Health from the University of Barcelona and IS Global in 2019-20. He has been a core team member of VRHP, largely contributing to establishment of clinical trial and disease burden units by facilitating team development; setting standard operating procedures, and quality assurance processes in accordance with regulatory and ethical national and international guidelines. He has an experience of working with different teams including HDSS, clinical data management, ethics committee functioning, finance and budgeting, and administration. In 2022; he has been entrusted in developing and leading “Community Health Research Unit” an independent department of KEM Hospital Research Centre which caters to three administrative blocks of Pune district comprising about 1 million population.

Qualification: PhD Health Science.

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Profile:Dr. Agarwal pursued his PhD in health science at Savitribai Phule Pune University after completing his graduation. His research work and experience have primarily focused on respiratory health. He was awarded an NIHR-RESPIRE Post-Doctoral Fellowship, during which he collaborated with general practitioners in Pune to explore their perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of lung problems. He developed various skills include project management, fieldwork supervision, scientific writing, and presentation skills. He has actively participated in national and international conferences such as IPCRG and ERS. He plays a crucial role in academic supervision and mentorship. He serves as a PhD supervisor at Savitribai Phule Pune University, guiding six PhD candidates in their research pursuits. He has published 33 research articles in peer-reviewed journals. Recently, he has taken on the role of Principal Investigator for the Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System at the Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre in Pune. Overall, Dr. Dhiraj Agarwal is a distinguished Health Scientist with extensive experience in respiratory health research, project management, and academic coordination. His contributions to research, mentorship, and collaborative initiatives make him a valuable asset to the field of health sciences.

Qualification:PhD Global Health

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Profile: Rutuja has been a biotechnologist turned public health researcher at Vadu Rural Health Program, KEMHRC Pune since 2010. She started her biotechnologist work to develop a molecular biology laboratory. While doing the lab-related work, she worked with different teams including those leading Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems, Indoor Air-pollution, and Digital health. In the process, she was involved in the process of generating evidence for policymakers using the research activities conducted at VRHP and hence is leading various implementation science studies conducted by the department. She has been instrumental in designing and implementing a series of studies to address and inform policy decisions on respiratory health and the use of clean cooking fuel. She is also coordinating the formation of the Indian HDSS Network.

Qualification: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology), PhD (IIT Bombay)

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Profile: Aditi a clinical pharmacologist and public health researcher with combined industry and academic experience of 15+ years. She has been working in the area of maternal child health and public health research with KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune since 2015 and has contributed to several community and hospital-based research proposals and regulatory vaccine clinical trials. Her PhD work in involved development and evaluation of a body oil fortified with nanoparticles of micronutrients including iron, vitamin B12, vitamin D and folic acid. Her research interests include nutrition in particular anemia and micronutrient deficiencies, bioethics, vaccines and antimicrobial resistance. She is presently a lead investigator at community health research unit at Manchar, Pune involved in studies on microbiota directed complementary feeding in children and regulatory vaccine studies. She has received early research career award from Thrasher Research Fund. She is a member of ICMR national taskforce on anemia and ICMR national taskforce on safe and rational use of medicines. She is an academic editor for PloS global and public health. Recently, she has been selected for Women Lift Health 2023 India cohort to participate in a funded leadership development program. Apart from research, she is involved in teaching MSc clinical research curriculum at THSTI, Delhi and has been on institutional ethics committees of tertiary institutes in Pune. She has 22 publications in national and international journals and a book chapter to her credit.

Qualification: MBBS, MD Community Medicine

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Profile:Swathi Krishna is a public health physician cum researcher with deep interest and work experience in infectious disease epidemiology, health policy making and health policy and systems research, particularly in typhoid and tuberculosis. She completed her MD in Community Medicine from CMC Vellore. She was a former National Consultant for patient support services in National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) of India at the Central TB Division, New Delhi. She was the project lead for modernizing the training system of NTEP. She is also a current fellow of India Health Policy & Systems Research- cohort 2023 (IHPSR Fellowship).

Qualification: MSc Biometry, Health and Nutrition

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Profile: Himangi Lubree has been working with KEM Hospital Research Centre as a senior nutritionist and anthropologist in the field of community-based research for the past 27 years. Responsible for planning, designing, conducting and coordinating community-based observation and intervention studies and vaccine trials at VRHP, KEMHRC Pune in managerial capacity. Her experience in conducting community based longitudinal cohort studies in the field of nutrition and body composition has been greatly utilized by research projects. She has expertise in developing community-based data collection tools in the field of nutrition and physical activity and its analysis as well as in body composition techniques namely Anthropometry, Dual X-ray absorptiometry, Duetrated water and doubly labelled water technique. Master trainer for body composition and nutritional measurement techniques, is responsible for training of Junior staff. She was awarded the best employee award by KEMHRC in 2015. Her main interest areas are nutrition and physical activity, growth and development and body composition. She has presented papers in 14 national and 7 International conferences and has 47 publications in national and international journals, is a co-author of Manual of Anthropometric techniques.

Qualification: B.Tech (Agri.Engg.) MBA (Operations Management)

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Profile: Mr. Shirish Kathale has a holistic experience of more than 13 years in logistics and Administration at KEM Hospital Research Centre.He has been a core team member of VRHP, largely contributing to establishment of logistics and administration, Purchase, Maintenance, Transportation Management in the Centre. He has experience of working with different teams including HDSS, clinical data management, finance and administration.

Qualification: MCS

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Profile: Mr.Sandeep Bhujbal, Data Manager KEMHRC, VRHP; PUNE. His research interest is in Data Science and Data management. He is responsible for Data management, IT infrastructure and application designing using open-source technology. He has been involved in various research projects (clinical and non-clinical) where he has worked in application designing, data management. He has knowledge of data cleaning, data visualization and data analysis. In addition, he manages KEMHRC the data repository (repository.kemhrcvadu.org). He has been a core member of iSHARE project of INDEPTH Network.

Qualification: BAMS, MSc. Pharmaceutical medicine

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Profile:Dr Arunkumar Gondhali joined KEMHRC VRHP Vadu in 2011 as a study physician and currently he working as a project coordinator. He has more than 15 years of experience in clinical practice and more than 12 years in clinical research. He has a bachelor’s degree in Ayurveda and Master’s degree in pharmaceutical medicine. As a trained clinical trial specialist, his experience of conducting large phase II & III, GCP/ ICH compliant, community-based vaccine trials is crucial for understanding the safety & efficacy of trial vaccines. He has worked on different Clinical Trial studies mainly Vaccine trials such as the Rotavirus, Quadri FLU, Pneumococcal, COVISHIELD vaccine, COVOVAX Adult, COVOVAX Pediatric, IPV vaccine and free needle-free injector device study etc. Currently, he is working on Quadrivalent HPV vaccine and COVOVAX pediatric Booster Homologous/heterologous vaccine studies which are sponsored by Serum and RSV MAT 009 vaccine study sponsored by GSK.

Qualification: MSc. Biotechnology

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Profile:Biotechnologist by training, Mr. Rakesh Patil joined the organization in 2012 as Senior Clinical research coordinator. He possesses rich cross-functional experience, having worked in various areas of the organization. He has coordinated and managed Phase I to Phase IV clinical trials with special focus on cardiology and vaccine clinical trials. He has led the preparation for audits and inspections by the regulatory authorities. He currently leads the quality control team and coordinates various clinical trial projects. Mr. Rakesh Patil is actively involved in conducting in-house training programs, quality control of clinical trial activities, documentation, and conducting internal audits.

Qualification: M. Pharm (Pharmacology)

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Profile:Ms. Dipali Patil is an Assistant QC Manager at KEMHRC, VRHP Pune. She has been working with us since 2015 and she has more than six years of experience in quality control of documents, audit, and inspection. She completed her Masters in Pharmacology from Pune University in 2016. As a trained assistant QC manager, she is responsible for maintaining QC activities for clinical research projects. Such activities include ensuring coordination, communication, and team management as the trials are conducted and data is generated, documented, and reported in compliance with the current approved protocol, good clinical practice (GCP) and the applicable regulatory requirements. She is also involved in preparing, reviewing, and managing the standard operating procedures of the organization and conducting routine training as required. She has worked on different clinical trial studies, mainly vaccine trials such as the rotavirus vaccine study, the recombinant BCG vaccine, Human Papillomavirus Virus study, COVISHIELD (COVID-19) vaccine trial sponsored by SIIPL, the Pharmajet needle-free injector device study, etc. She has also worked as a clinical trial associate, safety associate. Currently She is working on the qHPV vaccine, the Chikanguniya vaccine trial, and the recombinant BCG vaccine trial.

Qualification:MSc. (Biotechnology)

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Profile:Ms. Sarika Dattatray Deshmukh is an Assistant Quality Control Manager at KEMHRC, VRHP Pune. She has more than 4 years of experience of quality control of documents and Audit and Inspection. She has completed her Masters in Biotechnology from Pune University in 2014. As Assistant QC manager, she is responsible for all QC activities for clinical research projects. Such activities include, coordination, communication and team management, ensuring the trials are conducted, data is generated, documented and reported in compliance with the current approved protocol, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the applicable regulatory requirements. She is also involved in preparing, reviewing and managing standard operating procedures of the organization and conducting routine training as required. She has worked on different Clinical Trial studies mainly Vaccine trails such as Rotavirus vaccine study, Meningococcal vaccine, Hexavalent study, Nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage, COVID-19 vaccines study etc. She also supports Vadu, HDSS.

Qualification:BHMS, MSc Sociology

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Profile:Dr. Ravi Vishwakarma is currently working as a Project Coordinator for vaccine trials Recombinant BCG Vaccine (rBCG/VPM1002), NPC cohort and Zoster-081vaccine study at KEMHRC VRHP,Vadu. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Masters in Sociology from Pune University and recently a course in Modern Pharmacology(Allopathy) from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS). He is a practicing clinician since 2003. He joined VRHP as Clinical Coordinator in the year 2013. He has vast experience of working in all departments of Vaccine research unit. He has worked as a Field Coordinator, Study physician and Document manager under various vaccine trial conducted at KEMHRC VRHP, Vadu. He has expertise in reporting and documentation of Adverse events and SAE that occur in during clinical as well as over all coordination of clinical trial.

Qualification:M.D.(Hom) CCMP (Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology)

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Profile:Dr. Makarand Ghorpade is currently working as a study coordinator for ongoing ICMR Probiotic Study at KEMHRC’s CHRU Manchar sponsored by ICMR. He joined as Clinical Coordinator at CHRU Manchar in Jun 2015, He completed his Master’s degree in Medicine from Pune University. He is a practicing clinician since 2002. He is also working as a Study physician, Field Coordinator, under various vaccine trial in CHRU Manchar. He has vast experience in community based research project. He has expertise in reporting Adverse events and SAE that occur in during clinical trial of vaccine project.

Qualification: B.Pharmacy, M.B.A(RA-IPR),PGDPM

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Profile:Mr. Manoj Dagwar has a holistic experience of more than 10 years in clinical trial management and operations. He has been working with KEM Hospital Research Centre Vadu since May 2014 in Clinical Research Operations for large community-based phase III/IV Vaccine /Medical Device Trials sponsored WHO, PATH. He is presently working as a project coordinator. He has previously worked as Asst. Document Manager and study coordinator cum data manager. He has handled more than 20 clinical research studies. Mr. Manoj is Pharmacist by education and training and has worked for a year in Research and Development in Alkem Lab. He has successfully handled external audits and Inspections and has international paper publication and presented papers in national and international seminar. Presently he is developing research skills in Project management and Observational research in NIH funded research studies. Recently he has completed WHO-TDR diploma by university of Siena for Study coordinators Asia 2018.

Qualification: M.Sc. Health Sciences

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Profile:Uddhavi Kand has been trained in Health Sciences and working with Vadu Research Health Program since May 2012. She has an experience of conducting qualitative research and community-based health research. She has also worked in social science studies research projects and community involvement activities for Vadu. Her research interest is in demography, epidemiology and social science.

Qualification: MSc. Biotechnology, PG Diploma in Clinical Research

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Profile:Rashmi has been in healthcare domain for past 10 years including US Healthcare and Clinical Research. She joined KEM Hospital research Centre, Pune in the year 2019 as a project Coordinator on Germany based Socio-public health project named “The Program for Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence by treatment and deterrence with the help of Mobile Application. Later joined CHRU Manchar Pune as Stakeholder Engagement Manager for BIRAC Project for enhancing the capacity study site. Currently working for Covovax booster Adult Phase III study and Microbiota-Directed Complementary Food Formulation (MDCF) Study as Project Coordinator.

Qualification: B.H.M.S

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Profile:Dr. Saroj Ashish Hande is currently working as a study physician on ‘ICMR Probiotic Study’ sponsored by ICMR organization New Delhi. She co-ordinates ICMR probiotic study very efficiently and supports other studies. Dr. Saroj Hande is a homoeopathic physician and worked for three years with multi-speciality hospitals for critical care management and direct patient care. She is running her private OPD since 14 years in Rural Area. She joined KEMHRC_CHRU_MANCHAR in Jan 2021. She worked as clinical coordinator on Respire SERO Surveillance.

Qualification: M.Com, MSW and MBA (HR & IT)

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Profile:Mr Tapas Kumar Mohanty, Informatics and Data Science Liaison Officer- NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE), University of Edinburgh, stationed at KEMHRC, Vadu. Tapas has over 17 years of diverse work experience in public health and other sectors, including 5 years in the UN. He has worked on various foreign funding projects such as Norwegian, USAID, BMGF, and GSK through the UN, IPE Global Pvt. Ltd., John Snow India Ltd and JSI Research & Training India Foundation. He worked on various implementation projects such as Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Health, COVID-19 and PCV vaccine introduction. HBNC, HBYC, and SNCUs are the projects piloted during 2010-2017 and further scaled up by National Rural Health Mission. During his tenure as State Data Officer in 2009, he supported the implementation of web-based Health MIS for the State Government of Odisha under NHM, which enhanced data-driven decision-making and health outcomes.

Qualification:MA Politics and Marathi

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Profile:Mr. Bharat Choudhari holds a Master’s degree in Politics and Marathi. He joined the KEM Hospital Research Centre in 2003 and has been working as a Research project and field Coordinator. His research interests are demographic research, epidemiology and social sciences. He is responsible for managing training, monitoring of surveillance activities including verbal autopsy and extensive planning of fieldwork for HDSS. He has been involved in various clinical, epidemiological, and implementational research projects where he conducted training on spirometry, GPS data collection and anthropometric measurements. Additionally, he has designed sampling strategies and developed the study tools for various projects. In addition to his field management and data management skills, he has acquired and developed his knowledge on data cleaning and analysis using knowledge on data cleaning and analysis using STATA and SPSS.

Qualification:M.Pharmacy

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Profile:Mr. Prakash Basappa Hurali is working in KEM Hospital Research Centre, Vadu as a Project coordinator. He has been involved in Clinical Research work for the past 8 years. In his tenure of 8 years he has worked on different Clinical Trial studies mainly Vaccine trials such as Rotavirus vaccine study, Pneumococcal Vaccine study, Tdap study, Human Papillomavirus Virus study, Rotavirus Interchangeability study, Meningococcal Study Recombinant Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine study, Shanta Hexa study, Hexavalent study, Vision 101 study, RSV-MAT_009 Study, Herpes Zoster, study etc., where he was involved in coordination, communication, safety reporting and team management etc. He also supports Vadu HDSS. Priorly he has worked in the capacity of Safety Associate as well as a Document Officer, Quality Assurance Officer, and Randomization officer in different Clinical trial studies.

Qualification:B.Pharmacy

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Profile: Mr. Shrikant Shamrao Masalkar is a Document Officer at KEMHRC, VRHP, Pune. He has more than 6 years of clinical research experience of clinical study coordination, communication and team management. He has completed his bachelors of Pharmacy from Pune University in 2011. As a trained clinical trial specialist, his experience of conducting large phase II, III & IV GCP/ ICH compliant, community-based vaccine trials is crucial for understanding safety & efficacy of trial vaccines. He has worked on different Clinical Trial studies mainly Vaccine trails such as Rotavirus vaccine study, Pneumococcal Vaccine study, Human Papillomavirus Virus study, COVOVAX (COVID-19) vaccine, Meningococcal vaccine, Shanta hexavalent,Vision 101 and Serum Hexa etc. He has also worked as a Investigational Product Manager on various studies. Currently he is working as Document Officer for Vision 101 (COVID-19) Vaccine trial sponsored by PKL.

Qualification:M.Sc Microbiology & PG Diploma In Clinical Research

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Profile: Ms.Trupti Palkar is a Quality Control (QC) officer at KEMHRC, VRHP, Pune. She has completed her Master’s in Microbiology from Pune University and PG Diploma in Clinical Research. As a trained QC officer, she is responsible for conducting QC activities for clinical research projects such as ensuring the trial is conducted, documented and reported in compliance with the current approved study protocol and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) along with applicable regulatory requirements. She has been working with us since December 2021, and has completed many vaccine trials. She has also supported the Vadu HDSS QC work with her expertise..

Qualification:BE (Computer), MBA

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Profile: Mr. Suhas Bhalerao, has working as IT System Administrator at Vadu Rural Health Program, KEMHRC Pune since June 2015. His interest is in cloud applications like AWS, Office365, Google Workspace, and on-Premise Servers. He is responsible for designing, managing, and maintaining IT infrastructure, on the cloud and on-premise also assessing current systems and processes, developing ways to improve them, identifying technical problems, and developing software updates and fixes. He has been involved in various research projects (clinical and non-clinical) where he has worked in creating and managing IT infrastructure and providing security to it. He has knowledge of Linux Server, Windows Server 2012 R2 to 2022, Virtualization, System Security, AWS, and DevOps tools like Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Qualification:B.Sc (Microbiology), DMLT

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Profile: Mrs Vidya Bharate is a Senior Laboratory Technician at KEMHRC, VRHP Pune. She is working with KEMHRC Vadu for more than 13 years. She completed her bachelor's in Microbiology from Pune University in 2009 and her Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology in 2002.She has worked on more than 19 clinical trials (Phase II, III and IV) and non-clinical trials.She is a well-trained,experienced and dedicated phlebotomist with precise and comprehensive expertise in blood collection of all age group specially in Infants. She collected more than 8000 blood collection of all age groups; she has also well-versed in basic and advanced laboratory techniques. As a trained Laboratory Technician, she is responsible for maintaining all lab-related activities such as temperature monitoring, calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment. Biospecimen samples collection, Processing, Storage, and Shipment. Accountability of lab kits and vaccines. She has also experience of DNA and RNA extraction from various samples in bulk quantity. She is also involved in training of all laboratory procedure. She is trained with GCP and GLP training. She provides training to new lab members about lab processes. She has good communication skill with CRO’s.

Qualification:B.A., DMLT

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Profile: Priti Musale is a Senior Laboratory Assistant and phlebotomist at KEMHRC, VRHP Pune. She has extensive experience of blood collection and laboratory work in various diagnostic centre. She is working in KEMHRC Vadu since last 13 years. She completed her Graduation and Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (DMLT) from Indian Board. She has performed more than 6000 successful venipuctures. She has enough confidence perfection in blood collection in all age group especially in Infants. She has Acquired and handled bio specimen to established guideline, regulatory and safety procedures. She is trained with GCP and GLP training. She has responsibility of monitoring lab activity like bio specimen management, vaccine accountability, cold chain management, bio waste management, instrument calibration and documentation. She is responsible for trained and led phlebotomist and other laboratory work. She has worked on more than 15 different clinical trial studies mainly vaccine trails. She is also involved in training of blood collection procedure. She has good communication skill with CRO’s and site team.

Qualification: BSc. Chemistry, PGDMLT

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Profile: Ms. Sujata Shivekar (Pawar) is a Laboratory technician at KEMHRC, VRHP Vadu. She has more than 14 years of experience of blood collection. She has completed her Graduation in Chemistry & PGDMLT. She is trained in GCP & GLP and all Laboratory activities. She is responsible for lab activities for clinical research studies. She has worked on more than 12 -13 different clinical and non-clinical trials. Her activities include biospecimen collection, processing, storing of samples and lab documentation. She has successfully handled external audits. She has worked on different Clinical Vaccine trials.

Qualification: BSc. DMLT

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Profile: Ms. Jyoti Mane is working as a Laboratory Technician at KEMHRC,VRHP Pune. She has more than 6 years of experience as a Laboratory technician. She has completed her BSc. DMLT in 2017. she is trained in GCP,GLP and all Laboratory activities and is responsible for all laboratory activities for clinical research studies which includes biospecimen collection, processing, storing and lab documentation. She has successfully handled external audits. She has worked on different Clinical Vaccine Trial and surveillance studies such as Typhoid sero surveillance study, Rota virus vaccine study, Recombinant BCG Vaccine, Human Papilloma virus study, BIRAC Sero Surveillance study, COVISHIELD (COVID-19) vaccine,SII-wHEXA-IN-02 study , SII-aPENTA_IN-02 study etc.