Scientific Manager

PAYAL DESHPANDE aczkmt@r.postjobfree.com **** St Patrick Way, Apt 310, Dublin, CA 94568 408-***-****

AREAS OF INTEREST

Public Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacovigilance, Medical writing, Molecular Biology, Microbiology

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

CDC certified International Course in Applied Epidemiology at Rollins School of 2014

Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Master of Science in Applied Biology – Thesis, University of Mumbai, India 2010

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, University of Mumbai, India 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scientific Programme Manager, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Mumbai Jan 2014-Feb 2015

Clinical R & D & Medical Affairs, Biologicals

Responsibilities:

Planning & execution of Epidemiological (Epi) studies

Performing supervisory duties and being the chief communication contact between Principal Investigator, Investigator and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Engaging key opinion leaders (physicians, pathologists, healthcare professionals) for collaborations on various ongoing & upcoming epidemiological studies and evaluating emerging diseases

Managing finances of the study (sanctioned vs spent budget, vendor negotiations, record & track unseen expenditure)

Collaborating with cross functional teams (legal, regulatory, marketing, finance) for study activities and scientific communications

Documenting Spontaneous and Clinical Adverse Events (AEs) & Pregnancies. As well as assisting in follow ups and updating monthly of the Pharmacovigilance tracker.

Providing responses to safety requests for vaccines from the field (marketing team/ physicians)

Conducting audits and inspections

Providing recent scientific information related to therapy area

Organizing conferences

Clinical Research Coordinator, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Mumbai Aug 2011- Dec 2013

Clinical R & D & Medical Affairs, Biologicals

Responsibilities:

Coordinating the Epi study in the assigned cities with Investigator, Local and Central Laboratory

Responsible for the efficiency of workflow in study activities

Updating study files for investigators, sponsors & for audit purposes.

Supporting the preparation & maintenance of Adverse events documents

Organizing regular internal meetings for update & flow of communication

Preparing literature / case study research to identify disease burden

Preparing newsletters, medical affairs slide decks, Investigators brochure, author write-ups and articles on vaccine preventable diseases & other related documents for in-house research and study purposes.

Research Fellow, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital & MRC, Mumbai July 2007- July 2011

Molecular Biology/Microbiology projects undertaken during and after the MSc tenure:

Screening of NDM-1 organisms in health check up executives.

Patient characteristics and treatment outcomes associated with complicated community acquired Intra-Abdominal Infections (IAI) in which Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) –producing Enterobacteriaceae are isolated (SMART study).

Early Detection of Invasive Fungal Infections in immunocompromised patients (Thesis topic)

Compromising all treatment options- the new endemic: New Delhi Metallo-1 (NDM-1) in Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary care centre, India.

To monitor, globally and longitudinally the in vitro susceptibility of bacterial isolates from intra abdominal infected sites to Ertapenem and other antimicrobials. (SMART -Study & Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance Trends).

Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) including Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in adults: Etiology clinical outcome and antibiotic susceptibility pattern.

ESBL (Extended Spectrum of Beta Lactamases) Time Study Case.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Anand Manoharan, Jyotsana Singh, Payal Deshpande. ASIP Study Group.Alliance for surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease in India – The ASIP Study: Design and methodology. Pediatric Infectious Disease. Volume 8, Issue 2, April–June 2016: 58–63

Payal Deshpande, Camilla Rodrigues, Anjali Shetty, Farhad Kapadia, Ashit Hedge, Rajeev Soman. New Delhi Metallo-β Lactamase (NDM-1) in Enterobacteriaceae: Treatment options with Carbapenems Compromised. Journal of Associations of Physicians of India. March 2010; 58:147-149

Payal Deshpande, Anjali Shetty, Farhad Kapadia, Ashit Hedge, Rajeev Soman, Camilla Rodrigues. New Delhi Metallo-1: Have carbapenems met their doom? Clinical Infectious Diseases.2010; 51(10):1222

Payal Deshpande, Anjali Shetty, Ajita Mehta, Farhad Kapadia, Ashit Hedge, Rajeev Soman, Camilla Rodrigues. Standardization of Fungal PCR for the early diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infection. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology,2011;29(4):406-410

Payal Deshpande, Viral Vadwai, Anjali Shetty, Reeta Dalal, Rajeev Soman, Camilla Rodrigues. No NDM-1 carriage in healthy persons from Mumbai: reassuring for now. J Antimicrob Chemother. January 11, 2012

Preeti Pillai, Viral Vadwai, Payal Deshpande, Mehul Panchal, Anjali Shetty, Rajeev Soman, Camilla Rodrigues. Triple-disk assay for phenotypic detection of predominant carbapenemases. Indian J Med Res 138, December 2013, pp 1025-1026

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Molecular techniques: Nucleic acid extractions (blood, body fluids, bone & tissue specimens), PCRs, Primer designing, ELISA, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Restriction Enzyme Digestion, Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, BLAST nucleotide searches & data analysis.

Microbiological techniques: Microscopy, Isolation/plating of cultures, Culture preservation, Media preparation, Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, slide culture technique for identification of fungi, calcoflour staining, Gram staining, Gradient Plate technique, Spread plate, Pour plate method.

Microsoft: Word, Excel, Office, Powerpoint, Outlook

WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Disease (ISPPD), 2014 at Hyderabad 9th – 12th March

MICROCON 2013, Hyderabad 20th-24th November

Medical Writing-Attaining the Global Insight. A IDMA-BMJ-Hinduja hospital collaborative workshop.

Participated in the Infection Prevention Week at P.D.Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre (July 2009).

Systemic mycosis – Russia & Indian experience at TATA memorial Hospital (Feb 2008)

EXTRA CURRICULAM ACTIVITIES

National Service Scheme (NSS)-(2004-2006)

Volunteered in Mahanagarpalika Pulse Polio Drive at Dharavi and Bandra-Khar, Mumbai, India

Actively participated in various activities of N.S.S at K.C.College Mumbai for a period of two years (2004-2006)

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