... Clinical Pharmacology: Staff & Achievements


Teaching Staff:

Name Designation Email Phone Telefax
Dr. U.M. Thatte Professor & Head clinpharm@vsnl.net +91-22-23014713 +91-22-23050347
Dr. Renuka Munshi nee Kulkarni Lecturer


CPD Staff
CPD Staff


Non-Teaching Staff:

Name Designation
Mr. Narendra Kadu Clerk cum Typist (part-time)
Mrs. Archana Malankar Record Assistant (part-time)
Mr. Shridhar Shinde Animal House Helper


Research Staff:

Dr. Supriya Bhalerao, Senior Research Associate 1
M.Sc. Students 5
Ph.D. Students 3
Research Medical Officers 9
Senior Research Fellows 6
Junior research Fellows 6
Office Staff 4
Helpers 5


Research Activities:

The department conducts out various collaborative research projects funded by the Government of India and Pharmaceutical industry:

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    		•  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India:
    Extensive in vitro, experimental and clinical research is being carried out in the area of NIDDM (non-insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus).
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    		•  Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Government of India:
    A clinical trial is being carried out in patients with alcoholic hepatitis.
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    		•  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India:
    In vitro anti-mycobacterial studies and anti-cancer studies with plant extracts is being conducted.
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    		•  World Health Organisation:
    - Phase I study of surveillance of drug use and its correlation with
      anti-microbial resistance patterns in the Community has been completed.
      Phase II study to develop sustainable measures to promote rational drug
      use in the Community is to be initiated.
    - Updating of Standard Treatment Guidelines (STG) for MCGM.
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    		•  Department of AYUSH, Government of India:
    Assessment of prakriti and its co-relation with Host defence against infection.
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    		•  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR):ICMR Centre for Advanced Research in Clinical Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine.
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    		•  Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS):Pharmacology & Toxicology Unit.
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    		•  Department of Science & Technology, Government of India:Immunomodulatory studies on various plant extracts.
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    		•  Pharmaceutical industry:The department also conducts clinical trials for Pharmaceutical companies for example, Igate, USV, Max fair and Dabur.


    Training Courses:

    The department regularly conducts training courses on:

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    		•  Clinical Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine for modern medicine practitioners.
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    		•  National workshops on Good Clinical Practices.
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    		•  Pharmacovigilance.
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    		•  Research methodologies for Ayurvedic post graduate students.


    Previous Publications & Presentations, Achievements & Awards:

    Achievements:

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    		•  Dr. U.M. Thatte is a Member of National Pharmacovigilance Advisory Committee.
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    		•  Dr. U.M. Thatte is the Member Secretary of the Forum for Ethical Review Committees in India (FERCI).
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    		•  The department is recognised as the ICMR Advanced Centre for Clinical Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine.
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    		•  The Department is recognised as a AYUSH.
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    		•  The department is in-charge of the Clinical Pharmacology Unit funded by Dr Reddy's Laboratories.
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    		•  The Ranbaxy Centre for Clinical Excellence is also looked after by the department.


    Awards:

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    		•  Dr. Urmila Thatte - CDRI Award for Excellence in Clinical Pharmacology in 2004.
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    		•  Dr. Renuka Kulkarni won the Best Paper award at the International Conference on Pharmacovigilance held in Mumbai, December 2003.
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    		•  Dr. Anagha Kulkarni, won the Best Paper award at the Woundcon conference held in Kolkatta in March 2005.
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    		•  "Cleanliness Award" for the Best Department in Cleanliness in the year 2004.


    Publications:

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    		•  Sachin Parab, RM Madraki, SM Bhusari, R Kulkarni, U.M. Thatte, AR Halankar, AF Almeida. "Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) measurement by single sample iohexol clearance." January 2005.
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    		•  Kulkarni R, Thatte U.M., Shinde V, Dharadhar S. Popova O and Vakil H A Comparison of the Tolerability of Two Dilution Volumes (0.5 mL and 1.0 mL) of a Purified Chick Embryo Cell Rabies Vaccine Administered Intramuscularly to Healthy Adult Volunteers: A Randomized, Intraindividual, Assessor-Blind Study, Current Therapeutic Research, Volume 65, No. 1, January/February 2004.
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    		•  Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Use in the Community: A Time-Series Study. Urmila Thatte, http://mednet3.who.int/icium/icium2004/.
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    		•  Problems in Clinical Trials with Alternative Medicine Urmila Thatte, Ranjit Roy Chaudhury http://mednet3.who.int/icium/icium2004/.
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    		•  Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Use in the Community: A Time-Series Study. Thatte U, Kulkarni RA, Holloway K, Sorenson T, Koppikar GV. http://mednet3.who.int/icium/icium2004/.
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    		•  Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use at All Levels of the Health Sector: An Intervention in Itself? Kulkarni R, Thatte UM, Holloway K, Sorenson T, Koppikar GV. http://mednet3.who.int/icium/icium2004/.
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    		•  Thatte U.M. Phenserine Axonyx: Current opinion in Investigational Drugs2005 6(7):729-739.
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    		•  Saha SA, Thatte U.M. Teicoplanin: An overview of its current role in the management of Gram-positive Infections. The Journal of General Medicine June-2005.vol-17 no.2.
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    		•  Thatte U.M Leflunomide: A new oral DMARD for Rheumatoid Arthritis -The Journal of General Medicine March-2005.vol-17 no. 1.
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    		•  Thatte U.M., Ranjit Roy Chaudhary Beyond DOTS: Avenues ahead in the management of Tuberculosis. The National Medical Journal of India Vol-16 No-6, 2003.
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    		•  Thatte U.M. Challenges in Clinical Research with Herbal Medicines. Invited Chapter in Book "CATALYST".
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    		•  Thatte U.M., Kulkarni RA "Patient Compliance in Clinical Practice" The Association of Physicians of India, Assam State Chapter, Medicine Update Vol. VII, pp 737-741.
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    		•  Thatte U.M. 'Clinical Pharmacology' Chapter in book Geriatric Care a text book of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2004 page no. 593-601. Edited by Dr. OP Sharma.
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    		•  Thatte U.M., Mujtaba Ali Khan, VK Arora, 'Drugs and Respiratory System.' In Practical Approach to Respiratory Diseases, page no. 47-64. Publ. Jaypee Brothers, 2005.
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    		•  Thatte U.M., Tripathi R. 'Anti-histaminics, Invited chapter in book on Allergies and Inflammation' (Under publication).


    Presentations:

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    		•  "Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Use in the Community: A Time-Series Study" at ICIUM Conference 2004 at Chiang Mai Thailand.
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    		•  "Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Relationship with Antimicrobial Use in the Community: A Time-Series Study" in the INCLEN Global Meeting XX on February 11-14, 2004 at New Delhi.
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    		•  "Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use at All Levels of the Health Sector: An Intervention in Itself?" at ICIUM Conference 2004 at Chiang Mai Thailand.
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    		•  "Problems and Pitfalls in Herbal Drug Evaluation" presented at the Mid term Chapter Conference of ISCPT.
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    		•  "Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions in Mumbai", Patwardhan GA, Kulkarni RA, Shinde VJ, Thatte UM, presented at XXXVI Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society, New Delhi, December 5-7.
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    		•  "Evaluation of in vitro effect of selected food items on platelet aggregation", Kalekar SA, Deshmukh AS, Thatte NM, Rao SA, Kulkarni RA, Thatte UM, presented at XXXVI Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society, New Delhi, December 5-7.
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    		•  "Development of modern techniques for the quality control of bhasmas", Parab SM, Uchil DA, Navalakhe RM, Bhalerao SS, Deshmukh AS, Kulkarni RA, Thatte UM, presented at XXXVI Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society, New Delhi, December 5-7.
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    		•  "Correlation of salivary with serum concentrations of antiepileptic drugs", Shinde VJ, Kulkarni RA, Goyal P, Parab SM, Kule PG, Thatte UM, presented at XXXVI Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmaological Society, New Delhi, December 5 -7.
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    		•  "In vitro effect of aloe vera on neutrophil and monocyte phagocyte function in relation with prakriti", Mahale MK, Patil MJ, Deshmukh AS, Bhalerao SS, Thatte UM, presented at XXXVI Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacological Society, New Delhi, December 5-7.



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