Profile
- Name : DR. PRAJAKTA GULABRAO KADALE
- Designation : Scientist C
- Division : Clinical Trial Unit
- Email ID : [email protected]
- Area Of Interest : Epidemiology, HIV/ AIDS, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, Mathematical modelling, Artificial intelligence
- Completed and Ongoing Projects
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Ongoing Projects:
Sr. No. Title of Project Duration Funding Agency Role 1 Barriers and facilitators in linkage of HIV and Hepatitis B/C coinfected individuals to the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme in India 18 months ICMR-Intramural Principal Investigator 2 Antibody Response following One Dose of Cervavac® as compared to One Dose of Gardasil® Vaccine in Healthy Girls Aged 9–14 Years: A Non-inferiority, Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Trial 30 months ICMR-Intramural Co-Principal Investigator 3 Sentinel survey of the high-risk population through community-based organizations for the detection of Human Mpox virus infection in India 12 months ICMR-Extramural Co-Principal Investigator 4 A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Immunogenicity and Safety of Single Dose of Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine, Live Attenuated (Recombinant, Lyophilized) – “DengiAll” of Panacea Biotec Limited in Healthy Indian Adults 36 months ICMR and Panacea Biotec Ltd Co-Investigator 5 A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of VPM1002 and Immunovac Vaccines in Preventing Tuberculosis (TB) in Healthy Household Contacts of Newly Diagnosed Sputum Positive Pulmonary TB Patients 48 months ICMR-Extramural Co-Investigator 6 Facilitators and Barriers for Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine Precaution Dose Among Indian Population 6 months ICMR-Extramural Co-Investigator 7 HIV Drug Resistance Among People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Failing on Dolutegravir-Based Regimen at ARTC in Pune 12 months ICMR-NITVAR, Pune Co-Investigator - Awards and Honours
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- Awarded scholarship for Twelveth Advanced Vaccinology Course in India (INDVAC) 2024
- Best Team Research Award as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) for the study "Sentinel Survey of the High-
Risk Population through Community-Based Organizations for the Detection of Human Mpox Virus Infection in
India", awarded at the DHR-ICMR Health Research Excellence Summit 2024. (Role as Co-PI) - Reviewer for ICMR Short Term Studentship (STS) programme
- Winner of Inter-collegiate post-graduate students national quiz competition in XII th Joint Annual Conference of
Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases & Indian Association of Epidemiology in Sept.
2017 - Stood 14 th in Merit list in State Board Higher Secondary Certificate Examination in February. 2006 with
93.83% marks - Stood 14 th in Merit list in State Board Secondary School Certificate Examination in March, 2004 with 92.8%
marks
- Work Experience
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Qualification: MBBS, MD (Community Medicine)
Name of employer & address
Date of joining
Date of leaving
Nature of work performed or being perform
ICMR- National Institute of
Translational Virology and
AIDS Research, Pune01 Jan 2025
Till date
Scientist ‘C’
ICMR - National Institute Of Translation Virology And Aids Research (NITVAR)
21/07/2021
31 Dec 2024
Scientist B
ICMR - National Institute Of Translation Virology And Aids Research (NITVAR)
11/07/2019
31/07/2020
Medical Officer under TB Vaccine Clinical Trial Project
Department of Community Medicine, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon Dabhade, Pune
22/04/2016
26/06/2019
Post graduate student and tutor
Maharashtra State public health Services,
Rural Hospital, Paud, Mulshi Dist.- Pune
24/07/2014
14/02/2015
Medical Officer(Group A)
Maharashtra State public health Services,
Medical Officer, District Tuberculosis Centre, Pune Rural
29/01/2014
17/07/2014
Medical Officer(Group A)
- List of Grant Recieved
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List of grants received
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Title of Project
Duration
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Role
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- Conference/Training/Workshop Attended
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- Presented abstract titled- “Knowledge of Hepatitis B & C Among HIV-Infected Individuals attending four
programme clinics in India” at IAPSMCON-2025
- Presented abstract titled- “Lessons from a Tribal District in Maharashtra can Pave the Way for Future Disease
Control Initiatives- The Gadchiroli Covid-19 Vaccination Experience” at National Public Health India Conference
(NPHICON 2024)
- Twelveth Advanced Vaccinology Course in India (INDVAC) 2024 organized by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and CMC, Vellore in September 2024
- Capacity Building Workshop on Randomized Clinical Trials Under INTENT Programme at ICMR-NIRRCH in May,
2023
- Workshop on Enhancing Capacities: Communication, Advocacy & Modelling for Pandemic Preparedness
(CAMPP) in May 2022
- Certified in Basic and Advanced Life Support training in 2019
- Certified & trained in RNTCP programme implementation at National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore in May,
2014 - Number of Publications : 5
- List of Publications
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1. Kadale P, Shidhaye P, Gurav S, Ap P, Ghate M. Enhanced adherence counselling outcomes among people
living with HIV with virological failure: Single-centre experience in Pune, India. Chronic Illn. 2024 Sep;20(3):405-
412. doi: 10.1177/17423953241253869. Epub 2024 May 15. PMID: 38747812.
2. Godbole S, Diwan V, Das S, Reddy MM, Kalyanasundaram M, Rajendran D, Biswas D, Mamulwar M, Tiwari RR,
Majumder J, Mishra A, Muthusamy SK, Memeenao M, Gupta N, Gupta S, George LS, Kadale P, Trushna T,
Saha I, Alam U, Kathiresan J, Phukan SK, Sane S, Bhowmik K, Yadav GK, Krishnamurthy V, Gogoi P, Padhye
K, Kant R, Ghosh P, Kharat M, Kulkarni A. Facilitators and barriers to the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine
precaution dose among adult population: qualitative analysis across six different states of India. Front Public
Health. 2024 Jan 24;11:1293600. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1293600. PMID: 38328539; PMCID: PMC10847555.
3. Dandekar A, Raje S, Kadale P. Assessment of occupational health of workers in floriculture industry in rural
Maharashtra. MIMER Med J 2019;3(1):2-6.
4. Dandekar AA, Raje SS, Kadale PG. Determinants of pesticide exposure among workers in floriculture industry in
rural Maharashtra. Int J Community Med Public Health 2019;6:5230-4.
5. Kadale PG, Pandey AN, Raje SS. Challenges of working mothers: balancing motherhood and profession. Int J
Community Med Public Health 2018;5:2905-10.
