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DR. SNEHAL P. CHAVHAN
Name : DR. SNEHAL P. CHAVHAN
Designation : Scientist E
Division : Clinical Trial Unit
Email ID : [email protected],[email protected]
Area Of Interest : Epidemiology, Occupational health, Zoonoses
Completed and Ongoing Projects

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Awards and Honours
  1. Gold Medal in M.D. Community Medicine 2015(MUHS)
  2. Fellow of 10th International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment (KIHT, HTAIn, ISPOR)
  3. 1ST Prize in Oral Presentation at Indo-US conference on climate change impacts on Occupational and Environmental health(CliCON OEH2025)
Work Experience

Sr.no

Post

Department

Institute

Duration

1

Assistant Professor

Dept. of community Medicine

B.J Medical College  Pune, Maharashtra

22nd July 2015 to 18th  July 2016

2

Assistant Professor

Dept. of community Medicine

D.Y.Patil Medical college Kolhapur, Maharashtra

1st Oct 2016 to 28th Feb 2017

 

3

Assistant Professor

Dept. of community Medicine

D.Y.Patil Medical college Pune, Maharashtra

13th  August 2018  to 12th  July 2019

 4

Assistant Professor

Dept. of community Medicine

BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College,Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

13th  July 2019 to 21st  March 2021 

5

Associate Professor

Dept. Of Community Medicine

BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College,Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

22nd  March 2021 to 8th  July 2021

6

Scientist E-Medical

Health Sciences Division

ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health ,Ahmadabad

12th  July 2021 to 4th April 2024

7.

Scientist E-Medical

Health Technology Assessment Group

ICMR-National Institute of Virology ,Pune, Maharashtra

5th April  2024 to 8th September 2025

7.

Scientist E-Medical

 

ICMR-National Institute of Translational Virology and AIDS Research , Bhosari,Pune, Maharashtra

 9th September 2025 to till date 

List of Grant Recieved

List of grants received

Sr.No.

Title of Project

Duration

Funding Agency

Role

1

A study on acute and repeated dose dermal toxicity of alcohol based hand sanitizers in Sprague dawley rats

2

ICMR

Principal Investigator

2

Efficacy of ‘Metered tobacco dispenser ‘in reducing tobacco dust exposure and respiratory symptoms among female bidi rollers-A pre post quasi experimental study.

3

ICMR

Principal Investigator

3

Impact of health belief model based- health educational intervention targeting unpasteurized/raw milk (kacha milk) consumption among milk workers with objective assessment of bacteriological milk quality – Pre post quasi -experimental study

2

ICMR-Ignition Grant

Principal Investigator

4

A pilot study to evaluate the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to biomedical waste handlers by bioaerosols exposure.

3

GSBTM

Co-PI

Conference/Training/Workshop Attended
  1. Workshop on "Modelling in health technology assessment" from 17th to 21st Feb 2025, organized by ICMR-NIV, Pune
  2. Mid-Career Development Management Development Program of ICMR, MoHFW, GOI, from 21st April to 3rd May 2025 at IIM, Vizag, AP
  3. Workshop: Health System Costing from 3rd to 4th Sep 2024, organized by HTARC, ICMR-NIRRCH, Mumbai.
  4. International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment: ISHTA 2025“Bridging Evidence to Policy: Health Technology Assessment for Affordable Healthcare” Organized by DHR, MoHFW in collaboration with WHO and Centre for Global Development on 8th and 9th March, 2025 at Bharat Mandapam- Multipurpose Hall
  5. Health Technology Assessment Workshop organized at ICMR-NIV on 14th-15th October 2024.
  6. VIROCON 2024 organized by DRDE, Gwalior, MP, India on 11th to 13th November 2024.
  7. 10th International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment from 10th to 15th March 2025, organized by Kalam Institute of Health Technology & HTAIn, DHR, GOI at AMTZ, Vishakhpattanam, AP, India
  8. "Advanced training course in sample size determination and power analysis in health research" from 18th to 20th Nov 2024, organized by Resilient Foundation for Academic Innovation and Scientific Research, New Delhi  .
  9. INDO-US CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (CliCON OEH2025) organized by ICMR-NIOH, NIREH, NEERI on 26-28 February, 2025 at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.
  10. VIROCON 2025 organized by ICMR-NIV,Pune on 8th to 10th December 2025.
Number of Publications : 14
List of Publications
  1. Balachandran, C., Chavan, S.P., Deoshatwar, A.R., Thankappan, U.P., Patil, D.R., Sawant, P.M., Kumar, S., Hari, I., Pulinchani, A., Sharma, Y.P., Upadhyay, K., Kanani, A., Katira, J.M., Butte, D.K., Pavitrakar, D., Sakhare, K., Mahamuni, S., Tupekar, M.M., Garg, S., Saxena, P., Waghale, K.D., Shankar, S., Sharma, S.S., Ratnakar, S., Sonowane, P., Dhaygude, S., Kumar, N. and Bondre, V.P. (2025), Investigations Into the Outbreak of Chandipura Virus Encephalitis, Gujarat, India, 2024. Journal of Medical Virology, 97: e70456. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.70456
  2. 2. Snehal Chavhan, Santasabuj Das, Anupriya Minhas. 2025. “Haematological Outcomes of Working in Bio Mining Operations: A Cross-Sectional Pilot among Bio Miners of Western India.” Indo-US Conference on Climate Change Impacts on Occupational and Environmental Health (CliCON-OEH 2025). J Health Pollut 13(1):018701, ABR101, https://doi.org/10.1289/JHP1375.
  3. Palkhade, R., Sammal, D., Parmar, J., & Chavhan, S. (2025). Methodological limitations and confounders in dermal toxicity evaluation of aqueous test substance by OECD technical guidelines 402, 410: our experience of testing ethanol based hand sanitizer. Annals of Medicine, 57(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2491664
  4. Chandrachood MV, Chavhan SP. Effectiveness of topic briefing followed by field visit in improvement of academic performance of medical students: A pre-post quasi-experimental study. Journal of the Epidemiology Foundation of India. 2025;3(1):43-50.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56450/JEFI.2025.v3i01.008

 

  1. Mevada Yogendra; Vinod Kumar Kirubakaran; Balamurgan, Vinayagamurthy; Chavhan Snehal; Kumar Jitendra; Palkhade Rajendra. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Leptospirosis in High-Risk Occupational Groups in the State of Gujarat as Determined by IgM ELISA and MAT Test: A Cross-Sectional Study. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 28(2):p 106-114, Apr–Jun 2024.

DOI: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_83_23

 

6.Tank ND, Palkhade R, Dhatrak SV, Chavhan SP. Spectrum and Possible Appropriate Technology for Specific Protection against Cutthroat Kite String “Manja” Injury. Annals of Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. 2022 Jul 1;6(2):31-4.

  1. Chandrachood MV, Chavhan SP, Joshi SA, Sharma NK. Perceptions of medical students regarding online learning versus traditional learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Maharashtra, India. Global journal of medicine and public health.2022 Feb;10(5):1-7
  2. Chandrachood MV, Chavhan SP, Sharma NK. A cross sectional study to assess the knowledge regarding hand hygiene among undergraduate medical students in Konkan, Maharashtra, India. Global journal of medicine and public health.2021 July;9(6):1-7
  3. Chandrachood MV, Chavhan SP. Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding snakes and snake bite among students of industrial training institute in tribal area of Maharashtra. International journal of community medicine and public health (Gujarat). 2020;7(5):1936-40.
  4. Chavhan SP, Chandrachood M V (2020). Correlation of body mass index with biceps and triceps skin fold thickness. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 7(4), 1475–1479.
  5. Snehal P Chavhan, Pankaj Kasdekar. Workplace stress among bus drivers. International Journal of Scientific Research.2019;8(7):82-83.
  6. Snehal Chavhan,Pankaj Kasdekar ,Preeti Namdeo Pawar. Study of Common Mental Disorders in Rural India. International Journal of Scientific Research.2019;8(6):35-37.
  7. Charusheela Patil, Jitendra Bhawalkar,Snehal Chavhan. Self-medication: observations in rural field practice area. International Journal of Scientific Research.2019;8(2):20-22.
  8. Chavhan.SP, Kubde SS, Pawar P. Study of medical morbidities among bus drivers of Maharashtra state road transport corporation division. Int J Sci Res. 2018;7(3):403-10.