Alisha Pradhan has over four years of clinical nursing experience at Tribhuwan University Teaching hospital, one of Nepal’s largest tertiary care hospitals. With Masters degree in Public health, she joined Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Nepal as a Research Officer. She played a pivotal role in ensuring the quality of the studies conducted by OUCRU-Nepal through comprehensive monitoring processes that spanned from inception to completion of a research. This included meticulous attention to detail in protocol adherence, data collection methods, and overall study execution, not just in Nepal but in international sites as well.
Currently serving as a Research Coordinator at OUCRU-Nepal, Alisha has honed her expertise in international clinical research. Her role involves developing standard operating procedures, training staff, coordinating data collection and ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Her diverse background includes consultancy for the International Organization for Migration and research assistance on projects addressing gender, disability and disaster. Alisha’s commitment to community health is exemplified by her leadership as Vice President in health awareness programs. With a focus on advancing public health through rigorous research and effective strategies, Alisha is a dynamic force in the field, dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes.
Her interests focus on health research related to infectious and non-infectious diseases.
She completed a BSc in Nursing from the Institute of Medicine and worked as a staff nurse at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for more than four years.
Alisha also started an NGO called “Sunaulo Bihani” and served as Vice-president for two years. She later completed a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Institute of Medicine and worked as a consultant for the International Organization for Migration for four months.
Researches involved:
Azithromycin and cefixime combination versus azithromycin alone for the out-patient treatment of clinically suspected or confirmed uncomplicated typhoid fever in South Asia; a randomised controlled trial
A Clinically-Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network – Phase 2 (ACORN-2)
A Clinically-Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network – Health care Associated Infections (ACORN-HAI)
Understanding variations in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs in hospital networks in Asia through a newly developed context-specific tool
Finding treatments for COVID-19: A phase 2 platform trial of antiviral pharmacodynamics in early symptomatic COVID-19 (PLATCOV)
ADaptive ASsessment of TReatments for influenzA: A phase 2 multi-centre adaptive randomised platform trial to assess antiviral pharmacodynamics in early symptomatic influenza infection (AD ASTRA)
Timeline
July 2024-Present
Research Coordinator, OUCRU-Nepal
August 2022- July 2024
Research Officer, OUCRU-Nepal
May 2022- August 2022
Consultant, International Organization for Migration
February 2022- March 2022
Research Assistant, Maharajgunj Nursing Campus
March 2021- May 2021
Intern, National Health Training Center, Department of Health Services
Sep 2013 to Jan 2018
Staff Nurse, Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital
