Dr. Suchita Shrestha has an extensive background in managing and conducting clinical trials.
Currently, she is leading the management of all research projects at OUCRU Nepal, ensuring they are of high standards and comply with regulatory requirements. Prior to this, she has coordinated and executed several high-impact clinical trials in Nepal that have significantly contributed to advancing medical research, including the RECOVERY trial for COVID-19 therapies, the COPCOV trial for COVID-19 prophylaxis, and the TyVAC-Nepal trial for typhoid vaccine efficacy.
On completion of her master’s degree in public health, Dr. Shrestha began working on a multi-centre clinical trial on infant health and has been involved in managing clinical trials ever since.
Timeline
2024
Head of CTU of Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Nepal
2020
Started working as Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Nepal, Patan Academy of Health Sciences
2019 – 2020
Worked as a freelance researcher, where she developed research proposals for the Child Health Research Project at the Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, and the Kathmandu Institute of Child Health.
2017 – 2019
Senior Research officer atChild Health Research Project, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University
