Dr. Girish Dayma (B.A.M.S., PGD in Clinical Research, Master of Global Health)

Dr. Girish Dayma leads the CHRU team under the guidance of Dr. Ashish Bavdekar and Prof. Sanjay Juvekar. The 35-member CHRU team comprises Project Coordinators, Study Physicians, Document Officer, Quality Assurance Officer, Pharmacist, and Field Research Assistants.

Dr. Dayma has over 15 years of comprehensive experience in public health and clinical research, with a particular focus on maternal and child health in the infectious disease domain. As a core team member at Vadu, Dr. Dayma has made significant contributions to the establishment of clinical trial and disease burden units. In 2022, he was entrusted with the development and leadership of CHRU, an independent department within KEMHRC. He received the ISARIC Fellowship (Pandemic Science Institute & University of Oxford) to establish a harmonised Clinical Characterisation Protocol for COVID-19, aimed at collecting data in a globally standardised manner to facilitate rapid responses in outbreak situations.