Shani S Thankachen

Shani completed her bachelor’s in Medical Biotechnology and holds a Master’s degree in Public health from Amity University, India. In addition, Shani completed a course in Clinical Trial Fundamentals facilitated by Monash University, Australia and Project Management Fundamentals  by Australian Institute of Management.

Prior to joining George Institute, she worked as a Junior research fellow at the International Clinical Epidemiological Network (INCLEN) New Delhi on multiple epidemiological studies and was involved in project designing and database management. Presently, she is involved in the operations and management of academic randomised clinical trials like Long Covid ,PACE in COPD and works closely with the trial steering committees, regulatory authorities, ethics committees and clinical sites across India to conduct trials ethically and efficiently.