Saibal Das
About me
I am a medical professional from India. I completed my undergraduate medical training (MBBS), followed by three years of post-graduation (MD) in Pharmacology from Christian Medical College, Vellore, India and another three years of post-doctoral training (DM) in Clinical Pharmacology from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
I am presently working as a Scientist (Medical) at the Indian Council of Medical Research – National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections, Kolkata, India. My present areas of work are medication safety among the elderly, evidence-based medicine, and personalized medicine. I am also pursuing doctoral education (PhD) at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and there I work in the Health Systems and Policy team (Improving Use of Medicines).
Being a Clinical Pharmacologist, my core areas of expertise are coordinating, conducting, and reviewing clinical trials and synthesizing evidence on medicine efficacy/effectiveness and safety. I have knowledge of the pharmacology of medicines in special populations and pharmacoepidemiology. I also have expertise and experience in precision medicine.
I have been actively involved in clinical research over the last 12 years in the capacity of an investigator (field level) as well as a program officer (central secretariat level). Hence, I understand the essentials of working in both of these roles. I have published over 80 papers and won several research awards. I have clinical experience of more than ten years. I serve in various scientific/research committees on Pharmacology and Drug/Product (including medical devices) Development of the Government of India and some professional international societies. Besides, I am actively associated with the ICMR-National Task Force on Safe and Rational Use of Medicines.
I have first-hand experience in reporting and publishing rare adverse drug reactions and providing clinical consultations to clinicians in managing complex drug-related problems. I have experience in applying Clinical Pharmacological interventions (e.g. medication reconciliation, de-prescribing, choice of optimal medications, desensitization for drug hypersensitivity, etc.) in managing such cases and published those. I was actively involved in the review and time-bound periodic updates of the ICMR COVID-19 management guidelines based on the continuously emerging efficacy and safety data of various medicines.
Articles
- Journal article: INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2025;:02537176251357217Das S; Sen S; Mondal S; Mondal M; Khatun Y; Sarkhel S; Saha I; Mukherjee S; Bhowmik K; Sarkar S; Neogi R; Rao R; Paramanik M; Bhattacharjee M; Basu A; Bhargava S; Ganguly S; Bhattacharjee S; Saha A; Chakrabarti A
- Journal article: COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE. 2025;5(1):255Cherian JJ; Poomali A; Mukherjee A; Gupta TM; Medhi B; Mukherjee S; Sankaranarayanan A; Saha N; Gota V; Gudde RS; Pahuja M; Das S; Chatterjee NS; Bose R; Kshirsagar N; Raghuvanshi RS
- Journal article: INDIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;69(2):185-190Guin A; Haokip HR; Bandyopadhyay S; Das S; Saha I; Basu A; Bhargava S
- Journal article: PLOS ONE. 2025;20(2):e0319068Rehman T; Agrawal R; Ahamed F; Das S; Mitra S; Kumar D; Sethy C; Kanungo S; Bhattacharya D; Pati S
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2025;15(1):4062Das S; Gnanavel P; Smanla S; Saikia AM; Mishra S; Khare S; Murugan SA; Prakash VN; Roychoudhury P; Ahmad I; Diwan V; Rajesh J; Kumar KS; Kishore J; Srivastava N; Yasmin S; Nasrin M; Borah R; Basistha MS; Baruah C; Kalita M; Samajdar SS; Cherian JJ; Pathak A; Panda S; Tripathi SK; Lundborg CS
- Journal article: STROKE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2025;2025(1):6893801Ravi R; Das S; Hakami T; Prakash BM; Pushparajan L
- Journal article: HOSPITAL PRACTICE (1995). 2024;:1-7Bandyopadhyay S; Samajdar SS; Chaudhuri S; Das S
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;12:1456868Das S; Khare S; Eriksen J; Diwan V; Lundborg CS; Skender K
- Journal article: INDIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;:02537176241259144Das S; Sarkar S; Bhowmik K; Mukherjee S; Saha I; Basu A; Roy A; Rao R; Sarkhel S; Neogi R; Bhargava S; Paramanik M; Ghosh A; Mandal S; Mondal S; Sen S; Mondal M; Khatun Y; Saha A; Chakrabarti A
- Journal article: CLINICS AND RESEARCH IN HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2024;48(6):102373Bandyopadhyay S; Verma P; Samajdar SS; Das S
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2024;19(4):e0300511Basu A; Dutta AK; Bagepally BS; Das S; Cherian JJ; Roy S; Maurya PK; Saha I; Sukumaran D; Rina K; Mandal S; Sarkar S; Kalita M; Bhowmik K; Saha A; Chakrabarti A
- Journal article: SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 2024;59(1):29-40Bhargava SS; Das S; Priya H; Mishra D; Shivabasappa S; Sood A; Hazarika CR; Gupta PC; Chakma JK; Swasticharan L; Sinha P; Munish VG; Gupta SR
- Journal article: PERSPECTIVES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. 2024;15(1):18-23Sabu ST; Venkatraman S; Cherian JJ; Das S; Pahuja M; Adhikari T; Mukherjee S; Chatterjee NS; Kshirsagar NA
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2023;79(11):1453-1463Venkatraman S; Das S; Eerike M; Cherian JJ; Bagepally BS
- Journal article: DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: CLINICAL RESEARCH AND REVIEWS. 2023;17(10):102849Bandyopadhyay S; Das S; Samajdar SS; Joshi SR
- Journal article: DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: CLINICAL RESEARCH AND REVIEWS. 2023;17(8):102727Singh AK; Singh R; Gangopadhyay KK
- Journal article: CLINICS AND RESEARCH IN HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2023;47(7):102174Bandyopadhyay S; Samajdar SS; Das S
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE. 2023;31(4):444-446Das S; Samajdar SS; Mukherjee S; Sarkar S; Sen S; Pathak A; Lundborg CS; Selvarajan S; Tripathi SK; Pal J; Chatterjee N; Joshi SR
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY. 2023;14:1175152Das S
- Article: JOURNAL OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. 2023;20(1):44-54Das S; Selvarajan S; Kamalanathan S; Parameswaran S; Zachariah B
- Article: GERIATRICS. 2022;7(6):136Samajdar SS; Das S; Sarkar S; Mukherjee S; Pathak A; Lundborg CS; Saha I; Tripathi SK; Pal J; Chatterjee N; Joshi SR
- Article: NEUROLOGY INDIA. 2022;70(5):2009-2014Das S; Tiwari S; Xaviar S
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIABETES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 2022;42(1):138-146Kamalanathan S; Das S; Srinivasan A; Anandabaskar N; Sahoo J; Selvarajan S
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY. 2022;13:940307Das S
- Article: PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2020;2020:4853590-8Ghosh A; Das S; Behera SK; Ramakrishnan K; Selvarajan S; Kandasamy P; Nair NS
- Article: EPILEPSY RESEARCH. 2020;159:106258Das S; Xaviar S
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2020;76(1):133-135Das S; Behera SK; Ramakrishnan K; Ganesapandian M; Munuswamy H; Selvarajan S
- Article: LUNG INDIA. 2019;36(6):483-491Rajaram M; Selvarajan S; Neelamegan R; Kamalanathan S; Gunaseelan V; Xavier AS; Das S; Karthikeyan V; Saka V; Chandrasekaran A
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;39(5):519-521Vaidyanathan S; Subramanian K; Bharadwaj B; Das S; Kola GST; Maroju NK
- Article: ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2019;44:172-174Selvarajan S; Manohar H; Das S; Sakkarabani P; Kandasamy P
- Article: PERSPECTIVES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. 2019;10(2):62-66Das S; Behera SK; Xavier AS; Dharanipragada S; Selvarajan S
- Article: PHARMACY PRACTICE. 2019;17(1):1502Fernandez-Llimos F; Pharmacy Practice 2018 peer reviewers
- Article: DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2018;144:270-278Das S; Behera SK; Srinivasan A; Xavier AS; Selvarajan S; Kamalanathan S; Sahoo JP; Nair NS
- Article: JOURNAL OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. 2018;15(5):583-595Ramasamy A; Jothivel N; Das S; Swapna A; Albert AP; Barnwal P; Babu D
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY. 2018;40(4):903-910Behera SK; Das S; Xavier AS; Velupula S; Sandhiya S
- Article: CLINICAL DRUG INVESTIGATION. 2018;38(3):211-218Das S; Behera SK; Xavier AS; Velupula S; Dkhar SA; Selvarajan S
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH. 2018;46(1):522-525Das S; Barnwal P
- Article: SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 2017;52(8):1104-1109Das S; Barnwal P; Maiti T; Ramasamy A; Mondal S; Babu D
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDERS OF AIDS CARE. 2017;16(3):290-295Bandyopadhyay S; Das S; Mondal S
- Article: HOSPITAL PRACTICE (1995). 2017;45(2):46-50Das S; Fleming DH; Mathew BS; Winston A B; Prabhakar AT; Alexander M
- Article: HOSPITAL PRACTICE (1995). 2017;45(2):39-45Das Adhikari D; Das S; Winston A B; Vazhudhi K; Kumar A; Shanthi Fx M; Agarwal I
- Article: HOSPITAL PRACTICE (1995). 2017;45(1):21-27Winston A B; Das Adhikari D; Das S; Vazhudhi K; Kumar A; Shanthi Fx M; Agarwal I
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS. 2016;7(4):177-181Sen S; Thomas A; Das S; Dey JK; Peedicayil A; Thomas V; Peedicayil J
- Article: JOURNAL OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. 2016;13(5):495-504Das S; Datta A; Bagchi C; Chakraborty S; Mitra A; Tripathi SK
- Article: PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY. 2016;54(9):1513-1521Prabhu VV; Sathyamurthy D; Ramasamy A; Das S; Anuradha M; Pachiappan S
- Article: JOURNAL OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. 2016;13(4):393-401Ramasamy A; Das S; Mani V; Sengottuvelu S; Vinoth Prabhu V
- Article: JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE & COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2016;7(3):171-174Prevalence of Hepatotoxicity From Antituberculosis Therapy: A Five-Year Experience From South India.Saha A; Shanthi F X M; Winston A B; Das S; Kumar A; Michael JS; Balamugesh T
- Article: JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE & COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2016;7(2):113-117Sukumaran D; Cherian AG; Das S; Winston A B; Kumar A; Shanthi Fx M
- Article: TROPICAL DOCTOR. 2016;46(2):86-90Das S; Winston A B; Sukumaran D; Kumar A; Fx MS; Prasad J
- Article: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;6(1):39-54Das S; Barnwal P; Winston A B; Mondal S; Saha I
- Article: NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH. 2015;29(11):1059-1064Das S; Bandyopadhyay S; Ramasamy A; Mondal S
- Article: PSYCHOGERIATRICS. 2014;14(4):241-246Ghosh S; Bandyopadhyay S; Bhattacharya S; Misra R; Das S
- Article: JOURNAL OF YOUNG PHARMACISTS. 2013;5(3):108-109Das S; Saha I; Mondal S; Bandyopadhyay S
- Article: JOURNAL OF YOUNG PHARMACISTS. 2013;5(3):106-107Das S; Mondal S; Datta A; Bandyopadhyay S
- Article: JOURNAL OF YOUNG PHARMACISTS. 2013;5(2):64-66Das S; Mondal S; Dey JK; Bandyopadhyay S; Saha I; Tripathi SK
- Article: JOURNAL OF AYURVEDA AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE. 2013;4(2):99-106Datta A; Bagchi C; Das S; Mitra A; Pati AD; Tripathi SK
- Article: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. 2012;34(4):359-362Das S; Mondal S; Dey JK
- Article: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. 2012;34(3):245-248Mondal S; Saha I; Das S; Ganguly A; Ghosh A; Kumar Das A
- Article: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. 2012;34(3):242-244Das S; Ganguly A; Ghosh A; Mondal S; Dey JK; Saha I
- Article: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. 2012;34(2):124-125Das S; Mondal S
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All other publications
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33:400Das S; Pathak A; Lundborg CS; Panda S; Tripathi SK
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33:636-637Das S; Sarkar S; Saha I; Basu A
- Review: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2024;24(1):663Das S; Kalita M; Makhal M; Devaraja M; Bagepally BS; Cherian JJ; Aadityan R; Bhattacharjee M; Mondal S; Sen S; Mondal M; Basu A; Dutta AK; Saha I; Saha A; Chakrabarti A
- Review: RESEARCH ON AGING. 2024;46(7-8):437-448Das S; Bagepally BS; Eerike M; Cherian JJ; Dasgupta S; Mathews G; Rao S
- Review: INDIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;67(1):123-135Das S; Bandyopadhyay S; Sawant S; Chaudhuri S
- Review: DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME: CLINICAL RESEARCH AND REVIEWS. 2023;17(1):102703Joshi SR; Das S; Xaviar S; Samajdar SS; Saha I; Sarkar S; Mukherjee S; Tripathi SK; Pal J; Chatterjee N
- Review: FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY. 2022;13:1004308Cherian JJ; Eerike M; Bagepally BS; Das S; Panda S
- Review: RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2020;40(10):1539-1554Shah S; Danda D; Kavadichanda C; Das S; Adarsh MB; Negi VS
- Editorial comment: PAIN MANAGEMENT. 2020;10(5):279-281Maiti T; Bhattacharya D; Das S
- Review: CLINICAL DRUG INVESTIGATION. 2020;40(7):591-601Das S; Bhowmick S; Tiwari S; Sen S
- Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2020;23(5):613-619Shah S; Das S; Jain A; Misra DP; Negi VS
- Review: JOURNAL OF OPIOID MANAGEMENT. 2020;16(2):141-149Maiti T; Das S; Ramasamy A; Stanley Xavier A; Kumar Behera S; Selvarajan S
- Review: JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE. 2020;33(1):90-95Das S; Behera SK; Xavier AS; Selvarajan S
- Editorial comment: PAIN MANAGEMENT. 2020;10(1):9-12Das S; Maiti T
- Review: CURRENT CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2019;14(2):84-90Behera SK; Das S; Chengappa KG; Xavier AS; Selvarajan S
- Review: PERSPECTIVES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. 2019;10(3):108-114Behera SK; Das S; Xavier AS; Selvarajan S; Anandabaskar N
- Review: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL HEPATOLOGY. 2019;7(2):165-171Das S; Ramakrishnan K; Behera SK; Ganesapandian M; Xavier AS; Selvarajan S
- Other: CURRENT DRUG SAFETY. 2019;14(2):158-162Behera SK; Selvarajan S; Mathews J; Shajil C; Das S; Munisamy M; Xavier AS
- Review: HOSPITAL PRACTICE (1995). 2018;46(3):152-162Behera SK; Das S; Xavier AS; Selvarajan S
- Review: JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE. 2018;31(1):6-17Das S; Dey JK; Sen S; Mukherjee R
- Review: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;7(3):119-134Barnwal P; Das S; Mondal S; Ramasamy A; Maiti T; Saha A
- Meeting abstract: VALUE IN HEALTH. 2016;19(7):A874Das S; Fleming DH; Mathew BS; Winston AB; Prabhakar AT; Alexander M
- Review: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;6(3):214-228Das S; Barnwal P; Ramasamy A; Sen S; Mondal S
- Other: JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS. 2016;7(2):99-101Das S; Ramasamy A; De S; Mondal S
- Other: JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS. 2015;6(4):219-221Das S; Bandyopadhyay S; Ramasamy A; Prabhu VV; Pachiappan S
- Review: CURRENT DIABETES REVIEWS. 2014;10(4):275-282Choudhury SR; Datta A; Chanda S; Pathak AN; Das S
- Review: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2013;3(6):322-334Mondal S; Saha I; Das S; Ganguly A; Das D; Tripathi SK
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Employments
- Scientist (Medical), Clinical Pharmacology, Indian Council of Medical Research - Centre for Ageing and Mental Health, 2021-
- Phd Student, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026