Editorial Board

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Research (JPADR) comprises distinguished pharmacovigilance professionals, clinicians, academicians, researchers, and industry experts from leading universities, healthcare institutions, regulatory organizations, and pharmaceutical companies across the world.

Our editorial members represent diverse areas of expertise in pharmacovigilance, drug safety, clinical research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, regulatory affairs, epidemiology, medical sciences, and pharmaceutical education. Their collective experience ensures rigorous peer review, high editorial standards, scientific integrity, and continuous advancement of the journal's quality.

The Editorial Board includes experts from numerous countries, including Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada, Armenia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, France, India, Russia, South Africa, Argentina, Colombia, Switzerland, Italy, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.


Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Chinmaya Mahapatra

Dr. Chinmaya Mahapatra

Qualifications: M.Pharm., Ph.D., PGDCR

Position: Editor-in-Chief

Affiliation:
Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy
Parul University
Vadodara, Gujarat 391760, India

Email: chinmaya.mahapatra41086@paruluniversity.ac.in

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5728-9533

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, Pharmaceutics, Clinical Research

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Managing Editor

Dr. Chinmaya Mahapatra

Dr. Revati Kothari

Qualifications: MBBS MD Pharmacology

Position: Managing Editor

Affiliation:
Drug Safety Physician, Parexel International, Mohali, India

Email: dr.revatikothari@gmail.com

ORCID iD:  0000 -0002-3463-025x

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacology, Clinical Research

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Executive Editorial Leadership

Dr. Luca Cariolato

Dr. Luca Cariolato

Position: Associate Editor

Professional Role:
Head of Signal Management
CSL Vifor Pharma

Location:
Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland

Email: luca.cariolato@gmail.com

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9639-5905

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance Signal Management

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Dr. Luca Cariolato

Dr. Prasanna Kumar Dixit

Position: Ethics Editor

Professional Role:
Professor 

Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Ganjam, Odisha, India 76000   

Email: prasannadixit@gmail.com/ pkd.zool@buodisha.edu.in

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-0601-1707 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, 

 

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Dr. Pathiyil Ravi Shankar

Dr. Pathiyil Ravi Shankar

Position: Associate Editor

Professional Role:
Faculty
IMU Centre for Education
International Medical University

Affiliation:
Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19
Bukit Jalil
Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia

Email: pathiyilravi@imu.edu.my

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6105-5636 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacology

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Dr. Rajinder K Jalali

Dr. Shah Asma Farooq

Position: Editorial Office Coordinator

Professional Role:
Senior Drug Safety Associate

Affiliation:
Qinecsa, Bangalore India

Email:  shahasma09@gmail.com

ORCID iD:  0000-0002-8107-2238 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Amer Ahmed Syed

Ms. Andrea Veronica Gonzalez

Professional Role:
Pharmacovigilance Chief, Monte Verde S.A.

Position: Technical Editor

Affiliation:

Int. Cnel. Amaro Avalos 2829 3; Munro, Pdo. Vte Lopez, Pcia. Buenos Aires,
Argentina , Zip code 1602

Email: andreavgonzalez@gmail.com / agonzalez@raffo.com.ar

ORCID iD:  0000-0 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Ashok Shenoy K

Dr. Ashok Shenoy K

Qualifications: MBBS, MD Pharmacology

Position: Technical Editor

Professional Role:
Professor

Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology
Kasturba Medical College
Mangalore 575001
Karnataka, India

Email: ashok.shenoy@manipal.edu

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-4306-7582 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, Pharmacology

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Specialised Editorial and Issue Management

Dr. Rozafa Koliqi

Dr. Rozafa Koliqi

Position: Production Manager 

Qualifications: 

Professional Role:
Associate Professor

Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacy
University of Prishtina
George Bush Street No. 31
Prishtina 10000, Republic of Kosovo

Email: rozafa.koliqi@uni-pr.edu

ORCID iD:  0000-0001-7160-3755 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Amira Selim

Dr. Amira Selim

Position: Section Editor

Professional Role:
Senior Patient Safety Specialist

Affiliation:

AstraZeneca , Cairo, Egypt  

Email: amira.selim@atrazeneca.com

ORCID iD:  0009-0003-0005-2193 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Denish Richardt

Dr. Denish Richardt

Position: Guest Editor

Professional Role:
Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Specialist
South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

Affiliation:
DR Consulting
Wilderness
South Africa

Email: Denise.Richardt@drconsulting.co.za

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-3099-0562 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Jyoti Upadhyay

Dr. Jyoti Upadhyay

Position: Issue Coordinator

Professional Role:
Professor

Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES)
Energy Acres Campus, Bidholi
Via Prem Nagar
Dehradun 248007
Uttarakhand, India

Email: jupadhyay@ddn.upes.ac.in

ORCID iD:  0000-0001-7012-3653 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Lopamudra Behera

Dr. Lopamudra Behera

Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology)

Position: Special Issue Editor

Professional Role:
Senior Drug Safety Physician

Affiliation:
Parexel International Services India Ltd.
Chandigarh, India

Email: lopamudra.behera@parexel.com

ORCID iD:  A

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Advisory, Governance and Quality Assurance

Dr. Kaori Nomura

Dr. Kaori Nomura

Position: Workflow Auditor

Qualifications: RPh, MPH, PhD

Professional Role:
Associate Professor

Affiliation:

Advanced Clinical Research Center
Fukushima Medical University, Japan

Email:  nomoura29@fmu.ac.jp

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-4386-3458 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

 

 

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Dr Gargi Dey

Dr. Gargi Dey

Position: Publishing Consultant

Qualifications: MBBS, MD Pharmacology

Professional Role:
Drug Safety Physician

Affiliation:
Fortrea
Bengaluru
Karnataka, India

Email: gargi.dey@fortrea.com

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-4711-9175 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Research. Healthcare

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Dr. Rajiner Kumar Jalai

Dr. Rajinder Kumar Jalali

Qualifications:  MBBS, MD Medicine

Position: Editorial Governance Advisors

Professional Roles:

  • Chairperson, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC), SGT University
  • Physician and Healthcare Consultant
  • Expert in Drug Safety, Clinical Research, Development and Medical Affairs
  • Former Global Head – Pharmacovigilance and Head – Medical Affairs & Clinical Research, Sun Pharma

Affiliation:
WellNex Polyclinic & Labs
Sector 83
Gurugram 122004
Haryana, India

Email: dr.rajinderjalali@gmail.com

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-3060-8108

Area of Expertise: Drug Safety, Clinical Research and Development 

 

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Dr. Ahmed Hegazy

Dr. Ahmed Hegazy

Qualifications: Medical Doctor, MSc. in Pharmaceutical Medicine.

Position: Publication Management Professional

Professional Role:
Managing Director,

Affiliation:

PVigilant Health.
Pharmacovigilance and Medical Affairs Consultant, Auditor, Trainer, and Lecturer.

16B, 76B Street, Mirdif, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Email:  ahmed.hegazy@pvigilant.com

ORCID iD:  0009-0006-6899-6221

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Kaori Nomura

Dr. Pipasha Biswas

Position: Ethics Consultant

Qualifications: MBBS MD Pharmacology

Professional Role:

Vice President, Pharmacovigilance & Late Phase RWE

Affiliation:

Pharmacovigilance & Pharmacoepidemiology, Symogen Limited., 8 Boston Drive, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5YS, United Kingdom

Email: pippa.biswas@symogen.com

ORCID iD:

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr Gargi Dey

Dr. Medha Joshi

Position: Quality Assurance 

Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology), MHPE

Position: Editorial Advisory Board Member

Professional Role:
Consultant, Health Professions Education

Former Position:
Senior Professor of Pharmacology
International Medical School, MSU

Affiliation:
Bengaluru 560054
Karnataka, India

Email: medhajoshi11@yahoo.com

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Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Content Development and Production Roles

Dr. Subhrojyoti Bhowmik

Dr. Sepideh Mohamadi

Position: Copy Editor

Professional Role:

Deputy QPPV

Affiliation:

Actoverco, Group No 58, 8th St., Kooye Nasr (Gisha St.), Tehran, Iran

Email: sepideh.mohamadi@actoverco.com

ORCID iD:  0009-0007-7651-0954

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Sanjeev Gupta

Carmela Gelida Barboza Justiniano

Position: Production Editor

Professional Role:

Independent Consultant / Seasonal Professor (Pharmacovigilance & Technovigilance)

Affiliation:

Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru.

Email: gelybj@gmail.com

ORCID iD:  0000-0002-5069-6873

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Nouran Ameen Hamza

Dr. Romina Fernanda Heredia

Position: Language Editor

Professional Role:
Head of Project Management

Affiliation:
Pharmacovigilance Department
PHV LATAM
Beauchef 244 5–12 (1424)
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Email:
farm.rominaheredia@gmail.com
romina.heredia@phvlatam.com

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Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

Dr. Abhishek Madan Phatak

Dr. Nimish Narkar

Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology)

Position: Section Editor

Professional Role:
Assistant Professor

Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology
K. J. Somaiya Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre
Affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)
Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Email: nimish.narkar@somaiya.edu

ORCID iD:  0000-0002-8315-4720

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

 

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Technical, Workflow and Digital Operations

Heyde Patricia Zuluaga Arias

Heyde Patricia Zuluaga Arias

Position: Digital publishing Professional

Professional Role:
Vice President

Affiliation:
Colombian Pharmacovigilance Association
Colombia

Email: patriciazuluagaa@gmail.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Rakesh Barmy

Dr. Rakesh Barmy

Position: Managing Editor

Professional Role:
Senior Manager – Pharmacovigilance and Quality

Affiliation:
Johnson & Johnson
High Wycombe
United Kingdom

Email: rbarmy@its.jnj.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

 

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Alain Kut

Alain Kut

Position: Production Coordinator

Professional Role:
Pharmacovigilance and Product Information / Labeling Consultant

Affiliation:
4 Quai du Parc
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 94100
France

Email: kutalain@gmail.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance, Pharmaceutical Labeling

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Denise Richardt

Maria da Penha Silva

Position: Workflow Coordinator

Professional Role:
Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance

Affiliation:
Federal University of Espírito Santo
Vitória, Espírito Santo
Brazil

Email: mariapenhasilva@gmail.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Pablo Ernesto Morales Hernandez

Dr. Kezhi Zhang

Position: Technical Editor

Professional Role:
Global Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Expert

Affiliation:
United States of America

Email: kezhizhang@gmail.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

 

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Dr. Pablo Ernesto Morales Hernandez

Dr. Pablo Ernesto Morales Hernandez

Position: Metadata Specialist

Professional Role:
Regional Study Coordinator

Affiliation:
Panamerican Clinical Research
Querétaro, Mexico

Email: pmorales@panamclinicalresearch.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Dr. Amee Pandya

Dr. Amee Pandya

Qualifications: MBBS, MD (Pharmacology)

Position: Platform Administrator

Professional Role:
Drug Safety Physician

Affiliation:
Parexel International
Chandigarh, India

Email: amee.pandya@parexel.com

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Administrative and Foundational Support


Dr. Luca Cariolato

Dr. Amer Syed

Qualifications: MBBS, MD, (MSRC) 

Position: Ethics Editor

Professional Role:
Senior Medical Director, Physician

Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania   

Email: 

ORCID iD:  0000-0003-1806-0311 

Area of Expertise: Pharmacovigilance

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Editorial Board Commitment

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Research (JPADR) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of editorial excellence, scientific integrity, ethical publishing, and transparency. Board members actively support rigorous peer review, promote responsible research practices, uphold international publication ethics, and contribute to the continual advancement of pharmacovigilance, drug safety, and pharmaceutical sciences.

JPADR sincerely acknowledges the valuable contributions of its Editorial Board members in strengthening the quality, credibility, and global impact of the journal.