Dr. Jisha John

Education
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore - IDTRC 2020 – 2021 (1 year)
 Fellowship in Antimicrobial Stewardship (FASCP),
 The first fellow of the post-Pharm D Infectious Diseases fellowship program in India.
 70% marks.
Annamalai University, Chidambaram - (Directorate of Distance Education) 2018-2020 (2 years)
 Master of Business Administration (Hospital Management)
 60% marks.
Kerala University of Health Sciences - National College of Pharmacy 2010 – 2016 (6 years)
 Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
 70% marks.

Experience (9 years)
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Project Research Scientist III - 23rd April 2025 – 31st July 2026 (1 year, 3 months)
Technical Resources Hub, Department of Pediatrics (ACEBCH)
 Reviewing the evidence for guidelines prepared by TRCs for the antibiotic guidelines for various infectious diseases.
 Conducting workshops and training programs and being a faculty in various workshops in Evidence synthesis and guideline development
 Drafted the introductory chapter for the DHR SOP for evidence synthesis.
 Drafted the chapter “Systematic reviews and meta-analysis” in the book “The Art & Science of Writing a Scientific Paper.” by Indian Pediatrics.
Ongoing projects: - DHR Epilepsy guidelines, DHR guidelines on cough syrups.
Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Clinical Pharmacist and systematic reviewer Jan 2022 – April, 2025 (3 years 4 months)
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Training and Research Centre (IDTRC)
Clinical Pharmacist (2022-2025)
 Successfully executed an antifungal stewardship program in immunocompromised patients, in the department of hematology, Christian Medical College Vellore. The paper was presented in ID week 2022 Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, December 2022, ofac492.1393, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1393
 Conducted the Point Prevalence Survey of the Antibiotic consumption of the CMC, Vellore, Ranipet Campus, during September 2023, which paved the way for the full-fledged syndrome based Stewardship approach at CMC, Vellore.
Clinical Research Associate (2021- 2024)
 Probiot Study - A Phase 2b study to determine the efficacy of probiotics given in peri transplant period among allogenic stem cell transplant recipients in preventing gram negative bacteremia, mortality, graft versus host disease.
 Protocol writing secured the Fluid Research Grant (1.5 Lakhs), IRB meeting and DSMB meeting, Data collection and maintenance, Data cleaning.
 Presented in 2025 ECCMID #03273:- Efficacy and safety of peri-transplant probiotic supplementation among allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: A phase 2b randomised controlled trial
Fellowship in AMSP course coordinator: (2021-2025).
 Mentored 4 batches of pharmacists in antimicrobial stewardship.
 Secured a competitive grant for the Fellowship pharmacist’s salary.
Writing committee – World Health Organization (WHO) Echinococcus guidelines [Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)]
 Drafted and formatted the guidelines (Published on 16 June 2025, by WHO NTD Department).
Communication Officer: - READ-It (Research, Evidence, and Dissemination Initiatives)- CMC (Christian Medical College)- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine- Cochrane ID (CIDG) collaboration.
 Collated the evidence synthesis responses of the READ-It collaboration for Covid-19. ()
Evidence synthesis:
 WHO Defeating Meningitis by 2030 Roadmap - Meningitis diagnosis, treatment & care guidelines,
 Brain Infection Guidelines – India
 DHR-Technical Resource Centre.
 India Covid Guidelines
Fellow in Antimicrobial Stewardship Nov 2020 – November 2021 (1 year)
 Antimicrobial Stewardship in Medical and surgical wards
 Implemented Antifungal Stewardship in department of Hematology

Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Clinical Pharmacist Nov 2017 - Nov 2020 (3 years)
Department of Pharmacy
 Medication management in internal medicine, respiratory medicine, and surgical departments.
 NABH champion for the department of Pharmacy
Maternity Break May 2017 – Nov 2017 (6 months)
Clinical Pharmacist Dec 2016 - May 2017 (6 months)
 Medication management in internal medicine, respiratory medicine, and surgical departments.
 NABH champion for the department of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy intern July 2016 - September 2016 (3 months)
 Medication management in internal medicine, respiratory medicine, and surgical departments.