Journal of Pharmacovigilance

Department of Pharmacy, Brac University, Bangladesh

Biography

Sharmind is working in Brac University  as an Associate Professor. She completed her PhD from the University of Leeds, UK in Pharmacology and Clinico-epidemiology. Before that she was a full-time lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy, Stamford University Bangladesh. She started her career at Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd as a product executive. After that she has gathered different experiences in health sector as a Research Fellow at BIRDEM, Project Executive in Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health at UNFPA, Bangladesh. Sharmind’s expertise is in Pharmacology, Environmental Toxicology, Maternal and child health, autism and pharmacovigilence.  

Publications

• Research Article   
  Knowledge and Attitude about Pharmacovigilance: A Cross-sectional Study Involving Pharmacy Students of Selected Universities in Bangladesh
  Author(s): Sharmind Neelotpol*, Marzia Alam, Syeda Fahria Hoque Mimmi and Hamza Albee Md
  
  Purpose: Now-a-days, the role of Pharmacists has become more patient-centric that includes drug safety by preventing, identifying, documenting, and reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of pharmacy undergraduate and graduate students of Bangladesh towards pharmacovigilance (PV) and their attitude on reporting of ADRs. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by distributing a pretested questionnaire. The randomly selected participants of undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students from both public and private universities of Dhaka city, Bangladesh took part in the study. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for calculating descriptive statistics; the Pearson's Chi-square (χ2) test was performed to observe any significant difference between the public and private univ.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6887.20.8.289

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