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Dr. Mir M. Asrar
Scientist
RMBD & IST
CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,Canal Road, Jammu – 180001
Email: mir[dot]asrar[at]iiim[dot]res[dot]in
Bio Sketch
Dr. Mir M. Asrar is a Scientist at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, the integral laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. He received Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research S.A.S Nagar (Mohali) in 2021. Consequently, he worked as a Research Scientist at Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, for a period of 1 year (2022), where he worked as lead Scientist (biostatistics) in nationwide, multi-centric ICMR– Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Task Force Study. Dr. Asrar has worked on the Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Evidence Based Medicine, Clinical Trials and Real World Evidence.
Education
| Degree | Subjects | University | Qualifying Year |
| Ph.D. | Pharmaceutical
Sciences |
NIPERMohali | 2021 |
| M. Pharm | Pharmaceutical
Sciences |
NIPER Hajipur | 2016 |
| B. Pharm | Pharmaceutical
Sciences |
University of Kashmir | 2014 |
Position Held
| Position Held | Period | Organization |
| Scientist | August 2022-Present | CSIR-IIIM-Jammu |
| Research Scientist-I | July 2021-July 2022 | SKIMS, Srinagar |
Area of Expertise
- Health Technology Assessment
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)
- Clinical Trails
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Economic Modelling
- Real world evidence (RWE)
- Biostatistics
- Public health
Publications
| Authors | Title | Journal |
| Ganie MA, Sidana S, Baba MA, Tajali S, Rashid A, Asrar MM, Marwaha RK, Misgar RA,Wani IA, | Efficacy and safety of various oral regimens (three oral doses) and schedules (daily vs. monthly) of cholecalciferol in north Indian adults with low vitamin D status: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial | British Journal of Nutrition (2022) |
| Rashid R, Shah IA, Asrar MM, Godha M, Ganai BA, Ganie MA. | Family history of menstrual irregularity or diabetes mellitus enhances the susceptibility to polycystic ovary syndrome among subjects harboring rs7903146 genetic variant of TCF7L2. | J Diabetes Metab Disord (2022) |
| Asrar MM, Lad DP, Bansal D, Prinja S, Khadwal A, Prakash G, Jain A, Jandial A, Malhotra P.
|
Health-related quality of life in transplant eligible multiple myeloma patients with or without early ASCT in the real-world setting. | Leukemia & Lymphoma (2021) |
| Asrar MM,Ghai B, Pushpendra D, Bansal D | Psychosocial morbidity profile in a community based sample of low back pain patients. | Scientific Reports (2021) |
| Asrar MM, Kumari S, Sekhar BC, Bhansali A, Bansal D. | Relative Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacotherapeutic Interventions for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis. | Pain physician (2021) |
| Devi N, Madaan P, Asrar MM, Sahu JK, Bansal D. | Comparative short-term efficacy and safety of add-on anti-seizure medications in Dravet syndrome: An indirect treatment comparison. | Seizure ( 2021) |
| Asrar MM, Lad DP, Prinja S, Bansal D. | A systematic review of economic evaluations of treatment regimens in multiple myeloma. | Expert review of pharmacoeconomics& outcomes research. (2020) |
| Bansal D, Asrar MM, Ghai B, Pushpendra D.
|
Prevalence and Impact of Low Back Pain in a Community-Based Population in Northern India. | Pain physician (2020) |
| Ghai B, Gudala K, Asrar MM, Chanana N, Kanukula R, Bansal D.
|
Development, validation and evaluation of a novel self-instructional module in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. | Indian journal of anaesthesia. 2020 |
Awards and Honours
- Best oral presentation award at 2nd Annual Meeting of Indian Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ISBMT 2021)
- Young Researcher award (2019) by Society of Young Biomedical Scientists at 2nd National Biomedical Research Competition held in PGIMER, Chandigarh India
- Awarded Travel grant scholarship for attending ISPOR Europe 2019 meeting held at Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 4th Prize awarded for poster presentation in medical science category at 1st National Biomedical Research Competition-2018 held in AIIMS Rishikesh, India.
- Awarded Travel grant scholarship for attending ISPOR Europe 2018 meeting held at Barcelona, Spain.
- Awarded with NIPER-PhD fellowship from Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers, Govt. of India (July 2016-June 2021)
- Awarded with NIPER Post-graduation fellowship from Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers, Govt. of India, for M. Pharm study (July 2014-June 2016)
- Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT–2014) Scholarship fellowship conducted by All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) Govt. of India
Students
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