People

Mr. Riesner is the Regulatory Program Manager/Regulatory Specialist for CIDI. He has worked in various research related roles during the past 15 years and has been with Johns Hopkins University for 14 years. Mr. Riesner has approximately 3 years working as a Regulatory Specialist at CIDI/CCGHE, 5 years of combined experience working at both a commercial IRB and at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine IRB, and 7 years of experience working in other research related roles, including research management and coordination. Mr. Riesner performs a variety of research regulatory functions for the JHU...

Ms. Devika Sen is the Finance Manager at John Hopkins Centre for Infectious Diseases in India (CIDI) in Pune, India where she is in-charge of entire gamut of finance functions of CIDI, including, inter-alia, monitoring and Budget management. She works closely with JHU Finance team and CIDI leadership to develop and manage grants, contracts, and financial reporting. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 9 years’ experience in Finance management, Budget management and Taxation. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge in financial aspects and statues related to NPO Sector such...

Rechel is a Behavioral Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Centre for Infectious Diseases in India (CIDI) at Pune. She is working on studies focusing on identifying and assessing the effectiveness of intervention strategies related to Tuberculosis, MDR-TB and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Uptake at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College Clinical Research Site (BJGMC-CRS) in Pune, India. She has also worked in the WHO project focused on Implementation research at KEMHRC. She has experience in working with qualitative as well as quantative research methods. Her areas of interest are in...

Abhishek Kumar Sinha is Finance & Operations Manager at the Johns Hopkins Center for Infectious Diseases in India. He is a member of the team in New Delhi, India, and has worked with the Johns Hopkins-India infectious diseases partnership for 2+ years. At CIDI, Abhishek is responsible for the overall grant management for the ACCELERATE and Elton John AIDS Foundation projects in India. He is responsible for partner management, budgets, reporting, and audits. Past Positions Prior to joining CIDI, he worked with Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP), EPoD at Harvard...

Dr. Suryavanshi is Clinical Research Site Coordinator and Deputy Director for the BJGMC-JHU CRS in Pune, India. She has 18 years of experience working in the ACTG and IMPAACT networks as a protocol team member, site co-investigator and lead behavioral science studies in TB, HIV, mental helath, substance use, and women’s health.In addition, she has been instrumental in implementing large NIH funded research projects with strong leadership qualities and site management skills. Dr. Suryavanshi has established extensive networks with regional non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local TB and...