Sajal Kumar Saha
(Sajal)
Research Fellow
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
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- Research FellowFaculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
- +61 3 522 72347 (Work)
- Barwon Health, 272-322 Ryrie Street, Geelong Victoria 3220
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr Saha's research interests encompass antimicrobial stewardship, implementation science, point-of-care diagnostics, GP–pharmacist collaborative models of care, quality use of medicines, prescribing optimisation in primary care, pharmacoepidemiology, and health services research.
GRANTS
- GRANTTransforming Diagnosis and Antibiotic Stewardship for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections using a Novel Spotfire Respiratory Panel Point-of-Care Testing: a feasibility studyBarwon Health and Deakin University1 Apr 2026 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Botheras C,
- Muleme M,
- Ahmed K
- INTERNAL GRANTRapid Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Smarter Antibiotic Use in Respiratory Infections: The World’s First Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial comparing FebriDx with Afinion 2 in Primary CareDeakin University1 Feb 2026 - 31 Dec 2027People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Muleme M,
- Steer A,
- Hecke OV
- INTERNAL GRANTTransforming Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections: FebriDx vs Afinion-2 Pilot TrialDeakin University1 Feb 2026 - 31 Dec 2027People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Botheras C,
- Robinson S,
- Kloot K,
- Athan E
- GRANTOptimising acute pharyngitis management and treatment in general practice utilising point-of-care Group A Streptococcus testing15 Feb 2025 - 14 Feb 2026People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Steer A,
- Hecke OV,
- Barton C
- INTERNAL GRANTEffectiveness-implementation trial of a new Group A Streptococcus pharyngitis testingDeakin University1 Feb 2025 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Williams T,
- Steer A
- INTERNAL GRANTReducing antibiotic use for respiratory infections in primary care through a new point-of-care C-reactive protein testing: a pilot randomised controlled trialDeakin University1 Feb 2025 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Chiang J,
- Steer A
- INTERNAL GRANTA feasibility service evaluation of diagnosis and treatment of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in hospital emergency departments utilising a molecular point-of-care testingDeakin University1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Botheras C,
- Athan E,
- Steer A
- INTERNAL GRANTDiagnosis and treatment of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in hospital emergency department utilising molecular point-of-care testing service: a pilot implementation studyCentre for innovation in Infectious Disease and Immunology Research (CIIDIR)1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Botheras C,
- Steer A,
- Williams T
- INTERNAL GRANTEvaluating Group A Streptococcus molecular testing services for pharyngitis managementDeakin University1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Williams T,
- Steer A
- INTERNAL GRANTImplementation of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing for diagnostic antimicrobial stewardship in respiratory tract infections in primary care: a pilot feasibility studyCentre for Innovation in Infectious Disease and Immunology Research (CIIDIR)1 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Athan E,
- Chatterton ML,
- Thursky K
- INTERNAL GRANTOptimising antimicrobial use in respiratory tract infections: a pilot feasibility trial of a novel GPPAS modelDeakin University1 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK,
- Chiang J,
- Athan E,
- Thursky K
- FELLOWSHIPThe Jeff Cheverton Memorial Scholarship Award 2022Deeble Institute of Health Policy Research Canberra1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK
- FELLOWSHIPDeakin Executive Dean Health Research FellowshipDeakin University1 Mar 2022 - 28 Feb 2024People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK
- FELLOWSHIPResearch FellowshipMenzies School of Health Research15 Feb 2021 - 28 Feb 2022People funded by this grant:
- Saha SK