Biologist
Education:
Ph.D., Biochemistry-Immunology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (now Bengaluru), India
Languages Spoken: Urdu, Hindi, Tamil
Biography
Biologist at NIAID, NIH since 1999 (in the Medical Virology Section first at LCI then LCID and now LID).
Design and validate antibody assays for human herpesvirus antigens to monitor the efficacy of human herpesvirus vaccines generated by the group. Analysis of antibody levels in recipients of the zoster vaccine Shingrix (RZV) who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Studies of patients with EBV infections and
GATA2 mutations and other immunodeficiencies.