Kamakshi Prudhula

Kamakshi Prudhula is pursuing her PhD in Biotechnology, she works as a Research Coordinator at Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre- BMMRC. Kamakshi Prudhula has over 9 years of experience in HIV and TB immunology. Areas of her interest are biomarkers for progression to active tuberculosis in HIV infected and household contacts of TB patients. She is currently working on NK cells, Monocytes, T cells and associated cytokines in individuals with latent TB to understand their dynamics during progression to Active tuberculosis. She believes that biomarkers to predict activation of TB in high-risk population would ensure targeted prophylaxis and a decrease in TB burden. She has over 10 peer-reviewed manuscripts in international journals and her cumulative impactor is 40. She received a 50000 USD grant from NIH as a young investigator. She participated and presented on various topics at national and international conferences. She is voted for and currently serving as Co-Chair for RePORT India consortium common protocol.