Ankita Garg

Biography

Education Year Degree 2005 Ph.D. 1998 M.Sc. 1996 B.Sc. Professional Appointments Assistant Professor Current Project Scientist, University of California San Diego 2014- 2017 Postdoc Scholar, University of California San Diego, CA 2011- 2014 Visiting Scientist, University of Texas Health Sc Center, Tyler, TX 2011-2011 Scientist, CSIR-IMTECH, GOI 2010-2011 Senior Research Scientist, NDDD, Lupin Ltd., Pune 2009-2010 Research Scientist, NDDD, Lupin Ltd., Pune 2008-2009 Research Scientist, Biopharmaceutical Research Centre, Panacea Biotec, New Delhi, India 2007-2008 Research Scientist, Center for Excellence on Coordinated Research In Tuberculosis, ICGEB, New Delhi, India 2006-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas Health Sc Center, Tyler, TX 2004-2006 Professional Memberships American Association of Immunologists (2004-2007), American Society of Microbiology (2014 onwards) Awards & Honors Position in State Merit List in High School Examination 1991 CSIR-UGC/ Combined NET, GOI 2000 Junior Research Fellowship, SGPGIMS, Lucknow 1999-2002 Senior Research Fellowship, SGPGIMS, Lucknow 2002-2004 Best paper published in year 2006 in Mycobacteriology by Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists 2006 Vaccine Research Innovation Award of THSTI, Department of Biotechnology, GOI 2008 International Travel Support Scheme for Young Scientists to attend Molecular Diagnostic World Congress, CA, USA 2010 International Travel Award for NON-ICMR Young Scientist to attend Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, USA 2010 The Global Health Travel Award funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend Keystone Symposium: J3 Tuberculosis: Immunology, Cell Biology and Novel Vaccination Strategies, BC, Canada 2011 Young Investigator Award to attend Conference on Retroviral and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, USA 2014 Invited reviewer for the journals AIDS, JAIDS, J of Immunological Techniques, J of Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Research Interest

Role of CMV in Heart Disease of HIV-Infected Women and Perinatally Infected Youth The mechanism of regulatory T-cell expansion in human Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Role of regulatory T cells in human M tuberculosis infection The role of Natural Killer cells in human M tuberculosis infection Molecular typing of Ethambutol Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from North India