Immunology and Biochemistry , Reproductive Immunology and Endocrinology
About
Dr. Aarthi Sundararajan has completed her Doctoral studies in Microbiology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. During this time, she was also a visiting graduate student at the David H Smith Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA. She completed her Post-Doctoral studies in Microbiology and Immunology at the Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, USA. She has worked as a DST-sponsored Women Scientist and as an Adjunct Faculty at the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), Gujarat. Dr. Aarthi joined the Institute of Science at Nirma University as an Assistant Professor, starting from December, 2021. Her research area interests include reproductive immunology, reproductive endocrinology, viral immunology and B cell immunology. As a Department of Science & Technology (DST)-sponsored Women Scientist at the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), she has worked extensively in the area of Maternal and Child Health. Her research lab currently at the Institute of Science, Nirma University focuses on understanding the immunology of pregnancy and labor, along with pregnancy complications. The lab is also interested in understanding the role of infections and prenatal stress hormones in regulating birth outcome and child development. Towards these research directions, Dr. Aarthi has received the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Health (RSTMH) small grant (Early Career), in collaboration with the National Institute Health Research (NIHR), United Kingdom, Start-Up Research grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and ASPIRE grant from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.
