Dr. Dharma Rao Uppada is a Group Lead, Associate Director at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Having completed his MBBS, he pursued an M.Phil in International Health from The University of Bergen, Norway, and was later awarded an MD in Pharmacology from Rangaraya Medical College, Andhra Pradesh. Being an epidemiologist and clinical pharmacologist, his main focus is the ethical aspects of human subjects in clinical research studies. Dr. Uppada has been working in clinical research since his undergraduate years, has worked for TB trials in South India, and has been part of phase II and III clinical trials, with national and international journal publications credited to him.