Gagandeep Kang MD, PhD, FRCPath, FAAM, FASc, FNASc, FNA, FFPH

Prof. Gagandeep Kang is a physician scientist who for many years was a Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences and the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore. Focusing on vaccines, enteric infections and nutrition in young children, she combines field epidemiology with intensive laboratory investigations to develop data, insight and tools that have advanced both the science of infectious diseases and policy in India.

Prof. Kang's groundbreaking work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. These include Woman Bioscientist of the Year from the Government of India (2006); several national awards and the Infosys Prize for Life Sciences (2016). In addition to her pioneering research in low resource settings, she contributes to the biomedical sciences through serving on numerous national and international editorial boards, research grant review boards, and scientific advisory committees. Recently Prof. Kang was appointed Executive Director of the Translational Health Service and Technology Institute (THSTI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.