PhD: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa, 2016.
PG Diploma: Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, 2008.
MSc: Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, India, 2004.
MPH: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2024.
Pregnant women; newborn and infant health; vaccine preventable infections and deaths
Immunological correlates of protection; development of new vaccine candidates; infectious diseases surveillance; sero-surveillance and immunology studies; vaccine clinical and pre-clinical studies
Prevalence and associated factors of methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among clinical isolates at Hawassa university comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia, 2019-2023. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2025; 25:1388.
T-cell responses induced by SARS-CoV-2 index-virus nanoparticle protein vaccine to the ancestral and omicron variants 6 months following primary vaccination. Communications Medicine. 2025; 5:220.
Genomic relatedness of colonizing and invasive disease Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in South African infants. Scientific Reports. 2025; 15:8043.
Trends of neonatal sepsis and its etiology at Hawassa, Ethiopia: a five year retrospective cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics. 2025; 25:152.
Group B Streptococcus vaccine update: A crucial public health initiative for India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2025; 57:100917.
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women and cord blood hepatitis B surface antigen positive newborns in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2025; 179:105826.
Hybrid Immunity in a Mozambican Cohort After 1 or 2 Doses of the BBIBP-CorV Vaccine. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2025; 80:S57-S65.
The case for a Klebsiella pneumoniae vaccine: A public health priority. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2025; 56:100909.
Sero-epidemiology of measles immunoglobulin G antibodies among newborns from South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: an observational, multicenter study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2025; 154:107882.
Association of serum anti-gbs2106 protein immunoglobulin G (IgG) in newborns and risk reduction of invasive group B streptococcus disease during early infancy. Vaccine. 2025; 54:127016.