Presented By: Sujatha Sunil, PhD

Speaker Biography: Dr. Sujatha Sunil heads the Vector Borne Diseases Group at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. Her research focus is on vector borne diseases with specific interest on host-vector-pathogen interactions. She has a unique blend of research expertise that encompasses virus evolution, virus-host interactions and host response to infection using high throughput omics platforms and advanced molecular biology techniques.

Webinar: Infectious Disease Epidemiology in current times: Germ theory inside the Black Box?

Webinar Abstract: Infectious disease epidemiology plays an important role in understand the biology of a pathogen and disease progression at a population level. A number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors play role in spread of infectious diseases and some of these aspects will be deliberated in the context of an arbovirus, namely, chikungunya virus. Further, the impact of non-communicable diseases on the epidemiology of the current COVID-19 epidemic will be discussed.

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