Dr.Priscilla Rupali Christian Medical CollegeIndia

Dr Priscilla Rupali is Professor & Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Christian Medical College Vellore in South India. She has obtained a "Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene" at the Universidad Cayetano Heredia at Lima Peru affiliated to the University of Alabama Birmingham and a Fellowship in "Transplant Infectious Diseases" at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She has pioneered many courses like “Annual 2 week course in Clinical Tropical Medicine”, “Fellowship in General Infectious Diseases” for physicians in secondary care, ‘Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine’ program with MSF for training in tropical medicine and public health, Fellowship in Antimicrobial Stewardship for Pharmacists” and the first ever evidence based living guideline on covid interventions in the country (https://indiacovidguidelines.org ). She has multiple grants in the fields of antibiotic stewardship, brain infections and guideline development and over 175 publications.