معرفی
Priti Kumar is an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale University School of Medicine, with affiliations in Cancer Immunology, Immunology, and Virology Laboratories. She leads the Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative and directs the Yale Predoctoral Training Program in Virology and BBS Microbiology Track Graduate Admissions.
- Education: PhD in Immunology (2002) from Indian Institute of Science; Postdoctoral training (2005) at Harvard Medical School.
Research Interests: Focus on RNA viruses, gene therapy, and siRNA delivery platforms, particularly for HIV-1, West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and SARS-CoV-2. Key innovations include transvascular CNS delivery of siRNAs and humanized mouse models for HIV pathogenesis.
Recent Work: Her lab explores CRISPR-based HIV cure strategies, picomolar NNRTIs, and metabolic disease interventions using RNA therapeutics. Articles highlight SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, Fc-effector mechanisms, and HIV transmission pathways in macrophages.
Collaborations: Key partnerships with Yale labs (Mothes, Saltzman, Anderson) and NIH workshops on humanized mouse models. Her work spans translational medicine, vaccine development, and antiviral pharmacology.
