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Rama Krishna Vankayalapti, Ph.D.

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology
Department of Internal Medicine

Education

Postdoctoral Training
University Texas Health Center

Ph.D.
Osmania University

Research Interests

Rama Krishna Vankayalapti’s research interests include human immunology and host interactions with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).

His laboratory is studying the role of natural killer cells in human Mtb infection and HIV+ children with latent tuberculosis infection. The laboratory also developed mouse models to understand immune responses to Mtb infection during diabetes and alcoholism.

Vankayalapti is a U.S. Principal Investigator of Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis (RePORT)-India consortia. This study will leverage the large lndo-NIH investment and TB/HIV research consortium of RePORT-lndia, which has developed cohorts of TB cases and household contacts in India and has paired Indian investigators with U.S. investigators at six sites. He is also member of RePORT-lnternational consortium.