Taruna Madan PhD

Senior Scientist at the Clinical Studies and Trials Unit (CSTU), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Taruna Madan is a Senior Scientist at the Clinical Studies and Trials Unit (CSTU) at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), with a PhD in Pharmacy from CSIR-IGIB and College of Pharmacy, University of Delhi (now DIPSAR, DPSR University). Taruna did her post-doctoral training with Professor KBM Reid and Prof. Uday Kishore, MRC Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford, UK, and Dr Raina Fichorova, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA.

Taruna is the former President of Indian Immunology Society, a recipient of 2022- ISSRF-Mridula Kamboj Oration, 2018-IUSSTF-WISTEMM-Senior Scientist Fellowship Award; 2016-ACBI-Mrs and Dr G. P. Talwar Oration Award; 2003-CSIR Young Scientist and 1998-INSA Young Scientist Medal. Her group has over 100 peer-reviewed publications with more than 5000 citations (h index 35), 8 granted patents, 1 multi-institution validated product and an ICMR policy brief at the intersection of immuno-regulatory, pattern recognition proteins (PRRs), and human health with a focus on host-defense, cancer and reproductive disorders.