Bio
Dr. Prema completed her MBBS in January 2001 from Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai, and obtained her M.D. in Microbiology in September 2006 from Madras Medical College . She further pursued her Ph.D. in Microbiology ,completing it in October 2018.
She has been serving at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Chennai, since February 2007, with 17 years of continuous experience, and is currently working as Professor and Senior Consultant Microbiologist.
Projects
Cytokine and micro RNA profiling of invasive fungal sinusitis along with antifungal susceptibility pattern of causative fungi.
ICMR-TSS Fellowship Programme
Standardisation of polymerase chain reaction using genus specific primers to detect zygomycetes directly from tissue samples and antifungal susceptibility pattern of culture positive isolates
Chancellor Research Fellowship Programme
Standardisation of Pan-fungal PCR directly from clinical samples for early diagnosis of fungal infections.
Chancellor Research Fellowship Programme
Membership
Life Member in Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists Life membership number-1785
Life Member in Society of Indian Human and Animal Mycology (SIHAM)
