Dr. Shilpy Sharma, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly University of Pune) in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She has served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at University of Michigan and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Sharma’s research focuses on identification of prognostic biomarkers for complex disorders including cancer, diabetes, and asthma; and infectious diseases.