Dr GAURAV SHARMA
Assistant Professor
Department of Translational & Regenerative Medicine
5th Floor, Research Block-B
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
Chandigarh, Sector-12.
Pin Code: 160012
Phone: 9810966417

Dr Gaurav Sharma has been contributing and expertise in Transplant Immunology and Clinical Immunogenetics analysis in relation to solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, investigating biomarkers for infectious and autoimmune diseases, and research in regenerative medicine. He has experience of more than 15 years in the field of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. He has received prestigious National and International awards including FIMSA award (2008), Young Immunologist award (2015) and travel award (2019) by the Chinese Society for Immunology, Global Health Awards by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2010 & 2012) and several others.

He is an active member of Indian Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ISHI), American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI), European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI) and Asia Pacific Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Association (APHIA). He has published his research contributions in international journals of repute and contributed significantly in molecular diagnostic services in HSCT for various malignant and non-malignant hematopoietic conditions. He has been involved in identification of novel mutations in the promoter region of 58 lineages of classical HLA class 1 genes, which could serve as reference for exploring allele specific HLA expression and health implications.