Prasanna Jagannathan


Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology

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Additional Languages Spoken:
Spanish , Tamil

Biography


I am an Infectious Diseases physician-scientist with a research program in human immunology of malaria and clinical trials of immune modulatory interventions. Our group has been conducting detailed longitudinal cohort studies in children and pregnant women in order to study how repeated malaria shapes the cellular immune response. We are also studying how malaria control interventions such as antimalarial chemoprevention and vector control shape the acquisition and/or maintenance of protective immunity to malaria. We have expanded this work to not only include studying the mechanisms driving naturally acquired immunity to malaria, but other infectious diseases, including SARS CoV-2. We have also lead and/or participated in studies evaluating therapeutic strategies for patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.

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Education & Certifications
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease (2011)
  • Certificate, University of California, San Francisco, Advanced Training in Clinical Research
  • Postdoctoral, University of California, San Francisco, Immunology
  • Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, Infectious Diseases
  • Residency, University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine
  • M.D., Harvard Medical School, Medicine

Honors & Awards
  • Rosenkranz Prize, Stanford University (Sep 2018)
  • Young Physician Scientist Award, American Society of Clinical Investigation (April 2018)

Publications

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Practice Locations


SHC- Infectious Disease Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA

211 Quarry Rd

Palo Alto , CA 94304

(650) 736-5200

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