Dr. Soumya Dakshinamurthy is a Research Assistant at the Department of Clinical Virology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS), Tirupati, India. She obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology, Tumour Virology and Epidemiology from the Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. Her work focuses on early detection of cancer and host-pathogen interactions. She has authored several publications in highly reputed journals and two book chapters. She is member of various national / international professional societies