Sudha Chaturvedi
Ph.D., Fungal biology and pathogenesis (1990)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Postdoctoral training: fungal pathogenesis and parasite cell biology, University of Cincinnati and Yale University
Affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
My interests and skills are fungal diseases, drug-resistance detection and mechanisms, surveillance, new technologies, and research and to directly apply them to the health protection and promotion of New Yorkers and communities in-large. The combination of applied and clinical work is both fascinating and rewarding. My interest is also to explore the mechanisms and prevention of white-nose syndrome, which has killed millions of hibernating bats in the US. I am happy to be part of a small and a large collaborative team to take science to the next level.
Research Interests
- Molecular and protein-based technologies for fungal detection and identification
- Antifungal drug resistance trends, mechanisms of action and detection methods for pathogenic yeasts and molds
- Examination of population-level trends of invasive fungal infections
Research Concentrations
- Drug Discovery & Therapeutics
- Infection & Immunity
- Genes & Genomes
Current Major Activities
- Prevalence of drug-resistant Candida spp. in New York and northeast region of the US through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Development of rapid methods for drug-resistance detection in multidrug-resistant Candida auris
- High throughput and point-of-care technologies for C. auris detection from patient samples
- Prevalence of emerging primary fungal pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis in New York
- Prevalence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in the environment and in clinical specimens