Vishakh Keri
Biography
Immunology and Microbiology
Mentor: Dr. Kevin Theis
Education
(MBBS) from Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore, India.
Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in Infectious Diseases at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). I am now an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at Wayne State and as an attending physician at DMC.
Office location
7130 Scott Hall
Research
I am passionate about taking the physician-scientist path, with a focus on transplant infectious diseases. During my clinical rounds at Karmanos Cancer Institute, I developed a strong interest in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and its impact on immune reconstitution in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) recipients. This clinical exposure sparked a deeper curiosity about host-pathogen interactions and immune recovery. I am now especially interested in immunology and in leveraging computational biology to study immune profiling, biomarker discovery, and precision medicine in immunocompromised hosts.