User:Srirama rao

P. Srirama Rao is an university administrator and a researcher in the field of allergy and immunology. He is currently the Vice President for Research and Innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia,. From 2007 through 2018 he worked as an Associate Dean for Research at the University of Minnesota with a joint appointment as a Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Medical School. During his tenure at Minnesota, he led a transdisciplinary international effort - "Consortium on One Medicine One Science” aimed at advancing the science behind "One Health". This effort included the University of Minnesota’s “International Conference on One Medicine One Science ,” a highly acclaimed one health global forum dedicated to communicating the importance of science in solving pressing societal health issues. Prior to coming to Minnesota, he served as the Professor and Vice President for Research at the La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine in San Diego, California for 10 years.  Rao graduated with a Ph.D in immunology from the Indian Institute of Science in 1990.