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Prof. Gagandeep Kang, Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory (WTRL), and Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, has taken charge as the new Executive Director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, on Aug. 16, 2016. Over the past 20 years, Prof. Kang has built a strong inter-disciplinary research and training program, where young faculty and graduate students are mentored before embarking on independent research careers. She leads a multi-disciplinary research team that conducts comprehensive and complementary studies in the description, prevention and control of diarrheal disease using state-of-the-art tools in the laboratory, hospital and the field. Prof. Kang is an Associate Editor for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and Tropical Medicine and International Health, and serves on the editorial board of Nature Scientific Reports as well. She is a Council Member of the International Society for Infectious Diseases and an Independent Director of the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council. Her expertise in vaccines is underlined by her membership of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization, the WHOs Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, and the WHOs Immunization and Vaccine Implementation Research Advisory Committee, as well as chairing the WHO SEARs Immunization Technical Advisory Group.