Pranabashis Haldar

Dr. Pranabashis Haldar is a Clinical Senior Lecturer (University of Leicester) and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician (University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust). He co-chairs the Leicester TB Research Group (LTBRG) and provides leadership to the Clinical TB Research Programme at Leicester. His primary research interest is the characterization of important phenotypes of human M. tuberculosis infection to support development and evaluation of novel clinical biomarkers. He has established links with the Crick Institute and works closely with Prof. Anne O’Garra (Francis Crick Institute) on research characterizing the host immune response to M. tuberculosis infection in humans. Clinically, he leads the largest rapid access TB service in the UK, providing a pathway for expedited assessment and management of new TB suspects. This clinical service is strongly integrated with an academic platform for the development and evaluation of novel clinical TB biomarkers. His doctoral research investigated clinical phenotypes of asthma and pioneered the widespread adoption of cluster analysis for this purpose. His work led to the characterisation of phenotype specific effectiveness of molecular biological therapies in asthma which inform their development and application today.