Souvik Ghosh, BVSc & AH (Gold Medalist), MVSc, PhD

Professor of Infectious Diseases, and Director of One Health Center for Zoonoses and Tropical Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Ghosh has an interdisciplinary teaching and research experience, encompassing the fields of Veterinary and Medical Virology, Molecular Epidemiology, Viral genomics, and Zoonosis/One-Health. He has published more than 90 research papers and review articles in peer-reviewed international journals with over 1950 citations. He is a member of the ICTV study group on Birnaviridae and Picobirnaviridae. Dr. Ghosh serves as the section/associate editor of research journals Archives of Medical Science, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences (review editor), and in the editorial board of Pathogens (MDPI). He was involved in research capacity building and training in developing tropical countries, and instrumental in establishing the molecular virology laboratory at RUSVM. He is the course director of DVM-Virology at RUSVM, and received twice the CARE award for his contributions to teaching.

Education

B.V.Sc & A.H (Gold Medalist, 1st class 1st ), India

M.V.Sc (Veterinary Medicine and Public Health), India

PhD (Animal Virology), India

ACHIEVEMENTS

Member, ICTV Birnaviridae and Picobirnaviridae Study Group

Indian Virological Society Fellow Award (FIVS), 2018

Editorial board (Pathogens, MDPI)

Associate Editor (Frontiers in Microbiology, Section: Virology)

Section editor, Archives of Medical Science (Infectious Diseases/Microbiology)

Associate editor, Veterinary Medicine and Science (Wiley) [until 2018]

RUSVM SCAVMA/SGA Leadership and Excellence Award (Teaching), 2017

RUSVM CARE award for teaching excellence, RUSVM, 2015

Young Scientist Award, Association of Public Health Veterinarians, India, 2004

University Gold Medal for securing 1st rank, BVSC&AH, 2000

Pfizer Scroll of Honor for topping final exams, BVSC&AH, 2000

Dr. D.K. Biswas Gold Medal for excellence in Poultry Scs, 2000

JSPS Post-doctoral fellowship (Govt. of Japan), 2008-2010

NIH (USA) Visiting Fellowship (did not avail), 2008

Research Associate, CSIR, Govt. of India, 2008

Senior Research Fellowship, ICMR, Govt. of India, 2005-2008

TEACHING

Virology (DVM)

Principles of Infectious Diseases (DVM)

Diagnostics and Surveillance (MSc One-Health, VETPG144)

Zoonoses (MSc One-Health, VETPG145)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Veterinary & Medical Virology; Molecular Epidemiology of Viruses; Zoonosis; Whole Genome Analysis, Genetic Diversity & Evolution of Viruses; One-Health in Tropical countries; Public Health.

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

For complete list of publications, please use the following link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r4BRrkIAAAAJ&hl=en

Malik YS, Verma AK, Kumar N, Touil N, Karthik K, Tiwari R, Bora DP, Dhama K, Ghosh S, Hemida MG, Abdel-Moneim AS, Bányai K, Vlasova AN, Kobayashi N, Singh RK. Advances in Diagnostic Approaches for Viral Etiologies of Diarrhea: From the Lab to the Field. Front Microbiol. 2019 Sep 13;10:1957.

Delmas B, Attoui H, Ghosh S, Malik YS, Mundt E, Vakharia VN, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Picobirnaviridae. J Gen Virol. 2019 Feb;100(2):133-134.

Delmas B, Attoui H, Ghosh S, Malik YS, Mundt E, Vakharia VN, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Birnaviridae. J Gen Virol. 2019 Jan;100(1):5-6.

Ghosh S, Shiokawa K, Aung MS, Malik YS, Kobayashi N. High detection rates of picobirnaviruses in free roaming rats (Rattus spp.): Molecular characterization of complete gene segment-2. Infect Genet Evol. 2018 Nov;65:131-135.

Ghosh S, Soto E, Illanes O, Navarro R, Aung MS, Malik YS, Kobayashi N, Fuentealba C. High detection rates of Torque teno sus virus in co-infection with important viral pathogens in porcine kidneys on St. Kitts Island, Lesser Antilles. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2018 Oct;65(5):1175-1181.

Ghosh S, Malik YS, Kobayashi N. Therapeutics and Immunoprophylaxis Against Noroviruses and Rotaviruses: The Past, Present, and Future. Curr Drug Metab. 2018;19(3):170-191.

Navarro R, Yibin C, Nair R, Peda A, Aung MS, Ketzis J, Malik YS, Kobayashi N, Ghosh S. 2017. Molecular characterization of complete genomic segment-2 of picobirnavirus strains detected in a cat and a dog. Infect Genet Evol. 54:200-204.

Gallagher CA, Navarro R, Cruz K, Aung MS, Ng A, Bajak E, Beierschmitt A, Lawrence M, Dore KM, Ketzis J, Malik YS, Kobayashi N, Ghosh S. 2017. Detection of picobirnaviruses in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus): Molecular characterization of complete genomic segment-2. Virus Res. 230:13-18.

Navarro R, Aung MS, Cruz K, Ketzis J, Gallagher CA, Beierschmitt A, Malik YS, Kobayashi N, Ghosh S. 2017. Whole genome analysis provides evidence for porcine-to-simian interspecies transmission of rotavirus-A. Infect Genet Evol. 49:21-31.