Academic Credentials

Teaching appointments

• Member of the College Disciplinary Committee, COVS, Rampura Phul
• Reviewer for the journal International Journal of Surgery (Impact Factor 15.3)
• Reviewer for the journal Scientific Reports (Impact Factor 4.9)
• Reviewer for the journal PeerJ (Impact Factor 3.06)
• Life member (LM-1166) of Electron Microscope Society of India
• Life member (LM-1097) of Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists,
• Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases (IAVMI)
• Registered Member of Punjab State Veterinary Council

Other appointments

Area of research

• Molecular epidemiology and mass spectrometry based characterization of infectious agents with special emphasis on bacterial abortifacients and zoonotic spillovers.
• Expression profiling of immune cells including the cytokine related genes.
• Designing of efficient diagnostic aids and mitigation strategies including vaccines for the various bacterial, fungal and viral diseases.

Research honours awards

• University Gold Medalist during Ph.D. (Veterinary Microbiology), Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
• Contributed as scientific staff in the short term training course on "Molecular Detection and Characterization of Animal Pathogens" held at College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University (I), Aizawl, Mizoram during September 10-19, 2018.
• First position in the Intra University Level painting and sketching competition at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar.
• Third position in the Intra University Level slogan/ poster making competition at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar.
• First in All District General Knowledge test at Campus School, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar.
• NSS "B" and "C" certificate holder.

No of publications

Research: 24	Review: 39	Extension: 45	Books:	NIL    Manuals: 07

Publication

• Priyanka, Chopra, H., & Choudhary, O. P. (2023). mRNA vaccines as an armor to combat the infectious diseases. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 52, 102550. (Impact factor: 12.00)
• Priyanka, Chopra, H., Abusalah M. A. H. & Choudhary, O. P. (2023) What about a universal mRNA vaccine against influenza? QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 116(7) 479–482. (Impact factor: 13.30)
• Priyanka, Khandia, R., Chopra, H., Choudhary, O. P., Bonilla-Aldana, D. K., & Rodriguez-Morales, A. J. (2023). The re-emergence of H3N2 influenza: An update on the risk and containment. New Microbes and New Infections, 53, 101147. (Impact factor: 4.00)
• Shafaati, M., Akbarpour, S., Priyanka, Saied, A. A., & Choudhary, O. P. (2023). Tackling rabies by one health approach: Pitfalls on the road to global eradication. New Microbes and New Infections, 52, 101098. (Impact factor: 4.00)
• Saied, A. A., Priyanka, Metwally, A. A., & Choudhary, O. P. (2022). Monkeypox: An extra burden on global health. International Journal of Surgery, 104, 106745. (Impact factor: 15.30)
• Choudhary OP, Choudhary P, Singh I (2021). India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive: key challenges and resolutions. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21(11):1483-84. (Impact factor: 56.30)
• Priyanka, Choudhary OP, Singh I (2021). Making sound public health policy decisions for COVID-19 vaccination. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28(4):taab031. (Impact factor: 39.19)
• Priyanka, Choudhary OP, Singh I (2021). Evolution of SARS-CoV-2: A prediction on the lineages and vaccine effectiveness. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 40(2021):101983. (Impact factor: 12.00)
• Priyanka, Choudhary OP, Singh I (2020). Protective immunity against COVID-19: Unravelling the evidences for humoral vs. cellular components. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 39(2021):101911. (Impact factor: 12.00)
• Priyanka, Choudhary OP, Singh I, Patra G (2020). Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The unresolved paradox. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 37(2020):101869. (Impact factor: 12.00)