Deepali Kumar

Dr. Deepali Kumar, MD MSc FRCPC received the 2001 GlaxoSmithKline/CIHR/CIDS Infectious Disease Fellowship as well as the first Juan A. Embil Award for Research in Infectious Diseases from CIDS (now AMMI Canada) in 2002. Dr. Kumar is a member of the Immunocompromised Host Infectious Disease Service at the University Health Network in Toronto and has expertise in infections related to cancer, bone marrow transplants and solid organ transplants. Her research interests include vaccinations and emerging infections in immunocompromised patients. Trained in internal medicine at the University of Ottawa from 1996-1999, Dr. Kumar then did her infectious disease training at the University of California-San Diego from 1999-2000 and McMaster University from 2000-2001. She then undertook further training in clinical and research aspects of the immunocompromised host till 2004 and completed a Masters degree in Medical Science. This led to a position with the University of Toronto’s Division of Infectious Diseases which she currently holds.