Speaker

Deepshika “Shika” Ramanan, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis at the Salk Institute. Her research focuses on maternal transfer of immunity and the impact of breastmilk on offspring health, particularly in the contexts of infection and autoimmunity. Her lab also investigates how maternal immunity can be conveyed across multiple generations and how the maternal immune system adapts during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Shika earned her B.Sc. at Winona State University and her PhD in Immunology and Inflammation at New York University under the mentorship of Dr. Ken Cadwell. She completed her postdoctoral training as a Damon Runyon Fellow with Dr. Diane Mathis and Dr. Christophe Benoist at Harvard Medical School, and she received the Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist Award and the STAT Wunderkind Award for her postdoctoral work. Shika started her lab at the Salk Institute in 2023 and is currently a Rita Allen Scholar and V Foundation Scholar.

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