Indira Guleria

Indira Guleria, PhD is Associate Director of HLA laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Guleria obtained her PhD in Immunology from National Institute of Immunology in India followed by postdoctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Guleria’s primary research involves studying the mechanisms of transplant tolerance with a focus on the role of various costimulatory molecules in the rejection of, or tolerance to allograft. She has also made original and significant contributions to the field of immunobiology of solid and stem cell transplantation and has been part of the multi-disciplinary team facilitating stem cell transplants at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. In addition to her research and administrative responsibilities, Dr. Guleria has been a leader in providing education to fellows, residents, and faculty and has helped develop professional educational programs and learning tools such as regular lectures, simple and complex case presentations, boot camps, and wet workshops to enhance knowledge, skill, abilities, and competency of the participants.