Biography
- Division:
- Division of Physiological and Pathological Sciences – DPPS
- Review Branch:
- Disease Control and Applied Immunology – DCAI
Dr. Daya Jirage earned her Ph. D in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She then pursued post-doctoral research in infectious diseases at the Walter Reed Army of Research. Her research included work on cell cycle regulation in Plasmodium and on process development of Shigella subunit vaccines. Prior to joining CSR in 2021, Dr. Jirage served as a program manager within the Department of Defense’s Military Infectious Diseases Research Program. In this role, she provided leadership and guidance to the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of translational research in the areas of combat wound infections and emerging infectious diseases.
