Parvati is a medical doctor with ten years of experience in the field of tropical medicine. She has been working for MSF since 2014 initially in Mumbai and then in Central Asia, and Eastern Europe in the field of infectious diseases (including operational research) primarily TB, HIV and Hepatitis. Her research experience has been primarily in drug-resistant TB, mostly focused on the new drugs, bedaquiline and delamanid. She has completed the Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine course at the South Asia site, gaining a Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Health in 2019, and was subsequnetly associated with it as a student moderator who mentored students throughout the learning process. She has also completed her Masters in Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine. Her areas of interest lie in the fields of tuberculosis, HIV and viral hepatitis.
