Ranjani Somayaji

Position: Infectious Disease Division Head (co-lead), Department of Medicine, Calgary Zone; Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Infectious Disease Specialist, Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone

Role with AMR - One Health Consortium: Co-investigator

Dr. Ranjani Somayaji completed medical training followed by residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in infectious disease through the University of Calgary. Dr. Somayaji completed a Master’s in Public Health through Johns Hopkins University with a focus on quantitative methodologies. Following this, Dr. Somayaji completed three years of post-doctoral training focused on cystic fibrosis and epidemiologic research. Dr. Somayaji is a tenured Associate Professor and the Academic Head in the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Calgary and is involved with clinical-translational research initiatives with national and international clinical trial collaborations. As an early career investigator and clinician-scientist, Dr. Somayaji has more than 150 published manuscripts with a research program focused on understanding and improving outcomes of acute or chronic infections.

Key Areas of Expertise: Epidemiology of infectious disease, population health, microbiology