MD, Ph.D, FRCP ( UK), FAAAAI
Prof. Pawankar was President, APAAACI (2018-2023), President, World Allergy Organization (WAO) (2012 -2014), Council Member, Collegium International Allergolicum (2016-2022), and is Co-Chair, G20-T20India TF3 2023. She is an Advisor to several global organizations/ scientific bodies and brings science to policy.
A graduate from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India she did her fellowship and Doctorate in Allergy & Immunology from Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan. She is Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (2012) (FRCP, UK), Her academic affiliations include Professor, Div. Allergy,
Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, Guest Professor, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Honorary Professor, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, and China Medical University, Taiwan Her areas of research are on the mechanisms of allergic airways disease especially Th2 type
inflammation, the gut microbiome in early life, air pollution climate change, biodiversity, one health, epithelial cells and biomarkers in allergic diseases. Her scientific work has resulted in an h-index is 90 with 50932 citations. She is an editor of several books and peer reviewed journals. She has received numerous prestigious awards.