Dr. Meenu Sharma is an adjunct professor of medical microbiology at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba. She is also a tuberculosis research scientist at the National Reference Centre (NRCM) for Mycobacteriology, National Microbiology Laboratories. She completed her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Zoology at Panjab University in 1992, 1994, and 1999, respectively. Her research interests focus on mycobacterial pathogenicity, with a special interest in mycobacterial cell walls and host-immune response interactions. Dr. Sharma’s laboratory plays an instrumental role in projects utilizing molecular methods, bacterial genomics, human genetic markers of tuberculosis, new technology platforms for testing, new algorithms, utilization of different genotyping methods for tracking tuberculosis outbreaks and TB control.