Dr. Sushama Jadhav was a Research Scientist in the R & D unit of Western Biosystems, Pune, from 1991 to 1994, and then joined the Indian Council of Medical Research-National AIDS Research Institute (ICMR-NARI) from 1994 till date. She has been involved in various national and international collaborative projects, including Pediatric Adolescent Virus Elimination (PAVE), the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), HIV Prevention Trial Network (HPTN052), the AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG5175), Indian Council of Medical Research Department of Biotechnology (ICMR-DBT). She is a permanent ICMR family member with 30 years experience. Dr. Sushama was a member of the core team working on full-length genome sequencing for HIV-1 isolates, developing diagnostic PCR for an HIV-1 and HIV-2 polymorphism study for host genetic factors and finding their association. She was awarded a PhD in “Study on HIV-1 Nef Virotoxin and its role in neuroinflammation”. She also helped in National AIDS Control Organization (NACO)-related activities, maintaining quality control and quality assurance in the laboratory as a member of the Quality Assurance cell. She is a lifelong member of the Indian Science Congress Association, the Association for Clinical Neurology and Mental Health (ACNM), the American Society for Microbiology, and the International AIDS Society. Dr. Sushama is the author of more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals and a reviewer for many scientific journals.