Director, Center for Research in Vaccines and Infections
Josephine Ballard Endowed Research Chair and Professor (with Tenure), Department of Pediatrics at Baylor Scott & White Health and Medical Center – Temple, and Baylor College of Medicine – Temple, Professor of Medical Education and Practice at Texas A&M University College of Medicine – Temple, Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases at BSW McLane Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Gaglani has served as the principal investigator for numerous NIH-, CDC- and industry-sponsored large phase 3 clinical vaccine trials at - Baylor Scott & White Health. Her work spans clinical vaccinology projects for both children and adults and cover infectious diseases, including Influenza, Meningococcal ACWY, TdaP, Hepatitis A and Herpes Simplex vaccines. She has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals including four publications in the New England Journal of Medicine and one in the Journal of American Medical Association.
Dr. Gaglani is a graduate of Seth GS Medical College, University of Bombay, India and completed her first pediatric residency training at Wadia Children’s and K.E.M. Hospitals in Mumbai and her second residency at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore. She completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Currently, Dr. Gaglani serves as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric - Infectious Disease Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as the Chair-Emeritus of the Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee of the Texas Pediatric Society, the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
