Rate My Professor Vengadesh Letchumanan

Dr. Vengadesh Letchumanan is a Lecturer at the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences (JCSMHS), Monash University Malaysia. He earned a Bachelor of Biomedicine (Honours) from Management and Science University (2004–2007), a Master of Science in Molecular Biology from Universiti Putra Malaysia (2007–2013), focusing on detection of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology from Universiti Malaya (2014–2019), investigating antibiotic resistance profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from seafood in Selangor. Following his PhD, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at JCSMHS before transitioning to a full-time Lecturer position in October 2019. As Leader and Principal Investigator of the Pathogen Resistome Virulome and Diagnostic Research Group (PathRiD), his research specializes in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), characterization of pathogens, microbial taxonomy, the human microbiome and its relation to health and disease, dysbiosis, and therapeutic implications of probiotic interventions. He teaches courses including MED 1100/1200 Problem Based Learning and Microbiology for Year 1, MED 2100/2200 Student Project Cases, MED 5101 Scholarly Intensive Placement, and NUT 1021 Fundamentals of Human Nutrition. In 2021, he completed the Technology for Education in Clinical Healthcare (EdTech) course from the Monash Center for Professional Development.