I am Fathima Aslaha T R, a final year BS-MS student enrolled at IISER Tirupati, and I am actively engaged in my MS dissertation project at Uma's Lab.  My primary research focus revolves around comprehending the ecology and evolution of diseases. Over the long term, I aspire to delve deeper into the origin and spread of understudied diseases in South Asia.
At present, my research is centred on the ecology and evolution of Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic parasite with the potential to infect various warm-blooded animals, including humans.