Rate My Professor Ammu Radhakrishnan

Ammu Radhakrishnan is Professor of Immunology in the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. She obtained her BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Malaya in 1987, MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Malaya in 1990, and PhD in Immunology from the University of Cambridge in 1994 for her thesis on The CD2 Antigen as a Target for Immunosuppression. After her doctorate, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. Her career trajectory includes research fellow at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Malaya; senior scientist and acting research manager at a private biotechnology company in 1994; lecturer at International Medical College in 1995; and at International Medical University (IMU): senior lecturer in 1999, Associate Professor in 2005, and Professor in 2008. During her 22-year tenure at IMU, she served as Associate Dean (Academic and International Affairs) for the School of Medicine and Head of the Pathology section. She joined Monash University Malaysia in February 2019, where she leads the Food as Medicine research strength.

Professor Radhakrishnan's research specializations encompass immuno-regulation, immunotherapy in cancer, and the application of natural compounds, such as tocotrienols, to enhance immune responses against cancer. Notable publications include "Delta- and Gamma-Tocotrienols Inhibit the Proliferation of HCC2998 Human Colorectal Carcinoma Cells via Modulation of Histone Modification Pathways Involved in DNA Damage Response" (2025, Cell Biology International); "Epigenetic modulations and nutrient interactions in Alzheimer's disease: unveiling potential therapeutic pathways" (2025, Nutritional Neuroscience); "Daily Supplementation of High Doses of Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction From Palm Oil Produced No Toxic Effects in Healthy Mice" (2025, Journal of Toxicology); and "Carotenoids Modulate FoxO-Induced Cell Cycle Arrest in Human Cancer Cell Lines: A Scoping Review" (2025, Food Science and Nutrition). With over 167 research outputs and 4,657 citations documented on ResearchGate, her work has significant impact in nutritional immunology and cancer biology. Major awards include the Shell-Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, UK Overseas Research Scholarship, Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and Philosophical Society, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (elected 2023). She has contributed to the Sub-committee of the National Candidate COVID-19 Vaccine, Ministry of Health Malaysia since 2020.