Dr. Jayesh Sheth

Dr. Sheth received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Bombay University in 1983, Diploma certificate in Reproductive Medicine and Reproductive biology from University of Geneva in 2002 and several post-doctoral training abroad and served as an Honorary Associate Professor of Endocrinology at Sheth V. S. Hospital, Ahmedabad from 1988 till 2008. He initiated his work on rare disease genetics, in particular- lysosomal storage disorders, in 2001, began building the diagnostic techniques at FRIGE in 2003 and continued his affiliation with Dr. Shah Pathology Laboratory. He was appointed to three National Task Forces (by DBT and ICMR). He is a UICC Fellow and a Fellow Indian college and Mother and child Health. To date, he has published over 120 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and 2 patents. He has received funding from several national and international funding agencies such as UICC, DBT, ICMR, DST, DHR and GSBTM and is also member of the WHO’s task force on congenital abnormalities and infant mortality. To date, he has trained more than 300 BSc, MSc, MRes, PhD, MBBS and MD students.