Jyotsna Batra

Jyotsna Batra is Associate Professor and NHMRC Career Development Fellow at the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland, QUT. She studied Biochemistry towards a Master’s degree and obtained her PhD in Biotechnology working on the genetic complexity of heredity disorders. Dr Batra leads a research group working on molecular genetics of prostate cancer. Her current research focus is to identify cancer risk-associated genetic variants and to understand their molecular consequences on cancer initiation and progression.