 In 2018 and 2019 Ramakrishnan coauthored two influential papers in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) arguing that the widely accepted estimates of the prevalence of latent tuberculosis -- estimates used as a basis for allocation of research funds -- are far too high.Ramakrishnan was born in 1959 in Baroda (now Vadodara) and grew up there.Her parents were both scientists as is her brother, Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan.