She received her medical diploma and doctoral degree from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and her master of science degree in Clinical Research Methods from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and she completed her medical residency and Infectious Disease Fellowship at the New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Achkar leads a successful translational research program in the field of tuberculosis serology and biomarker discovery, which includes the identification of human antibody targets and the study of antibody functions in the defense against TB.