He received his doctoral degree from the University of Mysore, India and further received postdoctoral training in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Prasad led multiple research programs in research areas including protein chemistry, molecular biology and oncology. He currently focuses his research on post-transplant malignancies, particularly non-melanoma skin cancer in solid organ transplant patients.