Biography and Expertise

My research goal is to understand how inflammation caused by the innate immune system regulates hypertension and associated vascular tissue damage.

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Honors

Research Presentation Award (Myocardial infarction and Complement factor B)
Department of Internal Medicine (University of Iowa)
Panel Reviewer (Genomics and Proteomics)
National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation)
Outstanding Research Presentation Award (Melanoma-Glioma Gene Therapy Model)
Joint Meeting of Canadian and Japanese Societies for Investigative Dermatology, Whistler, Canada. (University of Alberta, Canada)
Graduate Teaching Award (Cell Biology of Gap Junctions in Glioma Tumors)
Department of Biological Sciences (University of Alberta, Canada)
Senior Research Fellowship (Molecular Biology)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
Junior Research Fellowship (Molecular Biology)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)

Associations

Inflammation Research Association
Society for Neuroscience, Tennessee

Organizational Affiliations

Endocrinology and Metabolism, Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

Education

Microbiology
MS, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India
Cell Biology
PhD, University of Alberta