Appointments

• Associate Professor of Integrative Medical Sciences
• Co-Director, Basic and Translational Biomedicine (BTB) Graduate Program
• Chair, Kent State University-Biomedical Sciences Pharmacology Graduate Program

Bio

• July 2017-present, Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, NEOMED
• Oct 2009-June 2017, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, NEOMED
• March 2010-present, Graduate Faculty, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University
• 2008-2009, Project Staff, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic
• 2003-2008, Research Associate, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic
• 2002-2003, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
• 2000-2002, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
• 1999-2000, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University

Area of Expertise/Research Interests

• Molecular mechanisms of VSMC phenotypic switching in metabolic disorders
• Non-lipid causes of vascular disease in metabolic syndrome (MetS)
• Mechanistic link between MetS, vascular dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

We use a variety of techniques, including biochemical assays, cellular and molecular biology approaches, invasive and non-invasive procedures of atherosclerotic lesion detection, metabolic phenotyping, and cell-culture studies in conjunction with in vivo mouse models of diabetes, obesity, and atherosclerosis, including transgenic mouse lines.

Educational Background

• Bachelor of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India (1990)
• Master of Pharmacy (Pharmacology), Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India (1992)
• Ph.D. (Pharmacology), University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, USA (1999)

Courses

Didactic courses

• Instructor: Human Architecture and Composition (HAC) – M1
• Instructor: Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Renal (CPR) – M1
• Instructor: Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine (GRE) – M1
• Instructor: Diagnosis and Therapeutics I (D & T I) – M2
• Instructor: Clinical Epilogue and Capstone – M4
• Instructor, Course Director: Molecular Pharmacology – MS/PhD
• Instructor, Course Director: Intro to Pharmacology – MS/PhD
• Instructor, Course Director: Cellular & Molecular Signaling – MS/PhD
• Instructor: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease – MS/PhD

Longitudinal courses

• Patient, Physician and Community (PPC) I – M1
• Integrated Case Exercise (ICE) – M1

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Ad hoc reviewer: Circulation Research, American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, Journal of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Cardiovascular Research, Cell Biology and Toxicology, Application of Clinical Genetics, Basic Research in Cardiology, Biological Trace Element Research, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, International Journal of Cardiology, International Journal of Nanomedicine, Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Genes and Nutrition, Scientific Reports, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Food and Nutrition, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
• Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Cardiology (2017-present), Scientific Reports (2018-present), Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2023-present)
• Grant reviewer: American Heart Association AIREA (2017-present); National Institute of Health (Ad hoc)