Research Recognition

Education

PhD, Physiology, Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, 2005

Research Interests

• Exosome biogenesis in epithelial cells
• Exosomes in kidney injuries

Education

PhD, Toxicology, Hamdard University, 2013

Research Interests

• Brain injury induced neuroinflammation
• Heterogeneous nature of TBI and stroke
• Mechanism behind TBI-induced inflammation and subsequent injury progression

Education

PhD, Political Science and Government, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2009

Research Interests

• Political science and government

Education

PhD, Biomedical Sciences, Peking University, 1998

Research Interests

• Examination of metabolic effect on leukocyte recruitment and activation
• Fibroblast activation
• Activation and proliferation of vascular cells in animal models of atherosclerosis
• Thrombosis
• Diabetes/obesity
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Retinopathy
• Cardiac hypertrophy and renal fibrosis

Education

PhD, Cell Biology, Genetics, Radiation Biology, Florida State University, 1981

Research Interests

• Musculoskeletal biology and aging
• Regenerative medicine
• Anatomical sciences

Education

MD, Medical College of Georgia, 1984

Research Interests

• Tumor immunology and the molecular mechanisms of immune suppression and tolerance in the tumor microenvironment
• Regulation of anti-tumor T cell activation by tolerogenic dendritic cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the setting of cancer
• Activation of suppressive tumor-associated Tregs via the PTEN lipid-phosphatase pathway
• Regulation of the dendritic cell (DC) population in tumors and the choice between tolerogenic vs. immunogenic DCs
• Tolerance-induction to dying tumor cells mediated via the enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and PTEN+ Tregs

Education

PhD, Basic Medical Science, University of South Alabama, 1987

Research Interests

• Diseases that affect retinal neurons including ganglion cells (diabetic retinopathy) and photoreceptor cells
  (retinitis pigmentosa, RP)
• Retinal degeneration