Postdoctoral Training: Physiology at Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport, LA, USA, 2008-2013
PhD: Neurobiology at University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 2003-2008
MS: Biochemistry at TJPS College, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2001-2003
BS: Chemistry, Botany, Zoology at Andhra Christian College, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1999-2001
2016 American Heart Association-Scientist Development Grant
2010 Malcolm Feist Cardiovascular Research Endowment-Post-Doctoral Fellow ship
2007 DST (India)-DAAD (Germany)-Visiting Scholar Fellowship to University of Heidelberg, Germany
2005 University Grants Commission, India-Senior Research Fellowship
2003 University Grants Commission, India-Junior Research Fellowship
2002 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research/University Grants Commission, India-Doctoral Fellowship
2002 Dr. E B Varadanamma merit scholarship, India
2001 Dr. E B Varadanamma merit scholarship, India
Title: A Two Amino Acid Switch in the Anti-angiogenic VEGF165b isoform creates a Novel Agent
for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Peripheral Artery Disease
Type: 5R01HL146673-03
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Period: 04/01/2019 – 03/31/2024
Role: PI
Title: Clinical Phenotyping and Disease Specific Sampling to Identify Non-coding RNAs for
Human Therapeutics in PAD
Type: 1R01HL150003-01
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Period: 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2023
Role: Co-Investigator
Title: Precision Medicine for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Targeting
of the IL21R Pathway
Type: 1R01HL148590-01
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Period: 08/16/2019 – 07/31/2023
Role: Co-Investigator
Title: Systems Biology of Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Type: 2R01HL101200-10
Agency: NIH NHLBI
Period: 04/15/2019 – 03/31/2023
Role: Co-Investigator
