Professional Experience

2011 - present, National Office Products Endowed Professor, Department of Diabetes, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

2011 - present, Director, Division of Molecular Diabetes Research, Beckman Research Instit. of City of Hope

2002 - present, Professor, Department of Diabetes, Beckman Res Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California

1996 - 2001,  Associate Professor, Dept of Diabetes, Beckman Res Instit of City of Hope, Duarte, California.

1990 - 1996, Assistant Research Scientist, Dept.of Diabetes, City of Hope Med Center,Duarte,California.

1987 - 1990, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. S. California Medical School, Los Angeles

Education and Training

1980-1986, NIH Post Doctoral Fellow,  Dept. of Medicine, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, USA

1979-1980, Scientific Research Council Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Salford University, England, U.K.

1977-1979, Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Science and Technology fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

1973-1977, Ph.D in Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, India

Honors & Awards

2011, Mentor of Women Award, ATVB Council of The American Heart Association

2011, Inducted to the Scientific Research Achievements Gallery of Portraits, City of Hope – Dec.

2011, National Office Products Endowed Professor, Beckman Res Institute of City of Hope

2011, Plenary Speaker, Korean Society of Nephrology 31st Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, May 2011

2012, Lead organizer, Keystone Meeting on Diabetic Complications, Boston, MA, March 2012

2010, Barry M Brenner Endowed Lecture, American Society of Nephrology, Denver Co, Nov 2010

2010, Annual Henry Turner Memorial Lecture and Distinguished Professor. University of Oklahoma, Dept of Internal Medicine, Oklahoma City, February 2010

2008, “Scientist of the Year” 2008 - Awarded by Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
 
2008, American Heart Association, ATVB Council, Special Recognition Award

2006, Elected as Chair of the Women’s Leadership Committee, Arteriosclerosis, Thromb. Vascular Biol Council, American Heart Assn.
 
2006, Mary Jane Kugel Award, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2006

2004, Elected Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology

2004, Elected to the Western Association of Physicians

2003 to date, Editorial Boards of Kidney International, J. Lipid Research, DIABETES; American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology.

2003, “Excellence in Teaching” Award , Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, 2003

2001, Elected Fellow of Arteriosclerosis, Thromb. Vascular Biol Council, American Heart Assn.

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 03/12.

Professional Memberships

2011, Adhoc Member, NIH AICS Study Section

2012, AdHoc Member, NIH VCMB Study Section

2009, Member of the NIH NIDDK Strategic Plan Working Group (Diabetes Complications Section)

2004 - 2008, Permanent Member National Institutes of Health VCMB Study Section

2003 - 2012, Permanent Member JDRF Peer Review Committee for Grants and Program Projects

2008, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NIDDK Special Emphasis Panel Review Committee “O’Brien Kidney Center Grants”.

2007, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health AICS Study Section

2007, AdHoc Member JDRF Center Grant External Evaluation Committee

2006, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health PBKD Study Section

2006, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NIDDK Special Emphasis Panel for Mouse Model Phenotyping Centers Consortium.

2005, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health AICS Study Section

2004, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health PBKD Study Section

2003, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health Nephrology/Urology Special Emphasis Panel

2003, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health Program Projects, NIDDK

1999 - 2003, Permanent Member National Institutes of Health Path A Study Section

2001 - 2002, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NIDDK O’Brien Kidney Center Grants

2001, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NHLBI SCOR Grant Review Committee

1999, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health Pathology A Study Section