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Academic Qualifications
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B.Sc. Human Biology (Hons)
| 1985
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India |
| M.Sc.
| 1987
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India |
| Ph.D. |
1992 |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India |
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| Appointments
to Date |
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Member
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2006-date | NUS Graduate School
of Integrative Sciences and Engineering, NUS, Singapore |
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Associate Professor (with Tenure) |
2005-date | Pharmacology, NUS, Singapore |
Assistant Professor
| 2001-2004 | Pharmacology, NUS, Singapore |
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1999-2001 |
University of Liverpool, Liverpool,
UK |
| Instructor |
1997-1998 |
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,
USA |
| Research Fellow |
1995-1997 |
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,
USA |
Post-doctoral Fellow
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1993-1995 |
Institut de Génétique
et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France |
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| Membership
In Professional Society |
| American Gastroenterological
Association |
| European Pancreatic
Club |
| American Association
of Immunologists |
| American Physiological
Society |
| Gastroenterological
Society of Singapore |
| International
Association of Pancreatology |
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Membership of
Abstract Selection Committee: European Pancreatic
Club (Basic Science - Elected Member)
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Grants Refereed:
Canadian Institutes
of Health Research; Diabetes UK; Scottish
Hospital
Endowments Research Trust; Academic Research Fund; Amelie
Waring Research Fellowship. |
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Consultancy for
Regulatory Agency:
Centre for Drug
Administration, Health Sciences Authority,
Singapore
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| Membership
of Editorial Board |
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Pancreatology |
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Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
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Anti-Allergy and Anti Inflammatory Agents in Medicinal Chemistry |
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International Journal of Integrative Biology |
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The Open Critical Care Medicine Journal; |
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The Open Biology Journal |
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The Open Nitric Oxide Journal |
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The Open Structural Biology Journal |
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Frontiers in Bioscience (Member, Managing Editorial Board) |
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| Honours
and Awards |
| 2006 |
Invited
to deliver a lecture on ‘Inflammatory
Mediators in Acute Pancreatitis'
at the Combined Meeting of the American Pancreatic Association (APA)
and International Association of Pancreatology
(IAP), Chicago,
USA. |
2005
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Invited to
deliver a lecture on 'Pathophysiology of Acute Pancreatitis: A
Disturbance of the Apoptosis–Necrosis Equilibrium' at the
European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Annual Meeting |
| 2003 |
Invited to deliver a
lecture on 'Chemokines in Acute Pancreatitis' at the European
Pancreatic Club Meeting and International Pancreas Basic Science
Workshop - Beyond Frontiers |
| 1994-1995 |
Fellowship of the Fondation
pour la Recherche Médicale |
| 1993-1994 |
Fellowship of the Université
Louis Pasteur |
| 1989-1992 |
Senior Research Fellowship
of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi,
India |
| 1987-1989 |
Junior Research Fellowship
of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi,
India |
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| Research
Interests |
- Neurogenic Inflammation in Acute
Pancreatitis
- Chemokines in Acute Pancreatitis
- Apoptosis of Pancreatic Acinar
Cells
- Gas Mediators in Inflammation
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Selected
Publications  |
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