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Department of Internal Medicine

Animesh Dhar, PhD

Title
Assistant Research Professor in Internal Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, and
Research Biologist, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City, MO.
Division
Hematology/Oncology
Phone
816-861-4700 Extension 57103
Email
 
Fax
816-922-4712
Specialty
Cancer Research and Drug Development
Clinical Interests
N/A
Research Interests
Innovation of novel drug in relation to pancreatic cancer that will target growth and apoptosis related to signaling mechanisms.
EDUCATION
B.Sc.
Physiology (Honors), Zoology & Botany, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, 1971
M.Sc.
Physiology-Biochemistry Special, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, 1974
PhD
Physiology, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, 1982
Fellowships
  • Junior Research Fellowship, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India, 1975
  • CSIR Senior Research Fellowship, India, 1979
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Immunology, Kothari Center of Gastroenterology, Calcutta, 1984 – 1985
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Physiology, Calcutta University College of Medicine, Calcutta, 1982 – 1984.
  • Post Doctoral Research Associate, Biochemistry, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, 1986 - 1988
  • Research Associate, Pharmacology, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, 1988 - 1990
Professional Honors and Awards
  • Young Scientist Certificate of Merit, ISCA, India, 1981
  • Certificate of Appreciation as Young Scientist in National of Medical Sciences (West Bengal Chapter, India), 1981.
  • Membership of Am. Soc. Biochem. Mol. Biol. (ASBMB)
  • AAAS Member
  • Sigma Xi Society of North America
  • Dr. J. N. Maitra Memorial Oration plaque as Invited Speaker in Indian Science Congress Association, 1999.
  • Sarah Morrison Research Award, UMKC School of Medicine, 2002 – 2003.
  • Invited Foreign Scientist Speaker, Indian Science Congress Association, Hyderabad, India, 2006.
  • MBRF Research Grant Award, Kansas City, 2008
  • VISN 15 Established Investigator Award, 2008-2010.
  • Platinum Jubilee Award Lecture, Indian Science Congress Association, Shillong, India, 2009.
  • Invited Speaker, Indian Science Congress Association, Hyderabad, India, 2006.
Present Grant Funding
Agency: Veterans Affairs VISN 15 Established Investigator Award
Novel Therapeutic Strategies using Crocetin for Prevention and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer.
Period: 09/08 – 08/10
Objective: To develop novel therapeutic approaches for pancreatic cancer.

Agency: Midwest Biomedical Research, KCVAMC;
Novel Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer PI: Animesh Dhar
Period: 01/08 - 06/09
Objective: To develop therapy for pancreatic cancer.
Faculty Appointment Date
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 2005 – present.