EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Residency, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Clinical Pathology, 2002
Ph.D, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA, Pharmacology/Toxicology 1999
M.V.Sc, Univ. Agricultural Sciences, India, Pharmacology/Toxicology 1995
DVM, Univ. Agricultural Sciences, India, Veterinary Medicine, 1992
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
June 2008-Present: Director, Clinical Pathology and Biomarker Laboratory, Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Global Research and Development, St. Louis, MO.
June 2008-Present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2003-2008: Member, Chemical Biology Core, Center for Environmental and Rural Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
2003-2008: Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine,Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
2002-2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1999-2002: Clinical Pathology Resident, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida
1997-1999: Graduate Assistant, Dept. Toxicology, University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA
1996-1997: Teaching Assistant, Dept. Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA
1994-1995: Research Worker, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1993-1994: Project Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1993-1995: Graduate Assistant, Department of Pharmacology, Veterinary College, Bangalore, India
CLINICAL SPECIALTY/BOARD CERTIFICATION
2005, Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology (DABT); successfully passed (first attempt) all three parts of the examination in July 2005.
2002, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (DACVP); successfully passed (first attempt) all four parts of the examination in November 2002.
2002, Special licensure by the Texas State Board of Veterinary Examiners
1992, Indian Veterinary Council Certification
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Top
Society of Toxicologic Pathology, India, 2007-Present
American Association for Investigative Pathology, 2005-Present
Society of Toxicologic Pathology, 2004-Present
Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, 2003-Present
American Veterinary Medical Association, 2003-Present
American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 2002-Present
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2002-2004
American Society for Veterinary Clinical pathologists, 1999-Present
Society of Toxicology, 1996-Present
American College of Toxicology, 1996-Present
AWARDS & HONORS
Program Committee Member, American College of Toxicology, 2007
Chair, Continuing Education Committee, Society of Toxicologic Pathology, 2006
Elected Secretary, Gulf Coast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (GCSOT), 2006
Co-Chair, Continuing Education Committee, Society of Toxicologic Pathology, 2005
C. L. Davis Award (University of Florida), ACVP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2002
Young Investigator Award Poster Competition, ACVP Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, 2001
First-Place, Young-Investigator Award, ACVP Annual Meeting 2000
Phi Zeta Best Paper Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2000
School of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1999
Best Research Award, Division of Toxicology, University of Louisiana at Monroe.1999
Best Paper published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, SOT, 1999
Taylor and Francis, Best Paper Award in Food Safety Specialty Section, SOT, 1999
Academy of Toxicological Sciences Award for Best Paper, ACT, 1998
Best Paper at the Risk Assessment Specialty Section, Society of Toxicology, 1998
Carl Smith Mechanisms Specialty Section, Honorable Mention for Best Paper, SOT, 1998
Travel Fellowship from Society of Toxicology, 1998
Young Investigator Award from the South Central Chapter, Society of Toxicology, 1997
George Bacon Scholarship from the Louisiana Cancer Registry., 1997
Academy of Toxicological Sciences Fellowship for Best Paper, ACT, 1997
Travel Grant Award from the American College of Toxicology, 1996
University Resident Merit Scholarship, Veterinary College, UAS, India. 1993
Scholarship from the UGC-COSIST Program, Indian Institute of Science, 1994.
Merit Scholarship from Karnataka State Teachers Benefit Fund, India, 1987.
EDITORSHIPS OF JOURNALS
AD HOC REVIEW FOR JOURNALS
2007-Present Veterinary Pathology
2005-Present Hepatology
2002-Present International Journal of Toxicology
2005-Present Journal of Pathology
2004-Present Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association
2004-Present Veterinary Clinical Patholology
2002 American Journal of Veterinary Research
