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Kalipada Pahan, PhD

The Floyd A. Davis, MD, Professor of Neurology
Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, RUSH Medical College
Education

PhD, Biochemistry, Calcutta University, India
MS, Biochemistry, Calcutta University, India
BS, Chemistry, Calcutta University, India

Research Areas

Glial and neuronal cell signaling and neural stem cell differentiation with an emphasis to discover therapeutic strategies and drugs against neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Batten disease, and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.

Contact Info:

1735 W. Harrison St.
Suite 310
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 563-3592
Fax: (312) 563-3571
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Biography

Kalipada Pahan, PhD, is a professor of neurological sciences, biochemistry and pharmacology and the Floyd A. Davis, MD, Endowed Chair in Neurology at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is also a VA scientist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago.

Born in West Bengal, India, in 1964, he received his MSc (1987) and PhD (1992) degrees in biochemistry from the University of Calcutta and pursued postdoctoral training in biochemistry, cell biology and neuroimmunology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Currently, he is engaged in translational biomedical research involving Parkinson's disease, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and Batten disease. Over the years, the lab has identified a number of drugs as possible therapeutics for these neurodegenerative diseases. Furthermore, the Pahan lab has also discovered many fundamental processes of neuroimmunology, such as the regulation of life and death of brain cells by nitric oxide, the physical interaction of immune cells with brain cells, and the switching of toxic brain cells into protective ones.

Honors and Activities
  • Senior editor, Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
  • Permanent member, Clinical Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumors NIH study section
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2000
  • Outstanding Performance Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2000-04 
  • Chancellor’s Council Silver U Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2004
  • Reinhardt Research Scholar Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2005
  • Floyd A. Davis, MD, Endowed Professor, Rush University Medical Center
  • Veterans Affairs Merit Awards
  • Wikipedia citation
Publications

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Pahan%20K%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=26916519

Grants
  • NIH R01 AT6681, Cinnamon, CNTF and EAE
  • NIH R01 NS083054, RANTES and eotaxin: New players in PD progression
  • NIH R01 AG050431, Characterizing novel hippocampal drugs for Alzheimer’s disease
  • NIH R21 NS097426, Identifying novel PPARbeta ligands from cerebellum
  • Veterans Affairs Merit Award 1I01BX002174-02, Aspirin, PPAR and EAE
  • Veterans Affairs Merit Award 1I01BX003033, Cinnamon and its metabolite sodium benzoate in Parkinsonism
  • Cures Within the Reach, Lopid and Tricor for late infantile Battens disease
  • Revalesio Corporation, Therapeutic efficacy of RNS60 in different neurodegenerative diseases