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principal Investigator
Charles Thodeti Ph.D., FAHA, FCVS
Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Toledo Medical Center
Room 142A, Block Health Science Building
3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo, OH 43614
Email: Charles.Thodeti@utoledo.edu
Phone: (419) 383-4253
2021 July- present- Professor (Tenured), Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo, OH.
2017- June 2021-Associate Professor (Tenured), Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown OH.
2009-2017June- Assistant Professor, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown OH.
2004Oct-2009 Aug- Instructor/Staff Scientist, Harvard Med Sch/Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
2001-2004 Sep- Research Assoc Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
1997-2000- Post-doctoral Fellow, Lund University, Malmo Hospital, Sweden.
1995-1996- Research Associate, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
postdoctoral fellows
Dr. Ravi K. Adapala
Post-doc
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Room 385, Block Health Science Building
3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo, OH 43614
Email: ravi.adapala@utoledo.edu
2021 July- present- Post-doc, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo, OH.
2018-2021- Post-doc, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH.
2014-2017- PhD, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH.
Research: Role of TRPV4 in mechanotranscriptional regulation of coronary angiogenesis
Dr. Venkatesh Katari
Post-doc
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Room 278, Block Health Science Building
3000 Arlington Ave, Toledo, OH 43614
Email: venkatesh.katari@utoledo.edu
2021 July- present- Post-doc, Dept. Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Toledo, OH.
2020-2021- Post-doc, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown OH.
2018-2020 Post-doc, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India
2014-2018 PhD, SV Institute of medical Sciences, Tirupati, India
Research: TRPV4 mechanotransduction in endothelial autophagy and vascular growth.
Graduate students
Kesha Dalal
PhD student in Molecular Medicine
University of Toledo
Email: kesha.dalal@rockets.utoledo.edu
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