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Anup Ramachandran, Ph.D.

Ramachandran
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
aramachandran@kumc.edu

Professional Background

Dr. Ramachandran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where his research is focused on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in drug induced liver injury, especially that induced by acetaminophen overdose. Dr. Ramachandran received his Ph.D. in Medical Biochemistry from the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, examining the role of oxygen free radicals and mitochondria in modulating intestinal alterations during surgical stress and liver cirrhosis. He completed post-doctoral research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham examining nitric oxide signaling at the level of the mitochondrion in endothelial cells, and was then on the faculty at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, where he continued his studies on examining mitochondrial function in a number of pathophysiological conditions including liver cirrhosis, acute fatty liver of pregnancy and organophosphate poisoning.
Dr. Ramachandran’s past and current research has been supported by the Center for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the American Heart Association, as well as the NIH. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles as well as 6 book chapters.