Council

Field of Expertise
Epigenetics
Address
Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS
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Dr Abhinav Kanwal is working as an assistant Professor in department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda. He has completed his bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UIPS, Panjab University, Chandigarh and MS (Pharm ) from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad. His PhD work in Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad was on cardiovascular Pharmacology, where he was working on pre-conditioning and post-conditioning ex-vivo heart models with various pharmacological interventions.

Dr kanwal also worked on developing the rapid drug screening methods during his PhD which was well highlighted. He extended his studies and worked as post- doctoral scholar at University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA where his work was majorly focused on exploring the epigenetic mechanisms related to heart failure. Dr Kanwal has published around 26 research papers, 2 Book chapters in international journals and having a h-Index of 14. He attended and presented papers at various national and international levels of conferences. He is also a reviewer of many international Journals. The main focus of his research is to understand the molecular mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction and development of heart failure.