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Paras Mishra, Ph.D. |
Here’s a brief rundown of his background and the expertise he brings
to UNMC.
- Name: Paras Mishra, Ph.D.
- Title and department: Assistant professor, cellular and integrative physiology; courtesy appointment, anesthesiology
Research interests:
- Specialty: MicroRNomics of cardiovascular diseases and diabetic cardiomyopathy
- Major Interest: Understanding the mechanism of heart failure in diabetic set up, using innovative approaches including miRNA and stem cell with the goal to develop intervention tool to ameliorate cardiomyopathy.
Professional Interests:
- Review committee member of grants of National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and American Heart Association (AHA)
- Co-editor of scientific books, editorial board member of seven international journals, ad-hoc reviewer of 18 international journals
- Organizing committee member of International Conference, chair and co-chair of scientific sessions of American Physiological Society in Experimental Biology meeting, and chair of Cardiovascular Research session in Diabetes and Obesity Conference, Target meeting.
Awards:
- Award in Physiology from the Association Of Scientists Of Indian Origin In America
- AHA-Harry Goldblatt New Investigator Award-Finalist
- Best Poster Award in 2nd International Conference on H2S Biology and Medicine
- Invited presentation in the American Heart Association’s Council for High Blood Pressure Research
- Travel Award from Department of Science and Technology and Indian National Science Academy, India.
Degree:
Ph.D. – Banaras University, India, 2006
Memberships:
- American Heart Association
- American Physiological Society
- Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America, Inc. (ASIOA)
- Nebraska Physiological Society
How I fell in love with physiology:
The first encounter with frog dissection during high school engendered my interest in physiology, which grew incessantly during my MS, where Guyton’s physiology book provided better understanding of human physiology. I studied genetic mechanism regulating physiology, but it was during my postdoc when my interest increased towards heart failure, the leading cause of death in the world. I developed keen interest in diabetes and diabetes-mediated heart failure because diabetes is the most rapidly increasing menace across the globe and it increases the incidence of heart failure. Diabetes and heart failure are a major challenge to clinical regime, and finding a novel therapeutic target for these diseases is an exciting area for my research.
Three things you don’t know about me:
- I like teaching, learning and discussing science.
- I love to play both outdoor (badminton) and indoor (chess, cards) games.
- I like traveling to new places and love to see wildlife.