Varun Kumar, PhD
About Me
We are an interdisciplinary group in Ophthalmology and Pharmacological Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Our mission is to understand the contribution of the intracellular stress response, specifically Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondrial stress and their crosstalk dysregulated in many neurological and ocular diseases. Our research model is corneal endothelium cells that undergo various intracellular stress, ultimately leading to apoptosis in Fuchs Endothelium Corneal Dystrophy (FECD). We use cutting-edge cellular and molecular biological techniques, genetics and pharmacological tools, single-cell genomics, RNA seq, large datasets, etc.
For more information about my research, please visit my lab wesite. https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/kumarlab/
Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Ophthalmology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pharmacological Sciences
Research Topics
Biomedical Sciences, Cell Biology, Mitochondria, Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Protein Folding, Signal Transduction
Education
PhD, Kent State University
Postdoctoral research, Stanford University
Postdoctoral research, Harvard University
Instructor/ Research Investigator/ Faculty, Harvard University
Awards
2021
Santel, Inc./ ARVO Travel Award
The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2020
K99/R00 (NIH/NEI) Pathway to Independence
National Institute of Health/ National Eye Institute
2020
ARVO Travel Grant
The Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2018
American Heart Association Postdoctoral Award
Stanford University and Harvard University
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Kumar has not yet completed reporting of industry relationships or has no industry relationships to report.
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