10170-Shekhar, Anantha

Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

August M. Watanabe Professor Emeritus of Medical Research

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Email
ashekhar@iu.edu
Phone
(317) 278-2877
Address
FS 6219
DMCT
IN
Indianapolis, IN
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Bio

Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD, led the IU School of Medicine’s research enterprise as executive associate dean for research affairs from 2015 to 2020.

Dr. Shekhar was also the founding director of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI), a statewide institute within Indiana University School of Medicine, supported by a CTSA grant from the US National Institutes of Health and established in 2008 as a joint partnership of Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame and numerous life sciences businesses and community organizations. The Institute’s mission is to assist in the rapid translation of new discoveries into novel treatments.

In 2020, Dr. Shekhar was named senior vice chancellor for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. 

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