Bhama Ramkhelawon

Bhama Ramkhelawon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, as well as Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Director of Vascular Surgery Scientific Research.[1] Her lab focuses its research efforts “on deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie the development of aortic aneurysms (AA).”[2]

Originally from Mauritius, she received her PhD from the Paris Diderot University, Paris, France in 2010.[1][3]

Awards and recognition

In 2014, L'Oreal awarded her a fellowship to do research at NYU on diabetes and obesity,[4] and in 2015 named her L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent “for her project on how hypoxia sustains low-grade inflammation by inducing netrin-1 expression in adipose tissue resident macrophages in obesity.“[5]

In 2019, she received the Springer Junior Investigator Award of the North American Vascular Biology Organization.[6]

Also in 2019, she was named a Young Leader by the French American Foundation.[7]

References
  1. "Bhama Ramkhelawon". NYU Langone Health. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Ramkhelawon Lab". NYU. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. "Lab Members". NYU. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. "2014 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS". L’Oreal. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. "2015 INTERNATIONAL RISING TALENT". L’Oreal. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. "Bhama Ramkhelawon is Named the 2019 Springer Junior Investigator Award Recipient". NAVBO Newsletter. North American Vascular Biology Organization. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. Siegel, Josh Aaron (June 28, 2019). "French-American Foundation celebrates 2019 'Young Leaders'". The Hill. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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