M Raj Lakshman
VA Medical Center, USA
Biography
M Raj Lakshman is currently working as the Director of Research Laboratories and the Chief of Lipid Research at the VA Medical Center, Washington DC. He also has joint appointments as a Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine as well as in the Department of Medicine at the George Washington University, Washington DC. He directs studies in the areas of Alcoholism, Alcoholic Liver Disease, Oxidative Stress, Coronary Artery Disease, Lipids & Lipoproteins, Metabolic and Genetic Obesity, Hepatotoxins, Gene Regulation and Expression. He joined the National Institute of Health, to work on Alcoholic Hyperlipidemia under the able guidance of Professors Richard Veech, Nobel Laureate and Hans Krebs. In 1979, he received the prestigious VA Research Career Scientist Award working in the field of Alcohol and Alcoholism at the VA Medical Center, Washington DC. He was honored with Washington Heart Ball Research Award in 1990 in the field of Hyperlipidemia.
Abstract
Abstract : Some novel modulators of obesity and atherogenic factors