Masuko Ushio-Fukai Lab

Lab Personnel

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Stephanie Kelley

  • Sr Research Associate
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Rajalakshmi (Rajee) Veeranan Karmegam

  • Sr Research Associate
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Dipankar Ash, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist
  • Project: Role of Copper Transport protein (ATP7A) and Mitochondrial proteins in Angiogenesis.
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Archita Das, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist
  • Project: Redox regulation of Cu transport proteins (CTR1 and Atox1) in wound healing, atherosclerosis, and angiogenesis.
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Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Project: Role of Cu transport proteins (ATP7A and Atox1) and extracellular SOD in atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm, and diabetes with and without exercise.
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Md. Selim Hossain, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
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Sheela Nagarkoti, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Project: Redox Sensors mediating VEGFR2 signaling and angiogenesis
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Kamarajan (Kam) Rajagopal, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
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Shikha Yadav, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Project: Role of myeloid Drp1 in ischemia-induced angiogenesis
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Kelvin Orji

  • Graduate Student

Member Activities & Awards

2025

Shikah Yadav, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Masuko Ushio-Fukai’s lab, received 3rd place for Oral Presentation Award for Excellence in Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow for project

 

 

 

 

Shikah Yadav, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Masuko Ushio-Fukai’s lab, received 3rd place for Oral Presentation Award for Excellence in Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow for project Macrophage Cu Transporter CTR1 Promotes Post-Ischemic Revascularization by Suppressing cGAS-STING-Associated Inflammatory Macrophage Polarization.

 

 

2024

PPG NOA Grant Award 2024

Celebrating the PPG NOA grant award for the project “Endothelial Metabolism and Redox Imbalance in Vascular Disease”.

We are so proud of our team!

2023

American Heart Association Scientific Session held at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- November 11–13, 2023

American Heart Association Scientific Session held at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-  November 11–13, 2023

 

2022

  • Kareem Abdelsaid
    Successfully defended on April 13, 2022 and awarded a Biomedical Sciences PhD in Vascular Biology with Distinction.                             

2021

  • Kareem Abdelsaid
    Young Investigator Award by Society for Free Radical Biology Meeting (SfRBM), USA
  • Sheela Nagarkoti
    Trainee Award, by SfRBM, USA
  • Dipankar Ash
    Trainee Award, by SfRBM, USA

2019

  • Archita Das
    “Best poster award” by Redox signaling and cardiovascular diseases, AHA, USA
  • Kareem Abdelsaid
    Travel Award by Graduate School, Augusta University
  • Kareem Abdelsaid
    Excellence in Research award/Graduate Research Day by Graduate school, Augusta University

2018

  • Archita Das
    ATVB young investigator travel award, by AHA, USA.
  • Sudhahar Varadarajan
    ATVB Young Investigator Travel Grant, American Heart Association, USA
  • Kareem Abdelsaid
    Translational Research Award by Department of Medicine, Augusta University

2017

  • Dipankar Ash
     AHA postdoctoral fellowship Awarded trainee

2015

  • Sudhahar Varadarajan
    AHA Scientist Development Grant Awarded trainee
  • Sudhahar Varadarajan
    ATVB Early Career Investigator Award Finalists

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