|
Hreday
N. Sapru, MS, Ph.D.
Dr. Sapru received
MS and PH.D. degrees in Pharmaceutics from Banaras University
in India. In 1967, he joined Columbia University, College
of Physicians and Surgeons, as a Fulbright scholar and
received MS and PH.D. degrees in Neuropharmacology. After
completing his education at Columbia University in 1974,
he was appointed as an instructor in the section of Neurological
Surgery (now Dept. of Neurological Surgery) and he rose
through the ranks to the current position of Professor
which he has held since 1986. He also has joint appointments
as a Professor in the Departments of Neurosciences and
Pharmacology and Physiology in New Jersey Medical School
and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He has served
as the Director of Neurosurgical Research Laboratories
since 1978. From time to time, Dr. Sapru has served as
a visiting professor at many international and national
universities including Osaka City University Medical School,
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu,
Japan, University of Sao Paulo, Riberao Preto, Brazil,
St. George's University School of Medicine, Granada, West
Indies, University of Iowa, Cardiovascular Center, and
Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Houston,
Texas. He has served as a chairman of scientific sessions
or has been an invited speaker at more than a dozen national
and international symposia. He has been an invited speaker
at about 3 dozen seminars. In recognition of his scholarly
activities, he was awarded an "Exceptional Merit
Award" in 1984 by NJMS. He is a member of half a
dozen professional societies and was recently elected
as a "Fellow of Cardiovascular Section" of the
American Physiological Society. From time to time, different
national and international granting agencies have recognized
his research expertise and he has invited to be a regular
or ad hoc member of different study sections including
those of National Institutes of Health, American Heart
Association (NJ Affiliate), National Science Foundation
(N.S.F.), and Medical Research Council of Canada. Dr.
Sapru has received continuous funding for his research
since 1979 from different agencies including NIH, American
heart Association and Veterans Administration. Besides
serving as an ad hoc reviewer for more than 2 dozen scientific
journals, he is on the editorial board of American Journal
of Physiology and Clinical and Experimental Hypertension.
Dr. Sapru has served as a thesis advisor for several
Ph.D. and M.S students.
|