by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Jul 7, 2025 | south-asian-spotlight
In a major stride for cancer immunotherapy research, Indian-American biomedical researcher Dr. Chandra Mohan has been named project director of the University of Houston’s (UH) Cancer Immunotherapy Biomarker Core (CIBC). The initiative has secured a $3 million grant...
by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Jul 5, 2025 | south-asian-spotlight
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) has announced Dr. Deepak Rao, an immunologist of Indian origin affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, as the recipient of the 2025 Lupus Insight Prize. The prestigious annual award, which includes a...
by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Jul 4, 2025 | south-asian-spotlight
Gitanjali Rao, an Indian-American student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is once again making headlines, this time for winning the first-ever Stephen Hawking Junior Medal for Science Communication. The award recognizes her exceptional ability to...
by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Jul 3, 2025 | south-asian-spotlight
Benjamin Lalani, a 2023 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, has been named a 2025 Samvid Scholar, making history as the university’s first-ever recipient of this prestigious honor. Lalani’s groundbreaking work in global health, medical technology, and diabetes care,...
by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Jul 1, 2025 | south-asian-spotlight
Indian-American astronaut Dr. Anil Menon is in the news after NASA announced his first spaceflight assignment to the International Space Station (ISS). Menon will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in June 2026, marking a major milestone in his aerospace career....
