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Ramani Ramchandran, PhD

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Ramani Ramchandran, PhD

Children’s Wisconsin since 2007

Investigator, Children's Research Institute
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Developmental Vascular Biology program and Zebrafish Drug Screening Core, The Medical College of Wisconsin
Patrick J. and Margaret G. McMahon Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vice Chair for Research Obstetrics and Gynecology

Milwaukee Campus-Children's Wisconsin

8915 W. Connell Court

Milwaukee, WI 53226

Office Phone: (414) 955-2387
rramchan@mcw.edu

Division

Pediatrics

Research interests

Cell and developmental biology

Study interests

Angioblast development in vertebrates
Role of axon guidance genes in vascular development
Translational disease models in fish

Education

Doctorate, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 1997
Post-doctoral fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1997-2002

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Education

Awards

Batliboi Scholarship Award (bachelor's degree), 1990
Batliboi Scholarship Award (master's degree), 1991
Tata Memorial Scholarship Award, 1992; Graduate Research Assistantship Award, 1992
Third place, Sigma XI, 1997; Listed in "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," 1997
Special Recognition Award from Student Government Association, 1997; Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award, 2001
National Cancer Institute Scholar Award, 2002; Nominated for Outstanding Mentor Award, NCI, National Institutes of Health, 2004
Listed in Madison, Wis., "Who's Who of Business Leaders and Professionals," 2006; Cash Performance Award, NIH, 2006
Two Year Complimentary Membership to American Association of Anatomist (successful nomination of a Bensley Award Recipient), 2007
The Donald & Judith Alstadt Charitable Research Foundation Award, 2010

Research

1R01 HL123338-01 (Ramchandran, R.) 2015-2019 “Delta like-4 long non-coding RNA function in angiogenesis and vascular anomalies” Role: PI
1R01HL120585 (Mukherjee, P.) “Cystathionine beta synthase (CBS) and angiogenesis” Role: Co-I
1R01HL128374-01 (Sampath, V.) “Inflammatory angiogenesis in the developing lung” Role: Co-I
1R01HL136423-01A1 (Ren, B.) “Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation of Angiogenic Regulator CD36 and Formation of Small Arteries from Capillaries” Role: Co-I

Publications