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DR. GABRIEL FERNANDES
Place of Birth: Mudahadu Village, Barkur,
India
Education
• S.S.L.C. - National High School,
Barkur 1953
• B.Sc. - University of Minnesota,
USA 1973
• M.Sc. - University of Minnesota,
USA 1975
• Ph.D. - University of Bombay 1979
Positions held
• Technician, Cancer Research Institute, Bombay 1954-1967
• Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, 1968-1977
• Visiting Scientist, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA 1977-1980
• Assistant Professor Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, USA 1980
• Associate Professor of Medicine(Tenure) University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio, USA 1981
• Professor of Medicine(T), Microbiology and Physiology University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA 1988 -
• President of Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America 2002-2004
Research
Nutritional Immunology on aging, autoimmunity, cancer and bone loss
Awards
• The International Nutritional Immunology Group Award 1994
• The Distinguished Scientist Award from Association of Scientists of Indian Origin
in America 1998
• Principal Investigator (R01,PO1) of National Institutes of Health funded grants
from 1980
Member
NIH Study Sections 1)Gerontology and Geriatrics Review Cmt 1986-1990
2) Nutrition Study Section, 1996-2000
3) Aging Systems and Geriatrics Study Section 2004-2008
Member
1) American Association of Immunologists 1977-
2) American Society for Nutritional Sciences 1997-
Publications
• Scientific Papers - 180 Chapters - 75 Abstracts - 245
Founder: VILLAGE TO COLLEGE FOUNDATION
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