Dr BS Satish Rao
Director - Manipal School of Life Sciences
Department of Radiation Biology and Toxicology
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Dr. Satish Rao B S is the Director at Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal..
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Radiobiology | Mangalore University | 1994 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Radiation Biology & Toxicology, School of Life Sciences, MAHE, Manipal | Professor and Head | Research & Teaching | Nov. 2007 – Till Date |
| Department of Radiation Biology & Toxicology, School of Life Sciences, MAHE, Manipal | HOD (I/c) & Associate Professor | Oct 2006 – Nov. 2007 | |
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India | Associate Professor of Radiobiology | Aug 2001- Oct. 2006 | |
| Sylvester Cancer Center, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Uni. of Miami School of Medicine, Fl 33136, USA. | Visiting Faculty | June – Aug, 2001 | |
| Department of Medicine / Clinical Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284-7874, USA. | Visiting Research Scholar | July 2000 – June 2001 | |
| Division of Life Sciences, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 590-0494, JAPAN. | Visiting Scientist | June 1999 - May 2000 | |
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India | Assistant Professor of Radiobiology | June 1994 -July 2001 | |
| Institute fur Medizinische Strahlenbiologie Unversitatsklinikum Essen, Germany | Guest investigator | Sept.1993 - Jan. 1994 | |
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India | Lecturer in Radiobiology | Jan. 1993 - Aug. 1993 | |
| Department of Radiobiology, KMC., Manipal, India | Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow | Nov.1987 - Dec. 1993 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Radiation biology & toxicology.
Area of Expertise
Cell Culture, Genotoxicity, Drug Delivery, Anticancer drug Screening, Molecular Radiobiology, Radiation Biodosimetry, Radiosensitization & Radioprotection, Heavy metal toxicology, Natural products
Area of Research
Radiation Biology & Experimental Oncology, Toxicology, Nanotechnology & Targeted drug delivery
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS:
- International Society for Mangiferin Research (Life member, Vice-general Secretary)
- Indian Society for Radiation Biologists (Life Member & Ex. Executive Member)
- Indian Society of Human Genetics (Life Member)
- Society for Free Radical Research, India (Life Member)
- Indian Association for Hyperthermic Oncology and Medicine (Member)
- Society for Biological Chemistry (Life Member)
- Society for Radiation Research, India (Full member)
Awards and Honors:
- 'INSA Teachers Award 2017' by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi on 29th December 2017 at INSA Anniversary General Meeting at Pune.
- Paper selected for ASTRO CME for CREDIT: Predictive and prognostic significance of glutathione levels and DNA damage in cervix cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (Int J of Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2010 ) Oct 1;78(2):343-9 (doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.014)
- International Travel grant support from CCSTDS, Govt. of India & organizers of the 1st International Symposium on Mangiferin held at Nanning, China – Participation as an International Expert (2009)
- International Public Health Summer Institute Training - Sponsorship by Sparkman Center for Global Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA (7th July to 1st August 2008)
- Visiting Research Fellow: The University of New South Wales, Australia, for three years 1st March 2008 -2011.
- NIH’s International training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) Fogarty Program Grant to attend workshop on Health Effects on Pesticides, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Sept. 5- 9, 2005).
- Distinguished Alumni Award by Kasturba Medical College Manipal, MAHE, 2004.
- Honor role of the Journal of Radiation Research Terasima Award- Best Paper Award for the paper entitled “DNA-PK: the major target for wortmannin-mediated radiosensitization by the inhibition of DSB repair via NHEJ pathway. J. Radiat. Res. 44 (2003) 151-159; by the Japanese Journal of Radiation Research for the year 2003 (Second-author).
- UICC International Cancer Technology Transfer Fellowships (ICRETT) & Visiting faculty, Sylvester Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA (June – Aug 2002).
- VISITING RESEARCH SCHOLAR, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA (July 2000 – June 2001).
- VISITING SCIENTIST, Division of Life Sciences, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka., JAPAN (June 1999 – May 2000).
- YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL GRANT award by COSTED-IBN to attend the first Asian Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, Fukuoka, Japan (1996).
- Fellow of Academy of General Education, Manipal (1994)
- YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL GRANT European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology to attend 12th ESHO conference at Bergen, Norway (1991).
- Late Sri NC Narasimha Iyengar and Smt Ranganayakamma, Sri. NC Krishnamurthy, Smt. Chikkamma & Rukkamma Memorial CASH PRIZE (Post graduate level)
- Obtained Miss H K Shamantharathna GOLD MEDAL (Post graduate level)
- Obtained The Nagar Manja Udupa GOLD MEDAL (Post graduate level)
- Secured FIRST RANK in post-graduation level