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Shashi Kant, Ph.D.

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2016
Career Development Award (SDG)
2020
Alan Lerner Award
2021
HVC Junior Faculty Award
2023
Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA)
2024
Specialized Cardiac & Vascular IGNITE Award

Overview
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Dr. Shashi Kant, Ph.D., FAHA, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate scientist at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Dr. Kant received his Ph.D. degree from Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Dr. Kant completed his postdoctoral training at Howard Hughes Medical Institute under Dr. Roger Davis at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Before joining the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Kant was an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Kant has authored several publications in high-impact journals such as Cell Reports, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Nature Communications. Dr. Kant is a recognized expert in stress signaling and its role in metabolism and cardiovascular biology. He has served as an ad-hoc committee member for NIH and AHA grant reviews.
Dr. Kant has received several awards and honors, including the AHA SDG in 2016, the Alan Lerner Award in 2020, the HVC Junior Faculty Award in 2021, and the Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) in 2023.

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  1. 1R03CA295675-01 (KANT, SHASHI) Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
    NCI
    Mixed Lineage Kinase 2 (MLK2) in tumor angiogenesis
    Role: PI
  2. 2024 Specialized Cardiac & Vascular IGNITE award (KANT, SHASHI) Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
    Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology
    Sex-differential role of Sortilin1 in the regulation of endothelium-dependent vascular homeostasis
    Role: PI
  3. R03TR004452 (KANT, SHASHI) Jun 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024
    NIH/NCATS
    Mixed Lineage Kinase 2 (MLK2) and vascular homeostasis
    Role: PI
  4. 2021 HVC Junior Faculty Award (KANT, SHASHI) Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Neural JNK3 regulates blood flow recovery in pre-diabetic mice via EGR1/VEGFa axis
    Role: PI
  5. R01HL151626 (KEANEY, JOHN FRANCIS) May 6, 2020 - Apr 30, 2025
    NIH
    Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase in Vascular Homeostasis
    Role: Co-Investigator

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