Title Assistant Professor of Medicine Institution Brigham and Women's Hospital Address Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Biography
2016
Career Development Award (SDG)
2021
HVC Junior Faculty Award
2023
Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA)
Overview
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.
Research
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R03TR004452
(KANT, SHASHI)
Jun 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024
Mixed Lineage Kinase 2 (MLK2) and vascular homeostasis
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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
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R01HL151626
(KEANEY, JOHN FRANCIS)
May 6, 2020 - Apr 30, 2024
Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase in Vascular Homeostasis
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16SDG29660007
(KANT, SHASHI)
Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2019
Mitogen Kinase Kinase 4 links insulin resistance and atherosclerosis
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