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Curriculum Vitae RAVINDRANATH DUGGIRALA PERSONAL INFORMATION: HOME ADDRESS: 3200 Trailblazer Ave. Edinburg, TX 78541 9314 Aspen Oak San Antonio, TX 78254 Home Phone: 956-287-4691 (Edinburg) 210-520-9497 (San Antonio) BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Human Genetics and South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute Edinburg Research Education Building (E-REBL) School of Medicine University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 1214 W. Schunior St. Edinburg, Texas 78541 Office Phone: 956-665-6456 (office) 210-326-0806 (cell) Office Fax: 956-665-6402 E-mail Address: [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetic Epidemiology Statistical Genetics Anthropological Genetics Type 2 Diabetes Obesity Childhood Obesity Metabolic Syndrome Gallbladder Disease Birth Weight and Adult Diseases Tuberculosis Children Health Minority Health EDUCATION: 1972-1975 B.Sc. (Zoology, Botany, and Chemistry), Andhra Christian College, Guntur, A.P., India, 1976. 1 1976-1978 M.Sc. (Human Genetics and Physical Anthropology), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, A.P., India, 1978. 1986-1988 M.A. (Anthropology), University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 1991. 1989-1995 Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Major Field: Biological Anthropology (Population Genetics and Quantitative Genetics), 1995. Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Cultural and genetic determinants of lipids and lipoproteins in the Mennonite Community, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1995. (Advisor: Dr. Michael H. Crawford, Ph.D.) Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Genetic epidemiology of complex diseases, with an emphasis on type 2 diabetes and its related disease conditions in Mexican Americans, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 1995-1997. (Mentor: Dr. Michael P. Stern, M.D.). EXPERIENCE: Research: 1982-1985 Research Fellow, University Grants Commission (India), Dept. of Anthropology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. 1988-1988 Research Assistant. Archaeological Records Office, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT (Fall, 1988). 1991-1994 Research Assistant. Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Summer and Fall, 1991; Spring, 1992; and Fall, 1994). 1992-1992 Research Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology, State University of New York College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY (Summer, 1992). 1995*-1996 American Diabetes Association Mentor-based Post-doctoral Fellow, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. *Started in December 1994. 1996-1997 Research Fellow, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. 1995-1997 Postdoctoral Scientist (Adjunct), Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX. 1997-2002 Assistant Professor (Research), Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. 1997-2002 Assistant Scientist (Adjunct), Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX. 2 2002-2007 Associate Scientist, Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX. 2002-2007 Adjunct Associate Professor (Research), Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. 2006-2011 Allied Health Professional, University Health System, San Antonio, TX. 2007-2015 Scientist, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX. 2007-2015 Adjunct Professor (Research), Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. 2015* Professor, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Edinburg Regional Academic Health Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburgh, TX. *January-August 2015. 2015- Professor, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Edinburg Research Education Building, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Edinburg, TX. 2017- Professor, Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX. 2017- Adjunct Professor, Division of Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health San Antonio (UTHSA), San Antonio, TX. 2018- McAllen Medical Center Foundation Endowed Professor in Diabetes Research, School of Medicine, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX. Teaching: 1975-1976 Teacher and Assistant Principal, Tagore Tutorial College, Emanipalem, Ongole, AP, India. 1985-1986 Museum Keeper (with teaching assignments), Dept. of Anthropology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. 1990-1990 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to cultural anthropology (ANTH 108/308), Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Spring, 1990). 1991-1991 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to physical anthropology (ANTH 104/304), Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Spring, 1991). 1992-1993 Instructor (GTA), Human variation and evolution (ANTH 340), Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Fall, 1992 and Spring, 1993). 3 1993-1994 Instructor (GTA), Controversies on the living and the dead (ANTH 352), Dept. of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (Fall, 1993 and Spring, 1994). Student, postdoctoral fellow, junior faculty, and visiting research scientist mentoring and/or scientific interactions: Mentor for Ms. Cindy Peńa, a student at the Health Professions High School at Edison, San Antonio, TX, who did research on genetics of type 2 diabetes for a presentation on May 16th, 2000, under the supervision of Mrs. Krog at Edison. Mentor for Ms. Preethi Durgam, a student at the Health Careers High School, San Antonio, TX, who did preliminary research on diabetes and related phenotypes in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Europeans, 2000. Together with Dr. Michael P. Stern, mentored post-doctoral fellows Drs. Rector Arya, Kelly Hunt, and Donna Lehman in the area of genetic epidemiology, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Dept. of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX. Mentor for Dr. Sobha Puppala (Staff Scientist) in the area of genetic epidemiology, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, 2003-2015. Dissertation Committee Member for Ms. Guowen Cai, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Texas at Austin, 2004. Mentor for Dr. Vidya Farook (Staff Scientist) in the area of genetic epidemiology, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, 2004-2015. Provided short-term training in genetic epidemiological techniques for Dr. Samudrala Narahari, a Visiting Professor from the Department of Anthropology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2007. Graduate Faculty Status (Ad Hoc) for Ms. Geetha Chittoor’s comprehensive/final oral exam doctoral committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2007- 2010. Together with Dr. Michael H. Crawford, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, mentored Dr. Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, a visiting postdoctoral research scholar from CINVESTAV of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico, funded by CONACYT of the Federal Government of Mexico, Mexico, 2009-2010. Mentor for Dr. Geetha Chittoor, a Cowles Postdoctoral Fellow at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2010-2012. Mentor for Dr. Geetha Chittoor, Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2012-2014. Interacted with Dr. Solomon F. D. Paul, a Visiting Professor and Head of the Department of Human Genetics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India regarding training in advanced genetic epidemiologic analytical techniques and their applications to common 4 complex diseases. 2012-2013. Supervisor for Mr. Miguel Aguilar, Student Intern, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2013-2014. Supervisor for Ms. Azaneth Arellanes, Student Intern, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2013-2015. Supervisor for Mr. Pratik Patel, Student Intern, Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2014-2015. Mentor for Mr. Sunil Athyala, High School Student Intern (Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio, TX), South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI) Annex, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), TX, 2015 (Summer). Overall Supervision for Ms. Naba Asif (together with Drs. Christopher P. Jenkinson, Srinivas Mummidi, Rector Arya, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga and Ms. Liza Morales Smith), Volunteer Student Research Assistant, STDOI, Edinburg, TX, 2016-2017. Mentor for Mr. Armando Totomoch Serra (together with Dr. Lopez-Alvarenga), Ph.D. Student, Laboratorio 1 del Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular del Centro de Investigación y estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Delegación Gustavo A. Madero, México D.F., Mexico, CONACYT Fellowship, September-November, 2016. Mentor for Dr. Alvaro Diaz-Badillo (Assistant Research Scientist) in the in the areas of genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI), School of Medicine, UTRGV, Edinburg,TX,