Debarun Patra

Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiovascular Institute

Bio

Debarun Patra is a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford Medicine, with a background in inflammation research. His research focuses on metabolic disease modeling and identifying novel therapeutic targets. His current work integrates inflammatory and metabolic diseases (IBD, MASH, and diabetes), using patient-derived iPS cells and primary cells, and employs advanced multi-omics.

Honors & Awards

Postdoctoral Award, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University (Jan-2026)
Postdoctoral Award, American Heart Association
Lead Postdoc, ADVANCE, Center for Asian Health Research and Education, Stanford University (Jan-2025)
Institute Medal for Best Thesis Award, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (July-2024)
Future of Science Fund Scholarship Award, Keystone Symposia Hypoxia Conference, Ireland (May-2023)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Member, American Heart Association (2024 - Present)

Professional Education

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Biomedical Engineering (2024)
M.Sc., Tezpur University, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (2017)
B.Sc., Midnapore College, Zoology, Human Physiology and Botany (2015)

Lab Affiliations

Joseph Wu, (5/1/2024)

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