Alok Kumar

Biography:

Dr. Alok Kumar is an Additional professor at Department of Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology in Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow. Dr. Kumar conducted postdoctoral work training and studied the role of neuroinflammation in CNS injury at the Center for Shock, Trauma and Anaesthesiology Research (STAR-ORC), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He joined SGPGI as faculty in 2018. Dr. Kumar has authored or co-authored several peer-reviewed publications. His work has garnered numerous grants and awards, including the Ramalingaswami fellowship award from Department of Biotechnology (DBT, New Delhi) for research in Japanese encephalitis brain viral infection, Prof. E. Vijayan Award in Neuroscience for best oral presentation of the paper, first place and best poster award in National Capital Area TBI Research Symposium at National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA, scored among top twenty best research fellows at National Neurotrauma Conference in Phoenix, USA and many travel awards from National Neurotrauma Symposium, USA, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Belgium and International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN), USA. His contribution in scientific field for "CNS injury and immune cell activation" were well acknowledged and highlighted in number of USA media reports for instance "Mystery brain particles and their role in seeding neuroinflammation", 2017; “Do spinal cord injuries cause subsequent brain damage?“ 2014; among others. He is an ad-hoc reviewer of several international neuroinfectious diseases, neurotrauma and neuroscience journals. He has been a member of the National Neurotrauma Society (NNS) USA, the Society for Neuroscience (SFN), USA, and International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), France.