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 Rama Natarajan, Ph.D, F.A.H.A, F.A.S.N.

  • Professor, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Professor, Diabetes, Gene Regulation & Drug Discovery
  • Full Member, Cancer Biology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Professional Experience

2002 - present,
Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1996 - 2001, Associate Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1990 - 1996, Assistant Research Scientist, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1987 - 1990, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, CA


Education and Training


1980 - 1986, NIH Post Doctoral Fellow,  Department of Medicine, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, CA

1979 - 1980,
Scientific Research Council Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Chemistry, Salford University, England, U.K.

1977 - 1979, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Science and Technology fellowship, Indian Institute of  Science, Bangalore, India

1973 - 1977, Ph.D in Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, India

1971 - 1973, M.S. - Chemistry, Bangalore University, India


Honors & Awards


2008, Inaugural recipient, Scientist of the Year Award, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

2008, American Heart Association, ATVB Council, Special Recognition Award

2006, Elected as Chair of the Women’s Leadership Committee, Arteriosclerosis, Thromb. Vascular Biol Council, American Heart Assn.

2006, Mary Jane Kugel Award, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

2004, Elected Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology

2004, Elected to the Western Association of Physicians

2003 - present, Editorial Boards of Kidney International, J. Lipid Research, DIABETES; American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology. 2007-2010

2003, “Excellence in Teaching” Award , Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, 2003

2001 - present, Elected Fellow of Arteriosclerosis, Thromb. Vascular Biol Council, American Heart Assn.

1993, First Independent Research Award. Awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

1992, Young Investigator Award -American Heart Association.

1992, Losartan Research Award presented by DuPont Merck

1992, Award for the Best Research Paper, The American Diabetes Association, S. California.

1991, Henry Christian Award for "Excellence in Research". Presented by the American Federation For Clinical Research. May, 1991.

1991, Best Poster Award presented by the American Diabetes Association, Southern California, 1991.

1973, Prof. S. Siddappa Gold Medal and Dr. B.D. Laroia Memorial Gold Medal for securing First Rank in M.S. (Chemistry), Bangalore Univ.


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 06/08.

Rama Natarajan, Ph.D.

Professional Memberships

2004 - 2008,
Permanent Member National Institutes of Health VCMB Study Section

2003 - 2009, Permanent Member JDRF Peer Review Committee for Grants and Program Projects

2008, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NIDDK Special Emphasis Panel Review Committee “O’Brien Kidney Center Grants”.

2007, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health AICS Study Section

2007, AdHoc Member JDRF Center Grant External Evaluation Committee

2006, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health PBKD Study Section

2006, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NIDDK Special Emphasis Panel for Mouse Model Phenotyping Centers Consortium.

2005, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health AICS Study Section

2004, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health PBKD Study Section

2003,
AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health Nephrology/Urology Special Emphasis Panel

2003, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health Program Projects, NIDDK

1999 - 2003,
Permanent Member National Institutes of Health Path A Study Section

2001 - 2002,
AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NIDDK O’Brien Kidney Center Grants

2001, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health NHLBI SCOR Grant Review Committee

1999, AdHoc Member National Institutes of Health Pathology A Study Section

American Heart Association (Council for Atherosclerosis {ATVB})

American Diabetes Association

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Society of Nephrology (Elected Fellow)

International Society of Nephrology

North American Vascular Biology Organization (Member of Membership and Awards Committees)

Western Association of Physicians

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