Jayanta Debnath (born 1971) is an American physician who specializes in pathology. His research focuses on autophagy as it relates to cancer. He is the chair of the University of California, San Francisco department of pathology and a co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease.
Jayanta Debnath | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) North Carolina |
| Citizenship | US |
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Lokenath Debnath (father) | |
Early life and education
editJayanta Debnath was born in 1971 in North Carolina[1] where his father Lokenath Debnath was a professor of mathematics at East Carolina University.[2][3] Debnath attended Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He then attended Harvard Medical School for his Doctor of Medicine, graduating in 1998. From 1998 to 2003 he completed his internship, medical residency, and fellowship in pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[4]
Career
editFrom 2003 to 2005 he was an instructor of cell biology at Harvard Medical School. In 2005, he joined the faculty of University of California, San Francisco as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 2011 and full professor in 2016.[4] In 2018, he was appointed the chair of UCSF's pathology department, succeeding Abul K. Abbas.[5] In 2021 he was one of the six researchers at UCSF to jointly win the Endeavor Award from the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, which is a US$3 million research grant to study metastasis of cancer.[6] Debnath's research focuses on the cellular process of autophagy and its relevance to cancer, specifically breast cancer. He formerly served as the chair of the integration panel for the United States Department of Defense's Breast Cancer Research Program.[5] As of 2021, he is a co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease.[7] He has also served as an associate editor of the journal Autophagy.[5]
Awards and honors
editIn 2021 he was the recipient of the American Society for Investigative Pathology's Outstanding Investigator Award.[8][9]
Personal life
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Debnath is Indian-American and speaks Bengali as well as English.[8][10]
References
edit- ^ "Register of Deeds", North Carolina Birth Indexes, vol. 57, Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives, p. 154
- ^ Debnath, Lokenath (2008). Sir James Lighthill and Modern Fluid Mechanics. Imperial College Press. ISBN 9781848161146.
- ^ Naspinski, Michelle (10 August 1983). "Orientation gives parents a look at university life". The Orlando Sentinel. p. 13.
- ^ a b "Jayanta Debnath, MD" (PDF). University of California San Francisco Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c King, Talmadge E. "From the Dean" (PDF). UCSF School of Medicine. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ Toth, Alan (6 January 2021). "Cancer Metastasis is Target of New Research Initiative". University of California San Francisco. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, Current Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Two Indian American Physicians at UCSF Named Meritorious Awardees by American Society for Investigative Pathology". IndiaWest. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "ASIP 2021 Meritorious Awards Recipients". American Society for Investigative Pathology. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Jayanta Debnath". UCSF Health. Retrieved 22 January 2021.