Professional Acitivities

Academic  Appointments

 a. VA Appointments:

09/09 – Present:	Senior Research Career Scientist: GS 15-04, South Texas   Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas.
09/04  –  08/09:	Junior  Research  Career  Scientist:  GS  14-06,  South  Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas.
5/95 – Present:	Research Health Scientist (GS 15-04)  Geriatric  Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas

b. University Appointments:

9/2007 – Present	Professor (Tenured), Division  of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
9/2005 – 8/2007	Associate  professor  (Tenured),  Division  of  Nephrology, Department   of   Medicine,   University   of   Texas   Health Science Center at San Antonio
9/1999 – 8/2005	Associate  Professor,  Division  of  Nephrology,  Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
9/1995 – 8/1999	Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine,  University  of  Texas  Health  Science  Center  at San Antonio
11/1991 – 7/1995	Instructor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Service To Affiliated University

2001 -  Present	Member, Department of Medicine Research Committee, University of Texas Health  Science Center at San Antonio
2003 – Present	Member, Committee of Graduate Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
1991 – 2012	Coordinator,Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology Research Laboratory conferecne, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Professional Awards And Honors

• VA Senior Research Career Scientist Award, 2009
• VA Junior Research Career Scientist Award, 2004
• American Cancer Society $10,000 Award for post-doctoral Research, 1990

Evidence of Successful mentoring (selected examples)

1. Brent Wagner,  M.D., who was mentored by Dr.  Ghosh Choudhury, has been appointed as Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology,  Department  of  Medicine,  UTHSCSA.  He wrote two grants and Submitted to VISN 17 and American Heart Association. Both these grant applications are now funded. Dr. Ghosh Choudhury is a mentor in his funded VA Career Development Award. Recently, he submitted his first VA Merit Review grant application, which was funded.
2. Samy L. Habib, Ph.D., who worked with Dr. Ghosh Choudhury, is now a faculty in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology and a Research Scientist in GRECC. He recently obtained the VISN 17 grant for his own independent research. More recently, he obtained VA Merit Review and American Heart Association grants.
3. Amrita Kamat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics and a Research Scientist in GRECC, who has been actively mentored by Dr. Ghosh Choudhury, recently received the VISN 17, American Heart Association and VA Merit Review grants.
4. Denis Feliers, Ph.D. completed his postdoctoral fellowship and obtained an American Heart Association scientist development grant by which he became an independent investigator and appointed as Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, UTHSCSA. He has recently obtained Regular Research Grant from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
5. Farook Thameem, Ph.D, Assistant Professor. Under Dr. Ghosh Choudhury’s mentorship he recently obtained two grants from American Heart Association and National Kidney Foundation. He has received many foundation grants.
6. Karen Block, Ph.D. Assistant Professor. Her research experience with Dr. Ghosh Choudhury enabled her to receive VA Career Development Award and an NIH RO1 grant. In this grant, Dr. Ghosh Choudhury serves as a co-Investigator. She recently  received  her  VA  Merit  Review grant.
7. J-H. Zhang, Ph.D. completed his postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Ghosh Choudhury and obtained a faculty position in Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, UTHSCSA. Presently he moved to Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UTHSCSA.
8. Ann Eakes, Ph.D. completed her postdoctoral training and now she is a faculty member in the North West Vista College in San Antonio, Texas.
9. Duraisamy Senthil, Ph.D. completed his postdoctoral fellowship and was  an  instructor  in Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. At present he is the director-Drug Discovery Research at G7 Synergon Pvt., India.
10. Balachandar Venkatesan, Ph. D. completed his postdoctoral fellowship. He moved to Tulane University and finally moved to India. Now he is a ‘Scientist’ in the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
11. Lenin Mahimainathan, Ph.D. completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Ghosh Choudhury and now is an Assistant Professor in the Department  of  Pharmacology,  University  of  North Texas.

Extramural  Activities:

Selected lectures and Seminars

1. Enhanced expression of oncogenic DJ-1, an early-onset Parkinson’s disease protein, regulates diabetic renal fibrosis. International Conference on Recent Trends in Free Radical and Antioxidant Research XIII Annual Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research – Lonavala, India. January 27, 2014.
2. Three Ts of diabetic kidney disease: TGFâ, TORC1 and TORC2. mTOR, Metabolism and Cancer Group, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, UTHSCSA. October 3, 2013.
3. A reciprocal relationship between microRNA-21 and tumor suppressor PTEN forces a feedback loop involving NFkB in Renal cancer cells. 3RD International Cancer Research Symposium 2012:
4. Defining & Translating Science for Disease Prevention and Therapy, held in Kolkata, India, Dec 19-21, 2012.
5. mTORC1 and mTORC2 in Renal Disease. Annual Meeting of American Society of Nephrology held in San Diego. November 3, 2012.
6. PTEN in diabetic nephropathy and tuberous sclerosis: Role of mechanistic target of rapamycin. Department of Medicine. UTHSCSA, May 1, 2012
7. Antagonistic interplay between PTEN and mTOR. Department of Molecular Medicine. UTHSCSA, March 22, 2011.
8. Renal development and kidney disease. Lecture to the Graduate Students. Department of Molecular Medicine. UTHSCSA, March 22, 2011.
9. Drugs that regulate tumor suppressor gene expression. Seminar to the mTOR Group (held each month), CTRC, UTHSCSA. April 14, 2011.
10. Downregulation of catalase in diabetic nephropathy by a positive feedback loop involving FoxO1 and Akt kinase. International Conference on Recent Trends in Therapeutic Advancement of Free Radical Science 9th annual Meeting, Society for Free Radical Research – Chennai, India. January 11, 2011.
11. Mechanism of Sustained Oxidative Stress (OS) in Diabetic Nephropathy. International Conference on Recent Trends in Therapeutic Advancement of Free Radical Science 9th annual Meeting, Society for Free Radical Research – Hyderabad, India. January 13, 2010.
12. Signal Transduction in Diabetic Kidney Disease, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Annual Board Meeting, Greehey Children Cancer Research Institute, UTHSCSA, October 6, 2009.
13. PIP3 signaling in renal diseases. Department of Medicine Seminar Series UTHSCSA, March 3, 2009.
14. Signal transduction in glomerular diseases. Division of Nephrology Biopsy Conference, UTHSCSA, January 2009.
15. Gene Therapy of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis with adenovirus-mediated delivery of BMP-2. 6th International conference on Bone Morphogenetic Proteins. Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia. October 11-15, 2006.
16. Tyrosine and serine threonine kinase receptor signaling. Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, August 2005.
17. Signal transduction by tyrosine phosphorylation. Division of Nephrology, Methods in Experimental Nephrology. April 2004
18. PI 3 kinase activation by tyrosine and serine threonine kinase receptors: Role in cell phosphorylation and differentiation. Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. July 2003.
19. c-Src tyrosine kinase regulates PDGF-induced mitogenic signaling in mesangial cells via regulation of Akt serine threonine kinase. Annual meeting of American Society of Nephrology, November 2000.
20. Cross talk between BMPs and PDGF signaling pathways. Annual Meeting of American Society of Nephrology, November, 1999.
21. Signal transduction via tyrosine phosphorylation in glomerular mesangial cells. Diagnostic Systems Laboratories, Webster, Texas, April 1998.
22. Phosphatase signaling pathways activated by growth factors. Growth factor program retreat in San Antonio, Texas. May, 1997.
23. Growth factor and cytokine mediated signal transduction by tyrosine phosphorylation. Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India, July 1996.
• Signal Transduction via tyrosine phosphorylation in specialized kidney cells. Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, India, August, 1996.