Professional Acitivities

 Professional Experience:

7/2002 – Present	Professor, Department of Immunobiology (formerly Microbiology and Immunology), College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona.
7/1998 – 6/2002	Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona.
8/1994 – 6/1998	Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona.
8/1990 – 8/1994	Assistant Member, Division of Molecular Virology. James N. Gamble Institute of Medical Research, Cincinnati, Ohio.
7/1988 – 7/1990	Visiting Associate, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD.
6/1985 – 6/1988	Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
12/1983 – 6/1985	Lecturer, Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
7/1980 – 2/1983	Senior Research Fellow, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India.
1/1979 – 6/1980	Junior Research Fellow, CSIR, Dept. of Biochem. & Mol. Biol., CDRI, Lucknow, India.

Honors And Awards:

• Life Time Achievement for Educator of the Year Award, 2013, College of Medicine, University of Arizona
• Outstanding Teacher in a Block, Year II, 2008, 2011, 2012, College of Medicine, University of Arizona
• Dean’s List for Excellence in Teaching, Year II, 2002, 2009, 2010 College of Medicine, University of Arizona
• Furrow Award for Excellence in Teaching to Medical Students, 2006, College of Medicine, Univ of Arizona
• Dean’s Teaching Scholar Award, 1999, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
• Outstanding Faculty Award, 1999, Asian American Faculty, Staff and Alumni Association of Arizona.
• Perinatal Research Society - NIH Travel Fellowships, 1995.
• University of Arizona Travel Award, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
• Visiting Associateship, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1988-1990.
• Visiting Fellowship, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1988-1990.
• Post Graduate Scholarship Award, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, 1977-1978.
• Junior and Senior Research Fellowship and Post Doctoral Fellowship Award, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India, 1979-83.
• Best Scholar Award, 1978, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
• University Merit Scholarship Award, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 1974-1977.