Biography
- Division:
- Division of Physiological and Pathological Sciences – DPPS
- Review Branch:
- Endocrine and Metabolic Systems – EMS
- Study Section:
- Human Studies of Diabetes and Obesity – HSDO
Dr. Baskaran Thyagarajan received a master’s degree in pharmacy with a specialization in Pharmaceutics from Banaras Hindu University, India, and pursued a Ph.D. in molecular physiology and pharmacology from Karl-Franzen’s University of Graz, Austria. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, and then at the New Jersey Medical School, NJ. Before joining CSR, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Neuroscience at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY, where he led a federally-funded research program on the scientific and regulatory aspects of drug discovery and development for metabolic syndrome and neuropathic pain. He has several high-impact publications and patents on novel therapeutic formulation development for treating obesity and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
