Dr. Shrikanth S Gadad is an Assistant Professor of the Center of Emphasis in Cancer, Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Master’s degree in Genetics and Plant Breeding at the University of Agricultural Sciences in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He completed his PhD studies in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in 2010. His research interests include cancer genomics, endocrinology, transcription, and gene regulation.