Dr. Aramandla Ramesh

Dr. Aramandla Ramesh is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. He earned his first Ph.D. in Marine Microbiology from Annamalai University, India in 1986. He earned his second Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Ehime University, Japan in 1992. Before joining the faculty at Meharry in 2001, he was a research specialist in the Departments of Family & Preventive Medicine, and Pharmacology at Meharry. He has extensively published in environmental chemistry and toxicology (more than one hundred peer-reviewed publications, and ten book chapters). He completed nine National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded projects in toxicology and chemical carcinogenesis. He served as a consultant to the Commonwealth Foundation, UK, International Development Research Centre, Canada, and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). He is also serving as a reviewer for research proposals submitted to the NIH, NSF, EPA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NERC, UK, and Cancer Research Fund, UK. He also serves on the editorial boards of Toxicology Mechanisms & Methods, Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology, Journal of Applied Toxicology, Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, and Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds. His current research is focused on the exposure of minority communities to environmental chemicals, cancer incidence, and health disparities.