Chandan Prasad
Texas Woman’s University, USA
Biography
Chandan Prasad has completed his PhD in Microbiology/Biochemistry at Louisiana State University in 1970. He has served LSU Health Sciences Center as Professor (Medicine and Neuroscience), Director of Obesity Research Program and Vice Chairman in the Department of Medicine. He has joined Texas Woman’s University as Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutrition and served till 2012. He has also served TWU as Assistant Provost for Research Promotion. Currently, he is a Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the Texas Woman's University and Professor (Emeritus) of Medicine (Endocrinology) at the LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. The current focus of his research is on inflammation and the role of dietary supplements in obesity, diabetes and heart diseases. He has authored more than 200 papers in the area off appetite regulation, obesity, and nutrition. He holds four US and international patents for treatment of obesity and alcoholism. He is the Founding Editor of Nutritional Neuroscience, Series Editor for Nutrition, Brain and Behavior, Editor-in-Chief of Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research and Member of the Board of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics.
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Abstract : Pharmacobiology of cyclic dipeptides: Neuroceuticals to nutraceuticals