David A. Alagpulinsa, PhD
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Biography
David is an Assistant Professor of Comparative and Cardiovascular Medicine. His doctoral studies in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Scinces in Little Rock, Arkansas, focused on defining and exploiting the mechanisms that maintain genome integrity in multiple myeloma, a hematologic malignancy of B lymphocytes. He completed a postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, developing strategies to immunoprotect endogenous and transplanted islets to treat type 1 diabetes without systemic immunosuppression. David joined the Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism and Department of Comparative Medicine at Yale as an Assistant Professor in 2023 to establish the AlagsLab. Research in the AlagsLab integrates knowledge from genetics, developmental and molecular biology, immunology, biomedical engineering, and statistical and computational biology to understand complex traits and diseases, including hematopoiesis, T1D, and cardiovascular disease.
Education & Training
- InstructorMassachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School (2023)
- PostdocMassachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School (2021)
- PhDUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2015)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Keystone Fellow | Keystone Symposia | 2023 |
JDRF Diversifying Diabetes Research Talent in Academia Award | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | 2022 |
MGH Scientific Advisory Committee on Research Poster of Distinction Award | Massachusetts General Hosptial | 2021 |
Physician/Scientist Career Development Award | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2020 |
Tosteson & Fund for Medical Discovery Postdoctoral Fellowship | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2019 |
American Diabetes Association Pathway to Stop Diabetes Initiator Award, Nominee | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2019 |
MGH Research Institute Travel Award | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2019 |
Poster of Distinction Award | Massachusetts General Hospital | 2018 |
Abstract Achievement Award | American Society of Hematology | 2014 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Global Health Travel Award | Keystone Symposia | 2008 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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National Institutes of Health HAI Study Section | Ad-hoc reviewer | 2023 - Present |
Haematologica; American Journal of Transplantation; Trends in Molecular Medicine; Pharmacology & Therapeutics; Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology; The FASEB Journal; etc. | Reviewer | 2019 - Present |