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    Arjun Ravishankar, MBBS

    Clinical Fellow
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    Clinical Fellow

    Biography

    Arjun Ravishankar completed his medical training in Delhi University, India, following which he conducted research in the Laboratory of Epigenetics and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. During this time, his research focused on characterizing the effects of severe COVID-19 infection on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and the immune system, resulting in a paper published in Cell, as well as other publications in leading journals such as Nature, Nature Cell Biology, etc.

    He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, and he is presently a Clinical Fellow in the Department of Hematology/Oncology.

    Appointments

    • Medical Oncology and Hematology

      Clinical Fellow
      Primary

    Other Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    Resident
    Yale New Haven Hospital (2024)
    Postdoctoral Associate
    Weill Cornell Medicine (2021)
    MBBS
    Delhi University (2018)

    Board Certifications

    • Internal Medicine

      Certification Organization
      American Board of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2024

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Arjun Ravishankar's published research.

    Publications

    Featured Publications

    • Epigenetic memory of coronavirus infection in innate immune cells and their progenitors.
      Cheong JG, Ravishankar A, Sharma S, Parkhurst CN, Grassmann SA, Wingert CK, Laurent P, Ma S, Paddock L, Miranda IC, Karakaslar EO, Nehar-Belaid D, Thibodeau A, Bale MJ, Kartha VK, Yee JK, Mays MY, Jiang C, Daman AW, Martinez de Paz A, Ahimovic D, Ramos V, Lercher A, Nielsen E, Alvarez-Mulett S, Zheng L, Earl A, Yallowitz A, Robbins L, LaFond E, Weidman KL, Racine-Brzostek S, Yang HS, Price DR, Leyre L, Rendeiro AF, Ravichandran H, Kim J, Borczuk AC, Rice CM, Jones RB, Schenck EJ, Kaner RJ, Chadburn A, Zhao Z, Pascual V, Elemento O, Schwartz RE, Buenrostro JD, Niec RE, Barrat FJ, Lief L, Sun JC, Ucar D, Josefowicz SZ. Epigenetic memory of coronavirus infection in innate immune cells and their progenitors. Cell 2023, 186: 3882-3902.e24. PMID: 37597510, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.019.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

    2023

    2022

    2020

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

    • activity

      American Society of Hematology

    • activity

      American Society of Clinical Oncology

    • activity

      American College of Physicians - Connecticut chapter

    Honors

    • honor

      ASH - HONORS (Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists)

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