Vishwa Deep Dixit, DVM, PhD
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Biography
Son of teachers, Deep grew up in Hisar (Northwest India). He studied Veterinary Medicine in India, did PhD Research in University of Hannover Germany and postdoc research in Morehouse School of Medicine and NIH. He currently holds Waldemar Von Zedtwitz endowed chair and is a Professor in the Departments of Pathology, Comparative Medicine and Immunobiology and is the director of Yale Center for Research on Aging. Dixit lab studies Immunometabolism and aging. His team help establish NLRP3 inflammasome in causing ‘inflammaging’ and immunosenescence that leads to age-related chronic diseases including metabolic dysfunction. Dixit and his collaborators have identified that switch from glycolysis to ketogenesis deactivates the inflammasome and reduces immunopathology. The ongoing work in his laboratory is aimed at understanding how adaptation to negative energy balance in a host can be harnessed to identify immunometabolic checkpoints to enhance health and lifespan.
Education & Training
- Visiting Fellow and Research FellowNational Institute on Aging, NIH (2006)
- PhDHaryana Agricultural University (2000)
- PhDResearch completed in University of Hannover (2000)
- MSHaryana Agricultural University (1999)
- DVMHaryana Agricultural University (1994)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Nathan W. Shock Award | National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. | 2017 |
Vincent Cristofalo Lecture on Gerontology | Wistar Institute | 2017 |
The Glenn Award for Aging Research | Glenn Foundation for Medical Research | 2016 |
Nathan Shock New Investigator Award for Aging Research | Gerontological Society of America | 2011 |
Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE 2004, 2005, 2006) by National Institutes of Health | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 2004 |
Quest Diagnostics – Young Investigator Award | Endocrine Society | 2004 |
Nathan Shock Award for Post Doctoral Research | National Institute on Aging, NIH | 2003 |
1997-2000 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship | DAAD | 1997 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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National Institute on Aging, NIH | Member, Board of Scientific Counselors. NIA-Intramural Program | 2017 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Immunology
- Diabetes Research Center
- Dixit Lab
- Immunobiology
- Immunology
- Pathology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism (YMSM)
- Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-Age)
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative