The USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science presents speaker Aruni Bhatnagar, PhD.

Dr. Bhatnagar is Professor of Medicine, Distinguished University Scholar, and Director of the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville. Dr. Bhatnagar is also co-Director of the American Heart Association (AHA) Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science and the Principal Investigator of Cardiovascular Injury Due to Tobacco Use project. He was elected a fellow of the American Heart Association in 2005.

Dr. Bhatnagar is a graduate of Kanpur University in India and received his post-doctoral training at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He is known for his pioneering work on the role of the polyol pathway of glucose metabolism and how it is regulated by nitric oxide. His research interests also include cardiovascular effects of environmental pollutants, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular complications of diabetes, and sepsis. His work has led to the identification of several biochemical pathways for aldehyde metabolism and detoxification, as well as a better understanding of how pollutants and toxicants affect cardiovascular function and induce cardiovascular disease. Dr. Bhatnagar’s research is supported by several grants from the National Institutes of Health, and has led to the creation of the new field of environmental cardiology.

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