Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Ranjana Mitra, Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

College of Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences

10530 Discovery Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89135

Email: rmitra@roseman.edu

Tel: (702) 822-5194

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YjAbAy8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Biography

Dr. Mitra received a M.S. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from G.B. Pant University, India before earning a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Jawaharlal University, India. She later served as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Cancer Center at the Indiana University Purdue University Medical School. Dr. Mitra continued her Cancer Research work at University of Minnesota Cancer Center as Instructor and at Nevada Cancer Institute as Senior Scientist before joining Roseman University.

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Priyatham Gorjala, Ph.D

Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences

10530 Discovery Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89135

Email: pgorjala@roseman.edu

Tel: 702-822-5213

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=irA3KJoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


Biography

Priyatham received B.S in Biophysics and Genetics from Osmania University, India in 2001, a M.S degree in Medical Biochemistry from Manipal University, India in 2003. He worked for a genetic diagnostic company in molecular biology division before coming to United States for doctoral study. He graduated with Ph.D. from University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA in 2012. He has been working with our lab since 2016.

Collaborators

Dr. Oscar Goodman Jr.

Dr. Goodman Jr., is a physician-scientist and he serves as an Associate Professor at College of Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences. He is a medical oncologist and clinical researcher at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN). Dr. Goodman conducts translational research at Roseman University of Health Sciences, with colleagues on the Prostate Cancer Research team, part of the university’s Biomedical Research Program.