Vinod Tiwari

Biography

"Experience August 2016 - Present: Assistant Professor (Pharmacology & Toxicology), NIPER-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India May 2012 – July 2016: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. May 2009 – May 2012: Senior Research Fellow, ICMR, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. May 2008 – April 2009: Senior Research Fellow, CCRAS, New Delhi University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Aug 2007 - March 2008: Research Scientist, Nicholas Piramal Research Center, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd, Mumbai, India. Sept 2005- Aug 2007: Junior Research Fellow, AICTE, New Delhi for pursuing M.Pharm in Pharmacology at N.D.M.V.P. Samaj’s College of Pharmacy, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India Research Grants and Funding DST Early Career Research Award (June 2017-May 2020)Grant title, :Dissecting Brain Reward Circuitry and CNS Comorbidities in Chronic Neuropathic Pain Grant amount : INR 49.90 Lacs Role : Principle Investigator Blaustein Pain Research Grant (Jan 2016-Dec 2016)Grant title :Turning the pain relief-reward wheel to produce negative reinforcement with peripherally acting opioids and cannabinoids Grant amount : $ 30,000 Role : Co-investigator Indian Council of Medical Research (June 2009-May2012)Grant title :To investigate the potential of polyphenolic anti-inflammatory agents in rheumatoid arthritis Grant amount : INR 6,81 Lacs Role : Senior Research Fellow Honors and Awards ""Travel award” by International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) to attend INRC meeting (July 10-14, 2016) at Bath, England, U.K ""Travel award” by International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) to attend INRC meeting (June 15-19, 2015) at Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A ""1st Prize” for poster presentation at 16th Annual ACCM Research Day held at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A on December 10, 2014 ""Travel award” by International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) to attend INRC meeting (July 13 to July 18, 2014) at Montréal, Québec, CANADA ""Young Investigator Scientist Award” by International Brain Research Organization for 3 weeks (June 20th-July 13th, 2011) training programme at laboratory of Prof. Patricia Gaspar, School of Neuroscience, Paris, FRANCE Awarded Full travel grant by International Brain Research Organization to attend and present research work at 8th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience held at Florence, ITALY from July 14-19, 2011 Awarded ""Best Poster Presentation Award” during UGC-SAP Sponsored National Symposium on""Molecular Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases” organized by Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India from February 22, 2010 Received IBRO International Travel Award to attend 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, U.S.A from Nov 13-17th, 2010 Received IASP Travel Award to attend 13th World Congress of Pain, Montreal, CANADA from Aug 29-Sept 3rd, 2010 Awarded ""Best (First) Poster Presentation Award” during Symposium on Natural Products in Health and Disease, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms held at Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA from March 5-6th, 2010. Selected for full travel grant from DST to attend 12th International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain held at San Francisco, California, USA from Nov 19 – 21, 2009 Received ""Most Active Sudent Award” by organizers of IBRO Advanced School of Neuroscience held at Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, CHINA from Oct 26th – Nov 4th, 2009 Full travel grant to attend IBRO Advanced School of Neuroscience held at Institutes of Brain Science and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, CHINA from Oct 26th – Nov 4th, 2009 Full travel grant to attend IBRO-APRC Associate School of Neuroscience held at School of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, CHINA from Aug 18th-22nd, 2009 All India Rank 1 in ""Professional diploma in Clinical Research” conducted by Catalyst Clinical Services Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, INDIA, Oct 2005 2nd Rank in whole Uttarakhand, India in GATE 2005 Won first prize in Chess competition held by the ""The Pharmaceutical Society"", H.N.B.Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, INDIA, 2002 Winner in Inter School Quiz Competition arranged by ""St. Paul’s College"", Moradabad, INDIA, 1997"

Research Interest

Dr. Vinod Tiwari, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at NIPER Ahmedabad, is working in the field of pharmacology & neuroscience from past 12 years. Dr. Tiwari’s research interest is focused on behavioral and molecular neuroscience dedicated to understanding the various neurodegenerative disorders and the signaling pathway involved so that better and safer drug candidates can be developed by targeting the disrupted neuro-machinery. Hispostdoctoral research workat Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA was focused on dissecting the key neuronal circuitries involved in pain relief and drug abuse so that better analgesic drugs which are devoid of drug addiction can be developed. Findings from his postdoctoral research work were published inPNAS (Impact Factor- 9.661), Anesthesiology (Impact Factor- 5.163), PAIN (Impact Factor- 5.213) etc. During his Ph.D at Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Tiwari investigated the neuroinflammatory signaling & cell death cascade involved in chronic alcohol induced neuropathy and cognitive deficits. His PhD research work was published in high impact peer reviewed international journals which led him to receive several travel awards for presenting his research work in various international conferences in USA, Canada, France & Italy. Dr. Tiwari contributed immensely in the field of neuroscience with more than38 research publications, 6 review articles and 3 book chapters in peer reviewed international journals including in Nature Neuroscience (Impact Factor- 15.531), The Journal of Clinical Investigation (Impact Factor- 15.39), Neuron (Impact Factor- 15.982), Anesthesiology (Impact Factor- 5.879), International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (Impact Factor- 4.874) etc. His research work is rapidly being cited (>1235 citations; h–index of 21; cumulative Impact Factor > 200) by researchers all over the world. He is currently working on different collaborative projects at Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at USA. Dr. Tiwari has delivered several invited research talks and presented his research findings in more than 30 national and international scientific meetings. He is serving as editorial and reviewer board member for many leading journals in the field of pain and neuroscience.