Dr. Rakesh Srivastava

(Ph.D., MBA, FRSM, FRSPH)

Professor and Scientific Director

ABOUT ME

Dr. Rakesh Srivastava (PhD, MBA, FRSM, FRSPH) is a scientist, professor, inventor, administrator, and entrepreneur). He has dedicated his life to understanding novel phenomena, discovering new drugs for the treatment of human diseases, teaching and mentoring students, fellows, and junior faculty, and providing his services to government organizations, charities, and underserved populations. By nature, he is curious, patient, courageous, detail-oriented, persistent, creative, communicative, open-minded and free of bias, and a critical thinker and problem-solver. All these qualities contributed significantly to his successful career.

Dr. Srivastava believes in the servant leadership style where employee improvement is the key to the success of the organization. Employees’ performance can be elevated by enhancing the company’s culture and caring for employees. He believes in listening, healing, empathy, awareness, persuasion, stewardship, conceptualization, foresight, and commitment to the growth of people and building a community from the organization’s efforts.

My Hobbies

My Resume

Education

1999 - 2005

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

2005 - 2008

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, TX

2008 - 2009

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, TX

2009 - 2013

Program Co-Leader, Precancerous Biology and Biomarkers, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2009 - 2014

Tyler Endowed Professor (with Tenure), Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, and Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2009 – 2014

Tyler Endowed Professor (with Tenure), Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, and Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2009 – 2014

Tyler Endowed Professor (with Tenure), Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, and Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2013

Tyler Endowed Professor (with Tenure), Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, and Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

2016 - 2019

Professor, Department of Genetics, and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

2016 - 2019

Member, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

2016 - 2019

Eminent Scholar, Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC), State of Louisiana

2016 - 2019

Director, Cancer Therapeutics and Stem Cell Laboratory, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

2018

Director, Cancer Therapeutics and Stem Cell Laboratory, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

APPOINTMENTS

Professor

Period: 2016 – 2019

Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, and Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

Professor

Period: 2015 – 2016

Division of Pharmacology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO

Scientific President

Period: 2013 – 2015

Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, and Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, L

Eminent Scholar

Period: 2009 – 2014

Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, and Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, L

Membership in Professional Organizations:

1994

Present American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

1997

Present American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS)

1998

Present American Association for Cell Biology (AACB

2001

Present Society for Basic Urological Research (SBUR)

2010

Present American Pancreatic Association (APA)

2018

Professor, Department of Genetics, and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

2019

Member, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

2021

Eminent Scholar, Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC), State of Louisiana

JOURNAL EDITOR / EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

JBOOK CHAPTERS

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED SEMINARS

PATENTS

Awards and Honors:

1978 – 1981

Junior Research Fellowship

1980

A.A.I. Alumni Association award

1981

Merit award in B.Sc.

1982

1984 National Merit Scholarship M.Sc.

1981 – 1984

Tuition waiver award

1984

Merit award in M.Sc.

1988 – 1990

Bursary, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

1988 – 1990

Research Assistant, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada

1988 – 1990

Teaching Assistant, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

1991 – 1994

Teaching Assistant, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

1994 – 1996

Fogarty International Fellowship, National Institutes of Health

1996 – 1999

Fellow, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, USA

2000 – 2004

Career Development Award, Department of Defense, US Army, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

2009

CEminent Scholar, Kansas Bioscience Authority

2016

Eminent Scholar, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, State of Louisiana

2018

Fellow Royal Society of Medicine (London)

2019

Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health (London)

2020

STEM GEMS Mentoring Pilot Project

2022

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (Number 3232827) from Project Management Institute (PMI)

My Books

Apoptosis, Cell Signaling and Human Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms. Volume I
Apoptosis, Cell Signaling and Human Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms. Volume II
Nutrition, Diet and Cancer
Stem Cells and Human Diseases
Lost in Translation

DR. RAKESH K. SRIVASTAVA