Distinguished Professor
School of Medicine
Indiana University, IN

Dr. Lahiri earned his PhD from Banaras Hindu University in 1980 and currently is a distinguished professor at the School of Medicine, Indiana University. Dr. Lahiri’s research is focused on the neurobiology and genetics of aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). His main interest is to understand how degeneration of brain cells under laboratory conditions can be more closely made to resemble the “natural” neurodegeneration of AD. This can be used to test drugs to prevent or even reverse AD-related degeneration. Dr Lahiri has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles, authored four books and received several patents. Dr Lahiri received external grants from National Institute on Aging/NIH (R01, R03, R21, R41 and P30), the Alzheimer’s Association, and drug companies, e.g., Baxter Healthcare, Forest Research, Janssen, Novartis, and QR Pharma. Dr Lahiri also serves as the Editor-In-Chief of peer-reviewed international journals, i.e. Current Alzheimer Research. Dr Lahiri is a Core leader and member of the Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Center (IADC) Executive Committee and has been elected a fellow of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences and the American Association for the advancement of Science. Dr Lahiri has also been awarded with Zenith Fellow Award and named as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors – the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.