Dr. Naranjan Dhalla is a distinguished professor in the physiology and pathophysiology department at UM’s Max Rady College of Medicine.
Following graduation and two years of working as assistant professor in the St. Louis University, he joined UM in 1968 where he progressed to the academic rank of full professor in 1974. He has been working in the field of experimental cardiology with a focus on pathophysiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and molecular biology of cardiac dysfunction.
He served for 19 years as founding director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg.
He developed the International Society for Heart Research for promoting cardiovascular research all over the world in his capacity as secretary general and then president during 1972-1996.
Since 1996, he has been serving the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences as executive director for promoting cardiovascular education and prevention of heart disease; he was elected as honorary life president in 2016.
For the past 35 years, he has been editor-in-chief of international journal Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry published by Springer, New York.
He has published 859 full length research papers and review articles, which are cited more than 31,886 times with h-index of 83. In addition, he has edited 64 books, and trained 166 scientists, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students in biochemical and molecular medicine. He has been invited to give over 535 talks at various conferences and institutions around the globe.
Education
He obtained his master of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963 and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1965.
Awards
Dr. Dhalla has received 209 honours and awards, including six honourary doctorate degrees and four honoris causa professorships from different institutions. Below is a selection:
2015: Honorary Doctorate, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014: Honorary Doctorate, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
2010: Honorary Doctor of Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
2009: Honorary Doctor of Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh
2005: Fellow Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
2002: Order of Manitoba
2000: Fellow of the Royal Society
1997: Honorary Doctor of Science, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava
1997: Member of the Order of Canada
1995: Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
1991: Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba