Kusum K. Kharbanda

Background

Kharbanda, Kusum K. Daughter of Duni Chand and Vidya Wati Kharbanda.

Education

Master of Science, University Delhi, India, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University Delhi, India, 1988.

Career

Postdoctoral research associate All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1988—1992. Research associate University Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 1992—1996, researcher, 1996—1999, assistant professor, 1999—2009, associate professor, since 2009. Research biologist Department Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Omaha, since 1999.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in prognostic prediction of human brain tumors based on cell culture characteristics. Research in the effect of alcohol consumption on liver lysosomes. Research in acetaldehyde-malondialdehyde-protein adducts on the pro-fibrogenic and pro-inflammatory properties of hepatic stellate cells.
  
  Research in betaine administration on alcohol-induced alterations in methionine metabolism.

Membership

Project manager Junior League, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1992—1996. Board directors Nebraska Polio Survivors Association, Omaha, since 1997. Member of Sigma Xi, Research Society on Alcoholism, American Association Study Liver Disease.

Connections

Father:

Duni Chand

Mother:

Vidya Wati Kharbanda