Background
Dixit, Vivek was born on November 7, 1954 in Mumbai, India. Son of Mahesh Chandra and Kaushal Dikshit. came to the United States, 1988.
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Vivek Dixit
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology magna cum laude, Concordia U., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1978; Master of Science in Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, 1986.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Sunnybrook Medical Center/U. Toronto, Canada, 1986-1988;
visiting assistant researcher, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988-1991;
assistant researcher, University of California at Los Angeles, 1991-1993;
associate professor medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1993. Director research, liver bio-support, hepatitis research laboratory, since 1990, co-director basic science training program division digestive diseases, 1993-1995. Liver disease program steering committee member Sunnybrook Medical Center, Toronto, 1986-1987.
Member science program committee 3rd Internet World Congress on biomedical Sciences, Symposium on Tissue Engineering and Bioartificial Organs, 1996. Lectr.and presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Society Artificial Organs, International Society for Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes and Immobilization Biotechnology (member international program committee, editorial board journal), International Association Study of Liver, American Society for Artifical Internal Organs (member science program committee, editorial board journal), Cell Transplant Society (editorial board journals), Gastroenterology Research Group, American Gastroenterol. Association, American Association for Study Liver Diseases.
Interests
Connections
Married Neeta Awasthi, December 27, 1987. Children: Vineet Aditya, Ram Anand.
Awards
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Sunnybrook Fund fellow U. Toronto, 1987, McGill University fellow, 1981, 85, Ministry Education Quebec fellow, 1981-1983, 86-87. Grantee University of California at Los Angeles, 1994, 96, Oppenheimer Foundation, 1995, 98, United Liver Association, 1988, 90-92, 95, Physicians Superior vena cava syndrome Inc. Foundation, 1987-1989.Sunnybrook Fund fellow U. Toronto, 1987, McGill University fellow, 1981, 85, Ministry Education Quebec fellow, 1981-1983, 86-87. Grantee University of California at Los Angeles, 1994, 96, Oppenheimer Foundation, 1995, 98, United Liver Association, 1988, 90-92, 95, Physicians Superior vena cava syndrome Inc. Foundation, 1987-1989.