Denuja Karunakaran PhD

Dr Denuja Karunakaran Ph.D., is currently an Associate Scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), Canada. She completed her B. Biomed. Sci. (Hons) and Ph.D. in human platelet biology at Monash University, Australia. She then pursued the prestigious Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of New South Wales, Australia, followed by an Endowed Cardiovascular Genetics Postdoctoral Fellowship at UOHI. Her research interests include RIP kinases and microRNAs in inflammation, cell death and efferocytosis in coronary artery disease driven by psoriasis, thrombosis, and obesity. Dr. Karunakaran is a recent recipient of National Psoriasis Foundation Early Career Grant.