Shashi Kant PhD, FAHA

Dr. Shashi Kant, Ph.D., FAHA, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate scientist at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Kant received his Ph.D. degree from Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Dr. Kant completed his postdoctoral training at Howard Hughes Medical Institute under Dr. Roger Davis at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Before joining the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Kant was an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Dr. Kant has authored several publications in high-impact journals such as Cell Reports, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Nature Communications. Dr. Kant is a recognized expert in stress signaling and its role in metabolism and cardiovascular biology. He has been an ad-hoc committee member for NIH and AHA grant reviews. Dr. Kant has received several awards and honors, including the AHA SDG in 2016, the Alan Lerner Award in 2020, the HVC Junior Faculty Award in 2021, and the Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) in 2023.