Komal Raina
Associate Professor/Haarberg Chair in Cancer Research
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Cancer prevention
- Intervention research
Committees and Professional Memberships
- 2005-present: associate member of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
- 2014-October 2018: associate member, University of Colorado Cancer Center
- November 2018-present: adjoint research faculty, School of Pharmacy, UC Denver-AMC Aurora, Colorado
- January 2019-present: editorial board member: Associate Editor-Molecular Carcinogenesis (Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Work Experience
- October 1997-July 1999: research associate, R&D, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, India
- November 1999-April 2005: senior research associate, The Talwar Research Foundation, New Delhi, India
- May 2005-October 2008: visiting research associate, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver, Denver
- November 2008-April 10: research associate, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver (AMC), Aurora, Colorado
- November 2010- June 2011: research associate, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver (AMC), Aurora, Colorado
- July 2011-December 2013: research instructor, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver (AMC), Aurora, Colorado
- January 2014-October 2018: assistant professor-research, University of Colorado Denver (AMC), Aurora, Colorado
- October 2018-present: associate professor/ Haarberg Chair in Cancer Research, College of Pharmacy, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University
- November 2018-present: adjoint research faculty, School of Pharmacy, UC Denver-AMC Aurora, Colorado
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- Cancer prevention/intervention research-targeting epithelial cancers (prostate, colon, lung and pancreas)
Patents
- Talwar GP, Gupta JC, Raina Komal. Recombinant anti-LHRH vaccines for control of sex hormones dependant pathologies in humans and for control of estrus in female mammals and improve meat quality in male à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs. WTO Product Patent, 2003, Application No. 768/DEL/2003.
- Talwar GP, Gupta JC, Raina Komal. A method of reducing levels of sex steroid hormones in mammals by using recombinant anti-LHRH vaccines. Indian Process patent, 2003. Application No.767/DEL/2003.
