Affiliation: Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Dr. Chinmoy Ghosh earned his M.Sc. and PhD in Biotechnology from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University) in Bhubaneswar, India. During his doctoral study, he explored the relationship between DNA damage response. He sustained free radical stress in macrophages during bacterial infection and screening of triterpenoid compounds for their potential antimicrobial activity. In addition, he developed a cost-effective diagnostic kit for urinary tract infections and submitted for patent in India, which is currently pending clearance. After completing his PhD, Dr. Ghosh joined Dr. Yue Sun's group as a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University. His current research focuses on the aberrant signaling events and micro-environmental regulation in neoplastic progression with the primary aim of identifying novel regulators controlling tumor initiation, metastasis, and immunotherapy response, leading to the development of novel anti-cancer therapies.