Ajay Singh

Mitchell Cancer Institute, USA

Biography

Ajay Singh, is a tenured Associate Professor of Oncologic Sciences and Head of Health Disparities in Cancer Research Program at the University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute (USAMCI). He received a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Aligarh Muslim University and graduated from the Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India. He completed Post-doctoral training in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. He later joined as a research faculty in the same department, and moved to USAMCI in 2009. Major focus of research in his lab is to understand the role of tumor microenvironment (TME) in cancer progression, metastasis and therapeutic resistance. He has received funding from state and several federal agencies (NCI, NSF and DoD) to support his research activities. He also serves on regional, national and international panels to review research proposals for funding considerations.