Santhosh Kallivalappil, PhD

Santhosh Kallivalappil obtained Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Biochemistry and  Ph.D. degree for thesis entitled “Dopamine D2 receptor functional regulation:  cAMP and IP3 in Pancreatic regeneration” in 2006 from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India. He joined the Dept. of Physiology, University of Manitoba in 2006 for Post Doctoral research training with scholarship from the Manitoba Institute of Child Health. During Post Doctoral research, he worked on “Molecular pharmacology of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)”. Studies were focused on post translational modifications that effect the thromboxane receptor kinetics during pulmonary hypertension in neonates.

Santhosh joined Karimi's laboratory in the Regenerative Medicine Program as a Research Associate in 2013. His current research is focused on developing clinically-relevant bioengineering and pharmacological approaches for drug and stem cell delivery in spinal cord injury. Santhosh has contributed to several publications in the lab. Please refer to our publication page.