Pulmonary and systemic microcirculatory gas exchange and acid-base regulation
Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modeling of drug transport and metabolism
Integrated blood-tissue solute transport and cellular/mitochondrial metabolism
Modeling and analysis of large-scale biochemical networks, protein-protein interaction networks, signaling network, and gene regulatory networks
Cellular/mitochondrial calcium and reactive oxygen species homeostasis and signaling
Cardiac electrophysiology, calcium handling, and excitation-contraction coupling
Cardiac substrate and energy metabolism, oxidative stress, and ischemia-reperfusion injury
Renal substrate and energy metabolism, oxidative stress, and salt-sensitive hypertension
Recent Publications
Honors and Awards
Dec 2020:Dean’s Choice Outstanding Graduate School Educator Award for the academic year 2019–2020 for commitment to excellence in graduate education, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jul 2018: Award of Tenure for distinction in scholarly and intellectual achievements, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin
Dec 2017:Dean’s Choice Outstanding Graduate School Educator Award for the academic year 2016–2017 for commitment to excellence in graduate education, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin
Aug 2015: Outstanding Faculty Service Award for service to the Library Committee (July 2014–June 2015), Medical College of Wisconsin
Sep 2011:Founding Faculty, Virtual Physiological Rat Center (an NIH-funded National Center for Systems Biology) and Center for Computational Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Dec 2010:Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering for the year 2011–2012 for noteworthy achievements that are of significant value to the society
Active Grants
Dash, Ranjan K.(Co-Principal Investigator); Cowley, Allen (Co-Principal Investigator). "Experimental and computational analysis of mechanisms of mitochondrial-cellular ROS crosstalk in the kidney in salt-sensitive hypertension."; Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHBLI) of the National Institutes of Health (January 1, 2021–November 30, 2024).
Dash, Ranjan K.(Principal Investigator); Terhune, Scott (Co-principal Investigator). "Predictive Modeling of Cytomegalovirus Replication and Antiviral Efficacy." Sponsored by NIH/NIAID (March 18, 2020–March 17, 2022).
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