Denuja Karunakaran
Dr Denuja Karunakaran is a macrophage biologist with research interests in cardiometabolic diseases and therapeutics. She completed her PhD in platelet biology at Monash University, followed by the National Heart Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at UNSW and an Endowed Cardiovascular Genetics Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada. Her research has defined novel pathways in platelet receptor regulation in thrombosis (Blood); macrophage inflammation, metabolism and cell death in atherosclerosis (Circulation Research, ATVB, Science Advances, Circulation); and more recently, genetic regulation of adipose tissue inflammation during obesity (Nature Metabolism). She’s the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2020 Queensland Women in STEM Prize, 2019 American Society for Investigative Pathology Young Scientist Leadership Award and the American Heart Association 2017 ATVB Early Career Investigator Award finalist. Funded by a 2022 NHMRC Ideas grant, her research program will focuse on adipocytes and adipose tissue in cardiometabolic complications.
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