Shreya Raghavan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Contact
Center for Translational Cancer Research
TX
sraghavan@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.458.3126
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Biography
The Raghavan Lab at Texas A&M builds engineered micro-tissues and micro-environments to study how stem cells and immune cells interact and lead to cancer spread or regenerative healing. Of note, the lab studies how cancers evade immune detection by using the architecture or mechanics of tissues in the body. Her approaches integrate mechanobiology, biomaterials and microenvironment engineering to ask questions that intersect the stem cell/immune axis. The Raghavan lab is funded by the NIH/NCI through an R37 MERIT award, the Department of Defense, and the state cancer agency, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Education and Training
- Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2014
Research Interests
- Cancer tissue engineering
- immunology
- mechanobiology
- stem cells
- biomaterials
Awards, Recognition and Service
- CMBE Young Innovator Award, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2023
- Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2023
- Center for Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of excellence in the undergraduate classroom, Montague Scholars, 2022
- Cain Faculty Development Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2022-2023
- Young Investigator Award, Cells Tissues Organs, 2021
- Faculty Success Fellow, ADVANCE-NCFDD, 2020