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Rajvir Dahiya, PhD
Biographical Sketch
| MS, 1978, Kurukshetra University, India,
Physiology/Biochemistry |
| PhD, 1983, Post Graduate Institute of Medical
Education & Research, Chandigarh, India, Biochemistry/Experimental
Medicine |
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| 1983-1987 |
Research Associate, Biochemistry & Medicine, University
of Chicago, IL |
| 1987-1993 |
Senior Scientist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University
of California, San Francisco, CA |
| 1991-Present |
Director of Urology Research Center, Department of Urology,
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California,
San Francisco, CA |
| 1993-1997 |
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University
of California, San Francisco, CA |
| 1997-Present |
Professor, Department of Urology, University of California,
San Francisco, CA |
Rajvir Dahiya received his PhD in the field of Experimental Medicine
and Biochemistry from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education
and Research in Chandigarh, India. He completed four years of
post-doctoral fellowship training in oncology and molecular biology
at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in Chicago,
IL. Dahiya joined the University of California, San Francisco
(UCSF) School of Medicine in 1987 as a scientist located at the
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). He became
director of the UCSF/VAMC Urology Research Center in 1991.
Dahiya is a scientific advisor and reviewer, and chairman for
the United States Army Department of Defense’s (DOD) medical
research programs in prostate, breast and ovarian cancer. He is
a member and chairman of scientific review committees for the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) including the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Digestive Diseases
and Kidney (NIDDK) and the National Institute of Aging (NIA).
As a committee member and chairman, he reviews scientific progress
and future plans for comprehensive cancer center programs, the
George O’Brien Research Center, the NCI funded Specialized
Program for Research Excellence (SPORE); postdoctoral fellow training
programs; program projects related to oncology and research projects
related to urologic oncology. Dahiya is a medical research advisor
and scientific reviewer for numerous international programs and
universities including institutions located in Europe, Israel,
Japan Korea and Brazil.
Dahiya is the President of the International Cancer Research Association,
the Society of American Asian Scientists in Cancer Research, and
the American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research.
The members of these associations are medical scientists from
North America, South America, Europe and Asia. The associations
convene to discuss the latest medical science discoveries, exchange
novel ideas and foster collaboration in the field of cancer prevention,
early diagnosis, prognosis and cancer treatment through novel
strategies.
Dahiya has published over 200 original research manuscripts in
national and international journals. He has written chapters in
books and holds multiple oncology patents. Dahiya has a long-standing
interest in molecular genetic targets as novel biomarkers for
the early diagnosis and prognosis of cancer.
Dahiya is a program director for many research projects. These
include: the Center for Excellence in Prostate Cancer funded by
the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC; the Urological
Research Training program funded by NIH/NIDDK; VA Merit Review
funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington DC; DNA
methylation in aging and prostate cancer program funded by NIA;
Estrogen metabolizing genes and race-related prostate cancer by
the NCI; and genetic polymorphisms and prostate cancer program
funded by the United States Army (DOD) Medical Research.
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