Uniformed Services University
Roopa Biswas, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Departmentment of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, School of Medicine, Unifiormed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
Roopa Biswas, earned a PhD in Biochemistry from Ohio State University (OSU) in 1997. She continued at OSU as a Research Associate where she studied structural features of RNA by X-ray crystallography and also applied biochemical biophysical structure mapping techniques for RNA-protein complexes. In 2001, she was recruited to the position of Project Scientist in the Department of Immunology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. At the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, she used her expertise in RNA protein interaction to investigate the mechanisms through which sequences in unstable mRNAs control the process of mRNA degradation in inflammatory systems. She remained at the Cleveland Clinic until July 2005, when she was recruited to the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Subsequently she was recruited to the School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, USUHS in 2013. She has published her research in peer-reviewed journals and at various National and International meetings. She has also won various awards for research and teaching. The ongoing studies are focused on the role of non-coding RNAs in diseases associated with inflammation, and to develop anti-inflammatory therapeutics.
RFPT01.3- Targeting microRNAs as anti-inflammatory therapeutics for CF lung disease
Thursday, October 23, 2025
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM PDT