Dhimant Desai

Dhimant Desai, PhD is a Professor at the Department of Molecular and Precision Medicine within the Penn State College of Medicine. He holds affiliations with the Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State Neuroscience Institute, and Center for Cannabis and Natural Product Pharmaceuticals (CCNPP).

Dr. Desai specializes in:

• Structural activity relationship studies of chemopreventive agents
• Organoselenium compound synthesis
• Animal bioassays for cancer prevention
• Bile acid analog research for metabolic diseases

His research has been funded by the National Cancer Institute through projects like:

• iNOS/Akt Inhibitor for Colon Cancer Chemoprevention (2009-2010)
• Chemoprevention of colon cancer by a novel COX-2 inhibitor (2014-2016)

Dr. Desai has received recognition for collaborative research, notably the Outstanding Collaborative Research Team award in 2015. His recent publications focus on:

• T-cell leukemia epigenetics
• Head and neck cancer interception
• Gut microbiota interactions
• Drug repurposing for multiple myeloma