Tejvir S. Khurana

Tejvir S. Khurana is a Professor of Physiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He holds dual appointments in the Bioengineering and Cell and Molecular Biology graduate groups. His academic journey includes an MBBS in Medicine from Delhi University (1985) and a PhD in Neurobiology from Harvard University (1992).

• Research Focus: Muscle biology, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), gene therapy, hypoxia, circadian rhythms, and neuromuscular junctions.
• Clinical Expertise: High-altitude medicine.

His publications highlight therapeutic innovations for DMD, including utrophin upregulation, microRNA inhibition, and genome editing. Recent work explores circadian rhythm regulation in muscle physiology and microbiome-gut-brain interactions influencing exercise motivation. Key methodologies involve high-throughput screening, CRISPR-based interventions, and animal models for disease and adaptation studies.