Antony MichealRaj, PhD

Antony MichealRaj, PhD, joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery in September of 2021.

Dr. MichealRaj graduated from the Madurai Kamaraj University with a bachelor of science degree in zoology. He then earned his master of science degree in biotechnology in 2007 from the University of Madras and PhD in genetics  from the University of Delhi where he functionally characterized the rare and common variants of dopaminergic pathway genes associated with schizophrenia and other neurological disorders. He subsequently completed his postdoctoral training in neuro-oncology and tumor metabolism at the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto.

While at Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. MichealRaj studied molecular disease mechanisms of pediatric brain tumors ependymoma and medulloblastoma using clinically relevant disease models of patients and mouse models. His independent research lab at University of Pittsburgh of School of Medicine is focused on unravelling molecular and metabolic dependency of pediatric brain tumors and their mechanistic role in tumor initiation, maintenance and recurrence/resistance.

Dr. Michealraj’s publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.