Expertise:
Immunology: Autoimmunity and Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Clinical Veterinary Immunology and Immunodiagnostics, Molecular Immunogenetics, Protective Immunity, Genomics, Proteomics, Immunoinformatics, Antibody Engineering and Transgenesis, Vaccinology and Immunotherapy, Idiotypy and neonatal immunity. [Curriculum vitae]
Dr. Azad K. Kaushik is a former professor of Immunology and licensed Veterinarian at the University of Guelph since 1991 with expertise in the area of Immunology, Biotechnology and Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Kaushik has education and professional experience spread over India, France, USA, Switzerland and Canada. Dr. Kaushik’s research contributions are recognized internationally for advancing knowledge in antibody genetics in health and disease. He has published eighty-seven research articles and book chapters, and edited two books: Molecular Immunobiology of Self-Reactivity’ (1992), a major advance in understanding of the systemic autoimmune diseases in the context of immune function; and Comparative Immunoglobulin Genetics’ (2014) that highlights his discoveries on cattle antibodies, recognized for development of new anti-viral or anti-cancer antibody based drugs, immunomodulators. His research has opened new opportunities for developing novel types of drugs and vaccines for disease prevention in humans and other species. He has trained 5 MSc, 3 PhD and 6 post-doctoral scientists. These students have won 11 awards and are working at leading institutions in academia, government and industry. He holds four US and Canadian patents related to his discoveries on cow antibodies. He is on the editorial board of several immunology journals and is a Consultant to various international organizations like US Veterinary Immune Reagent Network and Comparative Immunoglobulin Workshop in USA and IMGT (International ImMunoGeneTics Information System), France. He was recognized as The Esther Z. Greenberg Honors Chair in Biomedical Research and Visiting Professor, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA, in 1998. He received BVSc&AH (Honors) in 1976 and MVSc (1978) from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Hisar, Haryana, India followed by ‘Docteur es Science’ with a mention ‘Tres Honorable’, (1987) from Pasteur Institute (Univ. of Paris VII), Paris, France. He engaged in advanced studies at leading institutions like Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and Lawrence National Laboratory, Berkley.
Education:
B.V.Sc. (Honours) Haryana Ag. University, Veterinary Medicine, 1976
M.V.Sc. Haryana Ag. University, Immunology, 1978
D.Sc. (Tres Honorable) Pasteur Institute (Universite Paris VII), 1987
Advanced Studies:
• 'Phage Display Technology', Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA (1997)
• 'Bioinformatics', Lawrence National Laboratory, Berkley, USA (2004)
• 'Gene transfer Technology' (Mouse Developmental genetics), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA (2004)
Honors:
• Indo-French Research Scholar (1983-86)
• Medical Scholar, French Medical Research Foundation, Paris, France (1986-87)
• Lupus Fellow, The SLE Foundation, New York, USA (1988)
• The Esther Z. Greenberg Honors Chair in Biomedical Research and Visiting Professor, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA (1998)
• Consultant, US Veterinary Immune Reagent Network, 2006- present (www.umass.edu/vetimm/ruminants/index.html).
• Faculty, International Union of Immunological Societies (2002-08)
• IMGT Expert (Bovine Immunoglobulin; IMGTindex/IMGTexperts.html)
Contact:
Azad K. Kaushik,
President
Global Immunobiotech
Former Professor of Immunology and Consultant Immunologist
