Dr. Ganugula is an Assistant Professor in College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS). He is intrigued by the link between carbohydrates-sugar-body (CSB) and how they function with and without insulin.  He is motivated to tap the untapped potential of ‘functional foods’, to better understand the CSB link by taking a radical approach and address the general skepticism of the formers practice. ​Over the years, he has generated a significant body of work establishing mechanisms of actions of various functional foods in preventing diabetic eye diseases by targeting multiple pathways of disease progression, and more recently exploring unique attributes of nanotechnology to improvise therapeutic outcomes. In addition, he has expertise in wide range of in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models, including canine. He serves as a CO-PI on NIH R01. 

Awards/Recognitions
2021 ASPET Translational and Clinical Pharmacology Early Career Award
2018 Controlled Release Society T. Nagai Postdoctoral Research Achievement Award

E-mail: rganugula@ua.edu
Phone: 205-348-2377​

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