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Kamala D. Patel, (born May 26, 1968 in New York, USA) is a Canadian Immunologist and Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The University of Calgary. She is known for her contributions to the field of leukocyte migration.

Biography
Born in New York, USA in 1968, she attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California. She later obtained a BA from the University of California, San Diego majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Literature. She completed her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1993 from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City under the supervision of Dr. Thomas M. McIntyre. She then entered a postdoctoral fellowship at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation with Dr. Rodger P. McEver, which she completed in 1997.

Fellowship & Awards
Dr. Patel was an NIH Post-doctoral fellow from 1994-1997 and in 1997 she obtained the Young Innovator Award, Calgary Herald and Petro Canada. From 1997-2002 she was a Scholar for the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and 1998-2003 a Scholar for the Medical Research Council of Canada. In 2003 she obtained the GJ Thorbecke Award, Society for Leukocyte Biology, Outstanding young female investigator, Inflammation. She was an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Senior Scholar from 2002- 2007 and from 2001-2011 she was a Canadian Research Chair, Tier II. Dr. Patel was a Fellow with the Banff Science Communication Program in 2014 and most recently a scientist with Alberta Innovates: Health Solutions (2008-2015).

Leadership
Dr. Patel was previously Chair of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation Advisory Board (2006-2012) and Chair of the Immunology Research Group (2007-2010). She was Associate Dean of Faculty Development from 2010-2015. Her current roles include Vice President and President-Elect for the Canadian Society for Immunology (2017-present), Co-Director of Research and Infrastructure and the Snyder Institute (2015-present) and the Director of the Liver Cell Imaging Resource Laboratory (2001-present) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Most Significant Contributions
H Factor = 40

Citations > 7500

Average citations/paper >100

Patel KD, Zimmerman GA, Prescott SM, McEver RP and McIntyre TM: Oxygen Radicals Induce Human Endothelial Cells to Express GMP-140 and Bind Neutrophils. Journal of Cell Biology, 112(4): 749-759, 1991

Patel KD, Moore KL, Nollert MU and McEver RP: Neutrophils Use Both Shared and Distinct Mechanisms to Adhere to Selectins Under Static and Flow Conditions. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 96: 1887-1896, 1995

Patel KD: Selective Eosinophil Recruitment from Whole Blood on Cytokine-Activated Endothelial Cells under Flow Conditions. Journal of Immunology, 162: 6209-6216, 1999

Cuvelier SL and Patel KD: Shear-dependent eosinophil transmigration on interleukin-4 (IL-4)-stimulated endothelial cells: a role for endothelium-associated eotaxin-3. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 194: 1699-1709, 2001

Cuvelier SL, Paul S, Shariat N, Colarusso P and Patel KD: Eosinophil adhesion under flow conditions activates mechanosensitive signaling pathways in human endothelial cells. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 202: 865-876, 2005

Van Sickle MD, Duncan M, Kingsley PJ, Mouihate A, Urbani P, Mackie K, Makriyannis A, Piomelli D, Davison JS, Marnett LJ, Di Marzo V, Pittman QJ, Patel KD, Sharkey KA: Identification and functional characterization of cannabinoid (CB)2 receptors in the brainstem. Science. 310(5746): 329-332, 2005

Sharma R, Zhang H, Stevens, K, Colarusso P and Patel KD: Focal adhesion kinase-related nonkinase (FRNK) negatively regulates IL-4-mediated inflammation. J of Cell Science, 128(4): 695-705, 2015

Science Outreach
Dr. Patel performed a TEDx Talk in Calgary in 2014 “There is no truth in science” where she framed science as a process of building knowledge. The Youtube video has around 9200 views.