Dr. Reena Das
Professor and Head, Department of Hematology
Dr. Reena Das is a Professor of Hematology at PGIMER, Chandigarh and has a teaching and research experience of 30 years. She completed MD Pathology from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 1992 and Dip NB (Pathology) in 1994. She has multiple research projects as the Principle Investigator (PI) from the Departments of Biotechnology and Department of Science and Technology, India. Her areas of interest are nutritional anemias, thalassemia syndromes and uncommon hemolytic anemias. She was also a Co-PI on the joint CDC /WHO survey of micronutrient status among WRA in the district of Haryana. She currently is the Indian PI for a research grant with CHORI, Oakland with funding from CIRM, California. She has received molecular training from Shenzen, China; CMC, Vellore; and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK. She and her senior laboratory technician have received training from CDC, Atlanta for microbiologic assay for assessment of blood folate and set up the folate lab in the department.
Papers published: 355 and Chapters in books: 18
