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About Sankhiros Babapoor

Sankhiros Babapoor, DVM, Ph.D., MB(ASCP) is an Assistant Professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Sacred Heart University. Sunny’s research focuses on investigating the microRNA rules in the invasion and migration of melanoma. The other area of his research is surveying and studying the Powassan virus (POWV) a relatively rare tick-borne encephalitis (TBE).
 

Positions

August 2022 - Present Assistant Professor Biology, Sacred Heart University ‐ Biology Department, College of Arts & Sciences
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August 2017 - August 2022 Assistant Lecturer Biology, Sacred Heart University ‐ Biology Department
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2011 - 2015 Post-Doctoral Associate, University of Connecticut Health ‐ Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
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Disciplines

Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

  • 2022 URCG Award for “Investigation of the Rule of Deregulated MicroRNAs in Melanoma Pathogenesis and Progress”

Education

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2005 - 2011 Ph.D. Pathobiology, University of Connecticut
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2003 - 2005 Master of Health Science (MHS), Quinnipiac University ‐ Medical Laboratory Science (Biomedical)
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1991 - 1998 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Islamic Azad University, Iran
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Contact Information

Biology Department
Academic Building SC 234F
203-371-7807

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Research Works (12)