Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Anand Mehta, D.Phil. is the SmartState Endowed Chair in Proteomic Biomarkers, Professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Mehta received his graduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Raymond Dwek and Noble Laureate Baruch Blumberg. While a student, and as an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel University and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology center, Dr. Mehta examined the methods by which viruses escape from cells and developed methods to inhibit them.
Dr. Mehta’s laboratory is now focused on understanding and developing diagnostic methods and treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a primary cancer of the liver that kills close to 1 million people every year.
Dr. Mehta has multiple issued patents and has founded and spun out four companies. In recognition of his translational work, in 2023, he was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of inventors.
Dr. Mehta’s laboratory remains on the forefront in the development of tools for the analysis of complex carbohydrates and the discovery and validation of biomarkers of cancer.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT