Anantha Shekhar

Anantha Shekhar (born August 31, 1957) is an Indian–American neuroscientist. He is the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Early life and education Shekhar was born on August 31, 1957. He was born and raised in a small village in India that had no electricity or running water. Shekhar completed his Bachelor of Science degree at St. Joseph's College, Bangalore and his medical degree at St. John's Medical College before immigrating to the United States in 1981. As the director of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, he was elected president of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science in 2012. Following this, Shekhar was named an executive associate dean for research affairs at the IU School of Medicine. In 2018, he was honored with the Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year.

In 2020, Shekhar was named Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.