By Monica Sharma, Staff Photographer|February 17, 2021
Pratyusa Das, a Phd Student from India, collects samples on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Physiology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. Her research is mainly focused on growth hormones. “Growth hormones that are secreted by pituitary regulates growth, metabolism, and other functions. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) causes an inability of somatotrophs to produce adequate amounts of growth hormones. GHD is the most common hormone deficiency of the pituitary gland, but the etiology is unknown in the majority of cases. Approximately 1/4000 children suffer from GHD causing reduced quality of life, osteoporosis and leads to increased cardiovascular disease due to metabolic dysfunction. Understanding the mechanism behind this disease is very important,” Das said. (Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks )
Thank you for the profile of our international graduate student, Ms. Pratyusa Das. I am on Ms. Das PhD thesis committee and if she had submitted a paper that had not been copy-edited like the article about her which appeared in the DE– she would have not gotten a good grade. Please note the program is Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Physiology– not CELLULOSE Physiology. We take a great deal of pride in our program and were chagrined to see that its name was so egregiously misspelled.
Respectfully yours,
Buck Hales,
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology, SIU School of Medicine.
Buck Hales • Feb 24, 2021 at 5:58 pm
Thank you for the profile of our international graduate student, Ms. Pratyusa Das. I am on Ms. Das PhD thesis committee and if she had submitted a paper that had not been copy-edited like the article about her which appeared in the DE– she would have not gotten a good grade. Please note the program is Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Physiology– not CELLULOSE Physiology. We take a great deal of pride in our program and were chagrined to see that its name was so egregiously misspelled.
Respectfully yours,
Buck Hales,
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology, SIU School of Medicine.