Ananth Annapragada Email & Phone Number

Ananth Annapragada is Professor of Radiology, Director of Basic Research and Vice-Chief of Research in the Edward B. Singleton Department of Radiology at Texas Childrens Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. In addition, he is a Professor (by courtesy) in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a Member of the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. He holds additional positions at the Keck Institute and The University of Houston. He was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers in 2011, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2020.An engineer by training, Ananth received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Michigan in 1989. After Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the University of Minnesota and MIT, he joined Abbott Laboratories as a Research Scientist in 1991. In 1996, he joined SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Menlo Park, CA. He stayed with SEQUUS through its merger with ALZA, and when ALZA was acquired by Johnson and Johnson, he left for his first Academic position in 2000, at the Cleveland State University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In 2003, he moved to University of Texas and to Texas Children’s Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine in 2011.Ananth’s research interests are broad, ranging from placental biology and imaging to various cancers, to Alzheimer’s disease, new imaging technologies, 3D bio printing and computational biology including artificial intelligence and natural language processing. The unifying theme of his research is the development of novel technologies to address driving biological and medical questions.Ananth is a co-founder of several biotech companies based on research originating in his laboratory, including Marval Inc., Sensulin LLC (Oklahoma City, OK) and Alzeca Inc. (Houston, TX). He serves on the Board and the Scientific Advisory Board of Alzeca, in his role as Chief Scientist. He is also on the Scientific Advisory Board of Sante Ventures.