Ananda Prasad 1446183 185623497 2008-01-20T11:20:20Z RogDel 6192846 "Citations missing|article" tag added {{Citations missing|article|date=January 2008}} <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Prasad,-Ananda.jpg|thumb|]] --> '''Ananda Shiv Prasad''' (born [[1928]]) is a biochemist specialising in the role of [[zinc]] in the human [[metabolism]]. Prasad was born in [[Buxar]], [[Bihar]], [[India]] in [[1928]]. He studied first at [[Patna Medical College]] in Bihar, before going on to take his doctorate at the [[University of Minnesota]]. He worked in [[Iran]] before moving to the [[United States]], joining [[Wayne State University]], [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]] in [[1963]] as an assistant professor of medicine and director of [[haematology]]. He held the latter post until [[1984]], and later served as director of research for the Department of Internal Medicine. His main area of research has been the role of [[trace element]]s in the human body. It was largely through his work that we came to appreciate the importance of [[trace metal]]s – particularly zinc – in human metabolism. He is regarded as the foremost researcher on zinc metabolism, and has received several honours, including a mastership from the [[American College of Physicians]]–[[American Society of Internal Medicine]]. He was recently named the 2007 recipient of the American College of Physicians Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine. The ACP presented the award to Dr. Prasad on Thursday, April 19, during the Internal Medicine 2007 conference in San Diego. He married a coworker, Aryabala Ray, who helped him in his researches. Despite his retirement, he continues to lecture extensively, and holds the title of Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Wayne State. ==Sources and external links== *[http://www.med.wayne.edu/Scribe/scribe99-00/scribesu00/prasad.htm ''Scribe'' article] *[http://www.med.wayne.edu/news_media/2004/prasadhonor.asp Wayne State University Press Release] *[http://www.med.wayne.edu/news_media/prognosis/index.asp January 24, 2007 WSU Prognosis Headlines] [[Category:1928 births|Prasad,Ananda]] [[Category:Living people|Prasad,Ananda]] [[Category:Indian biochemists|Prasad,Ananda]]