Thakkar Lab
Under the direction of Rajan Thakkar, MD, the Thakkar lab’s research aims to examine immune function at the systemic and tissue level in pediatric thermal injury using both whole blood and tissue specimens. In addition to human specimens, the laboratory also has an animal model of thermal injury to study underlying mechanisms of immune dysfunction.
Lab Staff
Rajan K. Thakkar
Principal Investigator
Rajan.Thakkar@NationwideChildrens.org
Rajan K. Thakkar, MD, FACS, is a pediatric surgeon. Dr. Thakkar is the Trauma Medical Director as well as the Co-Director of the Burn Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and is a Principal Investigator at the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences Research at the Research Institute of Nationwide Children's Hospital. His research focuses on pediatric thermal injury. Dr. Thakkar attended The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He completed his residency at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Julia Penatzer, PhD
Post Doctoral Scientist