Dr. Kavita Gulati is Professor in Pharmacology at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi. She obtained her Master’s degree in Pharmacology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and subsequently did her Ph.D from University of Delhi. Dr Gulati has more than 24 years of teaching and research experience in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology in different capacities in India and abroad. She is recipient of several national awards including Achari Prize and Uvnas Prize and restigious Prof. B.N. Ghosh Oration of Indian Pharmacological Society. She is member of several professional bodies/societies relating to pharmacology and allied sciences (viz. National academy of Medical Sciences, International Neuroendocrine Federation, New York Academy of Sciences, Society of Toxicology, Society of Pharmacovigilance, Indian Pharmacological Society, etc. Her biography has also been included in Marqui`s “Who is Who” in the world in science. Her research interests are in Respiratory Pharmacology and Toxicology, Neuropharmacology and Stress Research, and she is Principal Investigator of several extramurally funded research projects (viz. DST, DBT, AYUSH, CSIR, ICMR, etc.). She has distinction of being invited to present talks at prestigious international meetings like IUPHAR (China, Copenhagen and South Africa), CMB Congress (France), World Stress Congress (Hungary), and CPT Congress (Australia), International Immunology Forum (Canada). She has been visiting scientist to reputed international institutions like Semmelwies Medical University (Budapest, Hungary), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (USA), Army Medical Institute (Xian, China), University of Minnesota at Minneapoilis (USA), University of Illinois at Chicago (USA), University of Manitoba (Canada), West Cape University (South Africa) etc. and expert member at different Institutions and Government organizations in her field. She has published extensively in leading national and international journals (more than 120 publications), is co-author of several chapters in reference and textbooks of Pharmacology, and co-editor of four books in Pharmacology.

Respiratory Pharmacology; Toxicology; Neuropharmacology; Stress Research; Herbal drug research.