Welcome to the Shahi Lab

We study how obesity-driven alterations in gut microbiota and hydrogen sulfide signaling modulate immune responses and worsen neuroinflammatory diseases, with a focus on developing novel therapeutics for obesity-associated severe multiple sclerosis.

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Shahi Shailesh

Shailesh Shahi, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
shailesh-shahi@uiowa.edu
319-335-2250
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Shahi Lab Members

From left to right: Abul Hasnat Nihad, Zarin Tasnim Haider,  Jeannie I. Thao, Shailesh K. Shahi, Cristina D. Dix, Gabe K. Hyvonen, Mallory J. Wurth, Alaa B. Ahmed

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Dr. Shailesh Shahi awarded three-year grant from the Department of Defense Multiple Sclerosis Research Program to investigate microbiota-targeted strategies for reducing obesity-driven multiple sclerosis severity

Monday, August 4, 2025

Dr. Shailesh Shahi receives three-year research grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to investigate obesity’s impact on gut microbiota and MS severity

Monday, June 2, 2025

Dr. Shailesh Shahi, Stephanie Peterson and Ti-Ara Turner from Dr. Mangalam’s Laboratory Win Travel Awards for the 2023 Annual American Association of Immunology Meeting

Friday, May 5, 2023

Dr. Shailesh Shahi intervewed by MStranslate

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Shailesh Shahi and Samantha Freedman Wins Presentation and Travel Awards for the 2020 Annual Association of Immunology Meeting

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Dr. Shailesh Shahi receives an Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Educational Travel Award

Monday, December 18, 2017
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