Shailendra Gautam, PhD

Shailendra Gautam, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology

    About me

    Dr. Shailendra Gautam specializes in researching pancreatic cancer, a highly lethal upper gastrointestinal malignancy. The disease presents significant clinical challenges, including a lack of effective biomarkers, early metastasis, limited surgical options, and poor response to current therapies. While immunotherapy has shown promise in treating various cancers, its effectiveness in pancreatic cancer remains limited due to the complexity of the tumor microenvironment and high levels of immunosuppression. Dr. Gautam’s research focuses on understanding the mechanisms driving immunosuppression and therapy resistance. His lab is dedicated to identifying novel pathways that contribute to poor immune responses and developing targeted therapies and immunotherapy strategies to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis in upper gastrointestinal cancers, including pancreatic cancer.

    Contact
    Phone: 217-545-8047
    Email: sgautam75@siumed.edu

    Gender

    Male

    Education & training

    Doctorate Degree
    Ph.D. (Biology) Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, India
    Graduate Degree
    M. Sc. (Biotechnology) Visva Bharti University, Santiniketan, India
    Undergraduate Degree
    B.Sc. (Biology) CSJM University, Kanpur, India
    Fellowship
    2015 - 2019 Post-doctoral Research fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
    2013 - 2015 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of microbial technology, Chandigarh, India.
    2010 - 2013 Senior Research Fellow, CSIR, Institute of microbial technology, Chandigarh, India.
    2008 - 2010 Junior Research fellow, CSIR, Institute of microbial technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, India.

    Publications

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8m-NFjUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate 

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=shailendra+gautam&filter=years.2013-2025&sort=date 

    Awards

    2024- Employee Appreciation Award, College of Medicine, UNMC.
    2022- Young investigator travel grant award, American Pancreatic Association (APA).
    2021- ‘Silver U’ award from Vice Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
    2019- Award for Excellence in oral presentation, Department of biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC, Omaha, NE-68198, USA.
    2018- Outstanding Performance Scholarship, Department of biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC, Omaha, NE-68198, USA.
    2017- Outstanding Performance Scholarship, Department of biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC, Omaha, NE-68198, USA.
    2016- Outstanding Performance Scholarship, Department of biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC, Omaha, NE-68198, USA.
    2008- Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE).
    2008- National Eligibility Test (NET)- Council of Scientific and Industrial research, Govt. of India.