{"id":66993,"date":"2020-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/04\/new-investigator-gurudutt-pendyala-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:42:07","slug":"new-investigator-gurudutt-pendyala-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/04\/new-investigator-gurudutt-pendyala-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"New investigator: Gurudutt Pendyala, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><i>This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony for UNMC&#8217;s 2019 Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.<\/i> <\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-right\">\n<h3>The New Investigator Award<\/h3>\n<p>New Investigator Awards go to outstanding UNMC scientists who in the past two years have secured their first funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense or other national sources.<br \/>\nNew Investigators also had to demonstrate scholarly activity such as publishing their research and\/or presenting their findings at national conventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Gurudutt Pendyala, Ph.D.\n<li><b>Title:<\/b> Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology\n<li><b>Joined UNMC:<\/b> 2008\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Hyderabad, Telangana, India<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research focus:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Drug addiction<\/p>\n<p><b>The goal of my research is:<\/b> Developing novel therapeutics that can improve brain function by reducing inflammation associated with long-term addiction to drugs.<\/p>\n<p><b>My research will make a difference because:<\/b> We want to not only find answers, but find answers that positively impact humanity.<\/p>\n<p><b>The best advice I&#8217;ve ever been given is:<\/b> Learn how to think, not what to think.<\/p>\n<p><b>Three 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