Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD

Research Program

Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics
Email Address

provost@emory.edu

Biography

Ravi V. Bellamkonda, PhD, serves as Emory's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. He is the chief academic officer of Emory University and is responsible for ensuring the quality of undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and enhancing Emory's role as an eminent research university through excellence in faculty research, teaching and scholarship.

Prior to becoming provost at Emory, Bellamkonda served as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Previously, he was Wallace H. Coulter Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.

Dr. Bellamkonda is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute.

Education

Dr. Bellamkonda received his PhD from Brown University. He then attended MIT as a Markey Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

Titles & Roles

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Emory University

Research

A trained bioengineer and neuroscientist, Dr. Bellamkonda's current research explores the interplay of biomaterials and the nervous system for neural interfaces, nerve repair, and brain tumor therapy.

Grants

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Grant Number	Title
1R01CA271304-01	Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers
1R01CA271304-01	Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers
5R01CA271304-02	Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers
5R01CA271304-03	Tumor 'tractor beam' for diffuse cancers

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Device-assisted strategies for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier to treat glioblastoma. Communications materials	N Mokarram, A Case, NN Hossainy, JG Lyon, TJ MacDonald, R Bellamkonda	01/01/2025
A Neural Implant for Cytostatic Hypothermia in Swine (P4-5.008). Neurology	SF Enam, M Barwari, A Dobariya, R Chen, R Bellamkonda, T Patel, A Patel	04/09/2024
A neural tract-inspired conduit for facile, on-demand biopsy of glioblastoma. Neuro-oncology advances	MI Betancur, A Case, E Ilich, N Mehta, S Meehan, S Pogrebivsky, ST Keir, K Stevenson, B Brahma, S Gregory, W Chen, DM Ashley, R Bellamkonda, N Mokarram	01/01/2024
IL7 and IL7 Flt3L co-expressing CAR T cells improve therapeutic efficacy in mouse EGFRvIII heterogeneous glioblastoma. Frontiers in immunology	SL Swan, N Mehta, E Ilich, SH Shen, DS Wilkinson, AR Anderson, T Segura, L Sanchez-Perez, JH Sampson, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2023
Cytostatic hypothermia and its impact on glioblastoma and survival. Science advances	SF Enam, CY Kilic, J Huang, BJ Kang, R Chen, CS Tribble, E Ilich, MI Betancur, SJ Blocker, SJ Owen, AF Buckley, JG Lyon, RV Bellamkonda	11/25/2022
Neuromechanobiology: An Expanding Field Driven by the Force of Greater Focus. Advanced healthcare materials	CT Motz, V Kabat, T Saxena, RV Bellamkonda, C Zhu	10/01/2021
Enriching neural stem cell and anti-inflammatory glial phenotypes with electrical stimulation after traumatic brain injury in male rats. Journal of neuroscience research	E Park, JG Lyon, M Alvarado-Velez, MI Betancur, N Mokarram, JH Shin, RV Bellamkonda	07/01/2021
Liposome-Imipramine Blue Inhibits Sonic Hedgehog Medulloblastoma In Vivo. Cancers	TJ MacDonald, J Liu, B Yu, A Malhotra, J Munson, JC Park, K Wang, B Fei, R Bellamkonda, J Arbiser	03/11/2021
Engineered glycomaterial implants orchestrate large-scale functional repair of brain tissue chronically after severe traumatic brain injury. Science advances	CV Latchoumane, MI Betancur, GA Simchick, MK Sun, R Forghani, CE Lenear, A Ahmed, R Mohankumar, N Balaji, HD Mason, SA Archer-Hartmann, P Azadi, PV Holmes, Q Zhao, RV Bellamkonda, L Karumbaiah	03/01/2021
Immuno-suppressive hydrogels enhance allogeneic MSC survival after transplantation in the injured brain. Biomaterials	M Alvarado-Velez, SF Enam, N Mehta, JG Lyon, MC LaPlaca, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2021
Evaluation of M2-like macrophage enrichment after diffuse traumatic brain injury through transient interleukin-4 expression from engineered mesenchymal stromal cells. Journal of neuroinflammation	SF Enam, SR Kader, N Bodkin, JG Lyon, M Calhoun, C Azrak, PM Tiwari, D Vanover, H Wang, PJ Santangelo, RV Bellamkonda	06/20/2020
The impact of modulating the blood-brain barrier on the electrophysiological and histological outcomes of intracortical electrodes. Journal of neural engineering	JD Falcone, HS Sohal, TR Kyriakides, RV Bellamkonda	08/01/2019
Engineering Controlled Peritumoral Inflammation to Constrain Brain Tumor Growth. Advanced healthcare materials	T Saxena, JG Lyon, SB Pai, D Pare, J Amero, L Karumbaiah, SL Carroll, E Gaupp, RV Bellamkonda	02/01/2019
Toward Functional Restoration of the Central Nervous System: A Review of Translational Neuroscience Principles. Neurosurgery	MO Krucoff, JP Miller, T Saxena, R Bellamkonda, S Rahimpour, SC Harward, SP Lad, DA Turner	01/01/2019
In Vitro Transcribed mRNA Vaccines with Programmable Stimulation of Innate Immunity. Bioconjugate chemistry	KH Loomis, KE Lindsay, C Zurla, SM Bhosle, DA Vanover, EL Blanchard, JL Kirschman, RV Bellamkonda, PJ Santangelo	09/19/2018
Discovery of Lipidome Alterations Following Traumatic Brain Injury via High-Resolution Metabolomics. Journal of proteome research	SR Hogan, JH Phan, M Alvarado-Velez, MD Wang, RV Bellamkonda, FM Fernández, MC LaPlaca	06/01/2018
Corrigendum: Kilohertz frequency nerve block enhances anti-inflammatory effects of vagus nerve stimulation. Scientific reports	YA Patel, T Saxena, RV Bellamkonda, RJ Butera	06/07/2017
Engineering challenges for brain tumor immunotherapy. Advanced drug delivery reviews	JG Lyon, N Mokarram, T Saxena, SL Carroll, RV Bellamkonda	05/15/2017
Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Matrices Promote Neural Stem Cell Maintenance and Neuroprotection Post-Traumatic Brain Injury. ACS biomaterials science & engineering	MI Betancur, HD Mason, M Alvarado-Velez, PV Holmes, RV Bellamkonda, L Karumbaiah	03/13/2017
Protective effect of Caralluma fimbriata against high-fat diet induced testicular oxidative stress in rats. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie	S Gujjala, M Putakala, V Gangarapu, S Nukala, R Bellamkonda, R Ramaswamy, S Desireddy	10/01/2016
Response reliability observed with voltage-sensitive dye imaging of cortical layer 2/3: the probability of activation hypothesis. Journal of neurophysiology	CA Gollnick, DC Millard, AD Ortiz, RV Bellamkonda, GB Stanley	06/01/2016
Strategies for modulating innate immune activation and protein production of in vitro transcribed mRNAs. Journal of materials chemistry. B	KH Loomis, JL Kirschman, S Bhosle, RV Bellamkonda, PJ Santangelo	03/07/2016
A regenerative microchannel device for recording multiple single-unit action potentials in awake, ambulatory animals. The European journal of neuroscience	A Srinivasan, J Tipton, M Tahilramani, A Kharbouch, E Gaupp, C Song, P Venkataraman, J Falcone, SP Lacour, GB Stanley, AW English, RV Bellamkonda	02/01/2016
Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels Create Endogenous Niches for Neural Stem Cells. Bioconjugate chemistry	L Karumbaiah, SF Enam, AC Brown, T Saxena, MI Betancur, TH Barker, RV Bellamkonda	12/16/2015
Implantable electronics: A sensor web for neurons. Nature materials	T Saxena, RV Bellamkonda	12/01/2015
Enhanced therapeutic neovascularization by CD31-expressing cells and embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells engineered with chitosan hydrogel containing VEGF-releasing microtubes. Biomaterials	S Lee, CM Valmikinathan, J Byun, S Kim, G Lee, N Mokarram, SB Pai, E Um, RV Bellamkonda, YS Yoon	09/01/2015
Evans blue nanocarriers visually demarcate margins of invasive gliomas. Drug delivery and translational research	BT Roller, JM Munson, B Brahma, PJ Santangelo, SB Pai, RV Bellamkonda	04/01/2015
Protease-degradable PEG-maleimide coating with on-demand release of IL-1Ra to improve tissue response to neural electrodes. Biomaterials	SM Gutowski, JT Shoemaker, KL Templeman, Y Wei, RA Latour, RV Bellamkonda, MC LaPlaca, AJ García	03/01/2015
Nanocarrier-mediated inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor attenuates secondary injury after spinal cord injury. ACS nano	T Saxena, KH Loomis, SB Pai, L Karumbaiah, E Gaupp, K Patil, R Patkar, RV Bellamkonda	02/24/2015
Microchannel-based regenerative scaffold for chronic peripheral nerve interfacing in amputees. Biomaterials	A Srinivasan, M Tahilramani, JT Bentley, RK Gore, DC Millard, VJ Mukhatyar, A Joseph, AS Haque, GB Stanley, AW English, RV Bellamkonda	02/01/2015
Functional recordings from awake, behaving rodents through a microchannel based regenerative neural interface. Journal of neural engineering	RK Gore, Y Choi, R Bellamkonda, A English	02/01/2015
Intracortical recording interfaces: current challenges to chronic recording function. ACS chemical neuroscience	B Gunasekera, T Saxena, R Bellamkonda, L Karumbaiah	01/21/2015
Extracellular matrix-based intracortical microelectrodes: Toward a microfabricated neural interface based on natural materials. Microsystems & nanoengineering	W Shen, L Karumbaiah, X Liu, T Saxena, S Chen, R Patkar, RV Bellamkonda, MG Allen	01/01/2015
The effect of inflammatory cell-derived MCP-1 loss on neuronal survival during chronic neuroinflammation. Biomaterials	AJ Sawyer, W Tian, JK Saucier-Sawyer, PJ Rizk, WM Saltzman, RV Bellamkonda, TR Kyriakides	08/01/2014
Molecular sequelae of topographically guided peripheral nerve repair. Annals of biomedical engineering	V Mukhatyar, B Pai, I Clements, A Srinivasan, R Huber, A Mehta, S Mukhopadaya, S Rudra, G Patel, L Karumbaiah, R Bellamkonda	07/01/2014
Characterization of a composite injury model of severe lower limb bone and nerve trauma. Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine	BA Uhrig, IP Clements, JD Boerckel, N Huebsch, RV Bellamkonda, RE Guldberg	06/01/2014
Hydrogels as carriers for stem cell transplantation. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering	M Alvarado-Velez, SB Pai, RV Bellamkonda	05/01/2014
Host response to microgel coatings on neural electrodes implanted in the brain. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A	SM Gutowski, KL Templeman, AB South, JC Gaulding, JT Shoemaker, MC LaPlaca, RV Bellamkonda, LA Lyon, AJ García	05/01/2014
Guiding intracortical brain tumour cells to an extracortical cytotoxic hydrogel using aligned polymeric nanofibres. Nature materials	A Jain, M Betancur, GD Patel, CM Valmikinathan, VJ Mukhatyar, A Vakharia, SB Pai, B Brahma, TJ MacDonald, RV Bellamkonda	03/01/2014
A perspective on immunomodulation and tissue repair. Annals of biomedical engineering	N Mokarram, RV Bellamkonda	02/01/2014
Noninvasive imaging of peripheral nerves. Cells, tissues, organs	G Rangavajla, N Mokarram, N Masoodzadehgan, SB Pai, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2014
Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans for CNS homeostasis-implications for material design. Current medicinal chemistry	L Karumbaiah, T Saxena, M Betancur, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2014
Relationship between intracortical electrode design and chronic recording function. Biomaterials	L Karumbaiah, T Saxena, D Carlson, K Patil, R Patkar, EA Gaupp, M Betancur, GB Stanley, L Carin, RV Bellamkonda	11/01/2013
Identifying new small molecule anti-invasive compounds for glioma treatment. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)	J Munson, M Bonner, L Fried, J Hofmekler, J Arbiser, R Bellamkonda	07/15/2013
The impact of chronic blood-brain barrier breach on intracortical electrode function. Biomaterials	T Saxena, L Karumbaiah, EA Gaupp, R Patkar, K Patil, M Betancur, GB Stanley, RV Bellamkonda	07/01/2013
Regenerative scaffold electrodes for peripheral nerve interfacing. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society	IP Clements, VJ Mukhatyar, A Srinivasan, JT Bentley, DS Andreasen, RV Bellamkonda	07/01/2013
Interstitial flow in a 3D microenvironment increases glioma invasion by a CXCR4-dependent mechanism. Cancer research	JM Munson, RV Bellamkonda, MA Swartz	03/01/2013
Effect of modulating macrophage phenotype on peripheral nerve repair. Biomaterials	N Mokarram, A Merchant, V Mukhatyar, G Patel, RV Bellamkonda	12/01/2012
The upregulation of specific interleukin (IL) receptor antagonists and paradoxical enhancement of neuronal apoptosis due to electrode induced strain and brain micromotion. Biomaterials	L Karumbaiah, SE Norman, NB Rajan, S Anand, T Saxena, M Betancur, R Patkar, RV Bellamkonda	09/01/2012
Anti-invasive adjuvant therapy with imipramine blue enhances chemotherapeutic efficacy against glioma. Science translational medicine	JM Munson, L Fried, SA Rowson, MY Bonner, L Karumbaiah, B Diaz, SA Courtneidge, UG Knaus, DJ Brat, JL Arbiser, RV Bellamkonda	03/28/2012
Toward a convergence of regenerative medicine, rehabilitation, and neuroprosthetics. Journal of neurotrauma	S Aravamudhan, RV Bellamkonda	11/01/2011
Overcoming endogenous constraints on neuronal regeneration. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering	N Mokarram, RV Bellamkonda	07/01/2011
Remote triggered release of doxorubicin in tumors by synergistic application of thermosensitive liposomes and gold nanorods. ACS nano	A Agarwal, MA Mackey, MA El-Sayed, RV Bellamkonda	06/28/2011
Role of fibronectin in topographical guidance of neurite extension on electrospun fibers. Biomaterials	VJ Mukhatyar, M Salmerón-Sánchez, S Rudra, S Mukhopadaya, TH Barker, AJ García, RV Bellamkonda	06/01/2011
Targeted downregulation of N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase significantly mitigates chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-mediated inhibition. Glia	L Karumbaiah, S Anand, R Thazhath, Y Zhong, RJ McKeon, RV Bellamkonda	06/01/2011
The use of lipid microtubes as a novel slow-release delivery system for laryngeal injection. The Laryngoscope	VL Kolachala, EE Berg, S Shams, V Mukhatyar, V Sueblinvong, RV Bellamkonda, MM Johns	06/01/2011
Highly-compliant, microcable neuroelectrodes fabricated from thin-film gold and PDMS. Biomedical microdevices	MA McClain, IP Clements, RH Shafer, RV Bellamkonda, MC LaPlaca, MG Allen	04/01/2011
Advances in bioengineered conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration. Atlas of the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics of North America	MB Steed, V Mukhatyar, C Valmikinathan, RV Bellamkonda	03/01/2011
Sustained delivery of activated Rho GTPases and BDNF promotes axon growth in CSPG-rich regions following spinal cord injury. PloS one	A Jain, RJ McKeon, SM Brady-Kalnay, RV Bellamkonda	01/24/2011
Evaluation of tumor microenvironment in an animal model using a nanoparticle contrast agent in computed tomography imaging. Academic radiology	KB Ghaghada, CT Badea, L Karumbaiah, N Fettig, RV Bellamkonda, GA Johnson, A Annapragada	01/01/2011
Topography, cell response, and nerve regeneration. Annual review of biomedical engineering	D Hoffman-Kim, JA Mitchel, RV Bellamkonda	08/15/2010
Sustained VEGF delivery via PLGA nanoparticles promotes vascular growth. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology	JS Golub, YT Kim, CL Duvall, RV Bellamkonda, D Gupta, AS Lin, D Weiss, W Robert Taylor, RE Guldberg	06/01/2010
Slow-release nanoparticle-encapsulated delivery system for laryngeal injection. The Laryngoscope	VL Kolachala, OA Henriquez, S Shams, JS Golub, YT Kim, H Laroui, E Torres-Gonzalez, KL Brigham, M Rojas, RV Bellamkonda, MM Johns	05/01/2010
Sustained delivery of thermostabilized chABC enhances axonal sprouting and functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	H Lee, RJ McKeon, RV Bellamkonda	02/23/2010
Selective targeting of nanocarriers to neutrophils and monocytes. Annals of biomedical engineering	E Karathanasis, CM Geigerman, CA Parkos, L Chan, RV Bellamkonda, DL Jaye	10/01/2009
Bioimpedance modeling to monitor astrocytic response to chronically implanted electrodes. Journal of neural engineering	GC McConnell, RJ Butera, RV Bellamkonda	10/01/2009
Implanted neural electrodes cause chronic, local inflammation that is correlated with local neurodegeneration. Journal of neural engineering	GC McConnell, HD Rees, AI Levey, CA Gutekunst, RE Gross, RV Bellamkonda	10/01/2009
Thin-film enhanced nerve guidance channels for peripheral nerve repair. Biomaterials	IP Clements, YT Kim, AW English, X Lu, A Chung, RV Bellamkonda	08/01/2009
Tumor vascular permeability to a nanoprobe correlates to tumor-specific expression levels of angiogenic markers. PloS one	E Karathanasis, L Chan, L Karumbaiah, K McNeeley, CJ D'Orsi, AV Annapragada, I Sechopoulos, RV Bellamkonda	06/09/2009
Nanoparticle-mediated local delivery of Methylprednisolone after spinal cord injury. Biomaterials	YT Kim, JM Caldwell, RV Bellamkonda	05/01/2009
Image-based determination of 'physiomarkers' for personalized cancer therapy. Future oncology (London, England)	A Annapragada, RV Bellamkonda	05/01/2009
Imaging nanoprobe for prediction of outcome of nanoparticle chemotherapy by using mammography. Radiology	E Karathanasis, S Suryanarayanan, SR Balusu, K McNeeley, I Sechopoulos, A Karellas, AV Annapragada, RV Bellamkonda	02/01/2009
Sustained release of BMP-2 in a lipid-based microtube vehicle. Acta biomaterialia	MR Johnson, HJ Lee, RV Bellamkonda, RE Guldberg	01/01/2009
Implanted neural interfaces: biochallenges and engineered solutions. Annual review of biomedical engineering	WM Grill, SE Norman, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2009
Multifunctional nanocarriers for mammographic quantification of tumor dosing and prognosis of breast cancer therapy. Biomaterials	E Karathanasis, L Chan, SR Balusu, CJ D'Orsi, AV Annapragada, I Sechopoulos, RV Bellamkonda	12/01/2008
Rational identification of a novel peptide for targeting nanocarriers to 9L glioma. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A	A Agarwal, DL Jaye, CM Giegerman, RV Bellamkonda	12/01/2008
Biomaterials for the central nervous system. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface	Y Zhong, RV Bellamkonda	09/06/2008
MRI mediated, non-invasive tracking of intratumoral distribution of nanocarriers in rat glioma. Nanotechnology	E Karathanasis, J Park, A Agarwal, V Patel, F Zhao, AV Annapragada, X Hu, RV Bellamkonda	08/06/2008
The role of aligned polymer fiber-based constructs in the bridging of long peripheral nerve gaps. Biomaterials	YT Kim, VK Haftel, S Kumar, RV Bellamkonda	07/01/2008
Biomimetic materials: marine inspiration. Nature materials	RV Bellamkonda	05/01/2008
Spatial distribution and acute anti-inflammatory effects of Methylprednisolone after sustained local delivery to the contused spinal cord. Biomaterials	SA Chvatal, YT Kim, AM Bratt-Leal, H Lee, RV Bellamkonda	04/01/2008
Differences between the effect of anisotropic and isotropic laminin and nerve growth factor presenting scaffolds on nerve regeneration across long peripheral nerve gaps. Biomaterials	MC Dodla, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2008
A Molecular Perspective on Understanding and Modulating the Performance of Chronic Central Nervous System (CNS) Recording Electrodes Indwelling Neural Implants: Strategies for Contending with the In Vivo Environment	WM Reichert, W He, RV Bellamkonda	01/01/2008