Rajesh Khanna

Dr. Khanna is an ion channel biologist and pain scientist. He earned his PhD in Physiology from the University of Toronto, building on a strong foundation with an MSc in Pharmacology and a BSc in Toxicology. Following postdoctoral training at UCLA and the Toronto Western Research Institute, he launched his academic career at Indiana University School of Medicine, where he established a research program in pain. After transferring to University of Arizona, he co-founded Regulonix LLC and was inducted as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventor. As a passionate mentor and educator, Dr. Khanna has received the Outstanding UBRP Faculty Mentor Award and the College of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Award. As faculty in the NYU College of Dentistry, he led a basic science lab and directed the NYU Pain Research Center. He now directs the Center for Advanced Pain Therapeutics and Research (CAPToR) at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where his cutting-edge research focuses on pain chronification and on the development of pain and addiction therapeutics.