Rajesh Khanna

Dr. Rajesh Khanna, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, is an expert in ion channel biology and voltage-gated calcium and sodium channels regulated by novel protein interaction. With more than 150 publications, Dr. Khanna’s ground-breaking research focuses on disrupting pathological protein-protein interactions with biologics and small molecules, testing their activity, examining protein interaction signatures, and regulating protein networks to modulate ion channel activity in neurodegenerative diseases (chronic pain, migraine, and neurofibromatosis).

Most recently Dr. Khanna’s lab has leveraged these pain network data discoveries to understand the mechanism of sodium and calcium channel trafficking by the CRMP2/NaV1.7 and CRMP2/CaV2.2 complex, the basis for the patented Regulonix technology platforms.

Dr. Khanna earned his PhD in Physiology from the University of Toronto, where he also obtained his MS in Pharmacology and a BS in Toxicology. Prior to joining the University of Arizona, he conducted post-doctoral fellowships at UCLA in Physiology and Molecular Biology, and at the Toronto Western Research Institute in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Additionally, he has received grant support from the NIH (NINDS, NIDA, NCI, NCCIH), the US Department of Defense, and the Children’s Tumor Foundation for his laboratory’s work, is a member of the Society of Neuroscience, American Society for Pain and the American Society for Neurochemistry and is a grant reviewer for several leading organizations worldwide.