Harinder Singh
Assistant Adjunct Professor
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
Associate Director, Graduate & Postdoctoral Success
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
Ph.D., Temple University School of Medicine, 2014, Vascular Biology
ORCiD: 0000-0002-0160-1575
University of California, Irvine
Medical Science-II, D350
Mail Code: 1450
Irvine, CA 92697
Medical Science-II, D350
Mail Code: 1450
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Medical Physiology Instruction, STEM Workforce Development, Career & Professional Development of biomedical trainees
Research Abstract
Harinder Singh, Ph.D. is a lecturer focused on medical education. He serves as the Medical Physiology and Medical Immunology course coordinator for first-year medical students. Medical Physiology teaches the underlying mechanisms of life, setting the stage for understanding pathology and pharmacology that will be used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Dr. Singh also serves as the Co-Director of Workforce Development division of Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) at UCI, where he helps building programs for engaging medical students into the translational research.
Previously, he served as the program director of an innovative career and professional development program for STEM PhDs & Postdocs (GPS-STEM) in helping them transition to satisfying careers, in academia and beyond. As the leader of this program, he offered innovative solutions that broaden research training, foster relationships between academia & private sector and raise awareness on how academic discoveries advance society.
In 2016, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of science advocacy organization, Future of Research, with a mission to engage & empower early career scientists with evidence-based resources in improving the scientific research endeavor.
Dr. Singh also serves as the Co-Director of Workforce Development division of Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) at UCI, where he helps building programs for engaging medical students into the translational research.
Previously, he served as the program director of an innovative career and professional development program for STEM PhDs & Postdocs (GPS-STEM) in helping them transition to satisfying careers, in academia and beyond. As the leader of this program, he offered innovative solutions that broaden research training, foster relationships between academia & private sector and raise awareness on how academic discoveries advance society.
In 2016, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of science advocacy organization, Future of Research, with a mission to engage & empower early career scientists with evidence-based resources in improving the scientific research endeavor.
Awards and Honors
1. In 2022, Dr. Singh was awarded the NSF funded Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) fellowship for "Developing the next generation taskforce through science policy as a bridge between science and society"
2. Travel award, Frank Baldino award, Temple University School of Medicine, 2010
3. Research achievement award, Temple University School of Medicine, 2012.
4. Academic excellence award, University of Delhi, 1998
5. Science meritorious award, University of Delhi, 1996
2. Travel award, Frank Baldino award, Temple University School of Medicine, 2010
3. Research achievement award, Temple University School of Medicine, 2012.
4. Academic excellence award, University of Delhi, 1998
5. Science meritorious award, University of Delhi, 1996
Short Biography
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia (2014).
Publications
Higher Education Publications -
1. Harinder Singh, A. Bankston, G. McDowell. 2025. Career transitions: actionable recommendations by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars on achieving research independences in biomedical sciences. Frontiers in Education.
2. Lauren Stokes, Harinder Singh. From Tutor to Future Educator: Investigating the Role of Peer-Peer Tutoring in Shaping Careers in Medical Education. Medical Science Educator. 2024
3. Harinder Singh, David Fruman, 2019. Keys to Implementation of a Professional Development Program: Insights from UC Irvine’s GPS-BIOMED. Implementing Career Development Activities for Biomedical Trainees (Book Chapter).
4. Patrick D. Brandt; Susi Sturzenegger Varvayanis; Tracey Baas; Amanda F. Bolgioni; Janet Alder; Kimberly A. Petrie; Isabel Dominguez; Abigail M. Brown; C. Abigail Stayart; Harinder Singh. Measuring effects of trainee professional development on research productivity: A cross-institutional meta-analysis. PLOS One Biology. 2019.
5. Harinder Singh, A Bankston, G McDowell. 2020. Training Transitions: Research Dependence to Independence. OSF Preprints
6. S. Davis, Harinder Singh, JP Ruiz. 2020. Research Culture: Actionable Recommendations from Trainees to Improve Scientific Training. eLife
7. Christian Jorgensen, Miro Alexander Astore, Fátima Sancheznieto, Sridhar Vedachalam, Amreen Mughal, Maiko Le Lay, Adriana Bankston, Harinder Singh. Tracking Policy Implications and Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Related Executive Actions on a Sampling of Foreign-born Early Career Researchers in the U.S.2022. Open Science Forum Preprint
Scientific Publications -
1. Woitek F, Zentilin L, Hoffman NE, Powers JC, Ottiger I, Parikh S, Kulczycki AM, Hurst M, Ring N, Wang T, Shaikh F, Gross P, Harinder Singh, Kolpakov MA, Linke A, Houser SR, Rizzo V, Sabri A, Madesh M, Giacca M, Recchia FA. Intracoronary Cytoprotective Gene Therapy: A Study of VEGF-B167 in a Pre-Clinical Animal Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Am College of Cardiology, 2015
2. Gabunia K, Ellison SP, Harinder Singh, Datta P, Kelemen SE, Rizzo V, Autieri MV. Interleukin-19 (IL-19) induces HO-1 expression and decreases reactive oxygen species in human vascular smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem. 2012
3. Harinder Singh, Schulze DR, McMahon LR. Tolerance and cross-tolerance to cannabinoids in mice: schedule-controlled responding and hypothermia. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011
1. Harinder Singh, A. Bankston, G. McDowell. 2025. Career transitions: actionable recommendations by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars on achieving research independences in biomedical sciences. Frontiers in Education.
2. Lauren Stokes, Harinder Singh. From Tutor to Future Educator: Investigating the Role of Peer-Peer Tutoring in Shaping Careers in Medical Education. Medical Science Educator. 2024
3. Harinder Singh, David Fruman, 2019. Keys to Implementation of a Professional Development Program: Insights from UC Irvine’s GPS-BIOMED. Implementing Career Development Activities for Biomedical Trainees (Book Chapter).
4. Patrick D. Brandt; Susi Sturzenegger Varvayanis; Tracey Baas; Amanda F. Bolgioni; Janet Alder; Kimberly A. Petrie; Isabel Dominguez; Abigail M. Brown; C. Abigail Stayart; Harinder Singh. Measuring effects of trainee professional development on research productivity: A cross-institutional meta-analysis. PLOS One Biology. 2019.
5. Harinder Singh, A Bankston, G McDowell. 2020. Training Transitions: Research Dependence to Independence. OSF Preprints
6. S. Davis, Harinder Singh, JP Ruiz. 2020. Research Culture: Actionable Recommendations from Trainees to Improve Scientific Training. eLife
7. Christian Jorgensen, Miro Alexander Astore, Fátima Sancheznieto, Sridhar Vedachalam, Amreen Mughal, Maiko Le Lay, Adriana Bankston, Harinder Singh. Tracking Policy Implications and Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Related Executive Actions on a Sampling of Foreign-born Early Career Researchers in the U.S.2022. Open Science Forum Preprint
Scientific Publications -
1. Woitek F, Zentilin L, Hoffman NE, Powers JC, Ottiger I, Parikh S, Kulczycki AM, Hurst M, Ring N, Wang T, Shaikh F, Gross P, Harinder Singh, Kolpakov MA, Linke A, Houser SR, Rizzo V, Sabri A, Madesh M, Giacca M, Recchia FA. Intracoronary Cytoprotective Gene Therapy: A Study of VEGF-B167 in a Pre-Clinical Animal Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. J Am College of Cardiology, 2015
2. Gabunia K, Ellison SP, Harinder Singh, Datta P, Kelemen SE, Rizzo V, Autieri MV. Interleukin-19 (IL-19) induces HO-1 expression and decreases reactive oxygen species in human vascular smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem. 2012
3. Harinder Singh, Schulze DR, McMahon LR. Tolerance and cross-tolerance to cannabinoids in mice: schedule-controlled responding and hypothermia. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011
Grants
Union of Concerned Scientists Public Good Fund 2021
Research! America. Data Science & Art in Science 2021
National Science Policy Network (NSPN)
Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Fellow 2021
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Last updated
03/17/2025
03/17/2025