2012 - PhD, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada 1993 - MD (Physician), Donetsk State Medical Institute/University, Donetsk, Ukraine (former USSR) Jan - April 2015 and 2016: Sessional Lecturer , Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada July 2014 - Dec 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada / Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Jan - May 2014: Visiting Faculty Member, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Pune, India Oct 2012 - Dec 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Sept 2006 - Aug 2012: Graduate Research Assistant , Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Jan 2001 - Aug 2006: Postdoctoral Research Associate / Research Assistant Professor / Endocrinology Instructor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Tuskegee University, USA Feb 1995 - Dec 2000: General Practitioner / Family Physician, Maharashtra Government Rural Hospital / Ingesh Rural Hospital / Rameshwar Clinic, Dist. Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India Oct 1993 - Jan 1995: Clinical Internship / Residency, L. T. M. General Hospital and L. T. M. Medical College, Mumbai, India

Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders, Neuroendocrinology

Metabolic Disorders, Obesity, Diabetes, Cell Signalling, Neurobiology, Hypothalamic Appetite Regulation

Treen AK, Luo V, Chalmers JA, Dalvi PS, Tran D, Ye W, Kim GL, Friedman Z, Belsham DD (2016) Divergent regulation of ER and Kiss genes by 17β-estradiol in hypothalamic ARC versus AVPV models. Molecular Endocrinology 30:217-33 Kvissberg MA, Dalvi PS, Kerac M, Voskuijl W, Berkley JA, Priebe MG, Bandsma RH (2016) Carbohydrate malabsorption in acutely malnourished children and infants: A systematic review. Nutrition Reviews 74:48-58 Guo J, Breen DM, Dalvi PS, Pereira TJ, Zhang H, Mori Y, Ghanim H, Tumiati L; Fantus IG; Bendeck MP, Dandona P, Rao V, Dolinsky VW, Heximer S, Giacca A (2015) The effect of insulin to decrease neointimal growth after arterial injury is endothelial nitric oxide synthase-dependent. Atherosclerosis 241:111-20 Purser MJ*, Dalvi PS*, Wang ZC, Belsham DD (2013) The cytokine ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) activates hypothalamic urocortin-expressing neurons both in vitro and in vivo. PLoS One 8(4):e61616 (* Contributed equally) Dalvi PS, Erbiceanu FD, Irwin DM, Belsham DD (2012) Direct Regulation of the Proglucagon Gene by Insulin, Leptin and cAMP in Embryonic versus Adult Hypothalamic Neurons. Molecular Endocrinology 26:1339-55 Dalvi PS, Belsham DD (2012) Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Directly Regulates Hypothalamic Neurons Expressing Neuropeptides Linked to Appetite Control in Vivo and in Vitro. Endocrinology 153:2385-97 Dalvi PS, Nazarians-Armavil A, Purser MJ, Belsham DD (2012) Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist, Exendin-4, Regulates Feeding-Associated Neuropeptides in Hypothalamic Neurons in Vivo and in Vitro. Endocrinology 153:2208-22 Dalvi PS, Nazarians-Armavil A, Tung S, Belsham DD (2011) Immortalized Neurons for the Study of Hypothalamic Function. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 300:R1030-52 Belsham DD, Fick LJ, Dalvi PS, Centeno ML, Chalmers JA, Lee PK, Wang Y, Drucker DJ, Koletar MM (2009) Ciliary neurotrophic factor recruitment of glucagon like peptide-1 mediates neuro-genesis, allowing immortalization of adult murine hypothalamic neurons. FASEB J 23:4256-65 Madadi G, Dalvi PS, Belsham DD (2008) Regulation of brain insulin mRNA by glucose and glucagon-like peptide 1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 376:694-99