Biography
PhD. 1984, GAU University, Anand, India - Preclinical Pathology Sciences (Parasitology / Microbiology)
M.Sc. 1979, M.S. University, Baroda, India - Reproductive Physiology and Endocrinology - Zoology
B.Sc. 1977, M.S. University, Baroda, India - Biology major - Chemistry minor
Areas of Specialty
Health Service research (Population Science) in minorities (American Indians, Hispanics);
Clinical Translational research in diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease;
Molecular / genetic epidemiology (GWAS, Epigenomics, Microbiome, Metabolomics);
Health care policy and delivery with home base care model; and
metabolic and Biochemical pathways in chronic diseases
Achievements & Awards
2019 - UNM School of Medicine - SOM Community Engagement Award
2018 - Distinguished Professor - UNMHSC
2017 - Member - National Committee on Health Disparity, American Diabetes Association
2014 6th Annual Excellence in Research Award in Population Science, Health Science Center, University of New Mexico
2011 Sarah Belle Brown Community Service Award, University of New Mexico
2009-10 Medical Education Scholar (MES Scholar), University of New Mexico-HSC 2004 Ralf William Jr. Young Investigator Award, Dept of Int Medicine, University of New Mexico-HSC
Languages
- Hindi
Courses Taught
Ethics in research
Biochemistry of Diseases - Metabolic Syndrome
Research and Scholarship
Year 2020 - Invited Presentations:
1. Invited Oral Presentation - Health Action 2020 - Our Nation’s Health in Balance Organized by Families USA. “The Difference Between Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Achieving Health Equity†- Jan 22-24, Washington DC
2. Invited presentation - UNMHSC CTSC Synergy Meeting - “Research into Kidney Disease in American Indians at University of New Mexico HSC (1995-2020)†- Feb 10th 2020, Albuquerque, NM
3. Invited Oral Presentation - PCORI Board of Directors Meeting - “CHR’s Role in Reducing Health Disparity†- March 1-2, Scottsdale, AZ
4. Presentation - Assessing the Efficacy of Home-Based Kidney Care on Patient Activation Measure (PAM) among Patients with Diabetes. American Diabetes Association Virtual 80th Scientific Sessions - June 12-16
5. Invited Special Presentation - Virtual IDeA Program Meeting for IDeA supported investigators, program leaders and students. Assessing The Efficacy Of Home-based Intervention among Patients with Diabetes and COVID-19 related disruption in health and health care in Zuni. September 22nd 2020. VIRTUAL ORAL
6. Invited CME presentation at Kidney week 2020 - A slice of Humble Pie: Enhancing Sociocultural Humility in Nephrology. Addressing Health Needs of Indigenous People. Oct 22, 2020
Five Seminole Publication including OMICS (metabolomics, microbiome, GWAS) and Health service research:
Mark L. Unruh, Soraya Arzhan, Harv Feldman, Helen C. Looker, Robert G. Nelson, Thomas Faber, David Johnson, Linda Son-Stone, Vernon S. Pankratz, Larissa Myakovsky and Vallabh O. Shah. American Indian Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (AI-CRIC Study). BMC Nephrology (2020) 21:291. PMID: 32698776 PMCID: PMC7376925
Robert G. Nelson, V. Shane Pankratz, Donica M. Ghahate, Jeanette Bobelu, Thomas Faber, and Vallabh O. Shah. Home-Based Kidney Care, Patient Activation, and Risk Factors for CKD Progression in Zuni Indians: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Clinical J of Am Soc of Nephrology. 2018 Dec 7;13(12):1801-1809. PMID: 30442864
Stacey M Lambeth, Trechelle Carson, Janae Lowe, Thiruvarangan Ramaraj, Jonathan W. Leff, Callum J Bell, and Vallabh O Shah. Composition, Diversity and Abundance of Gut Microbiome in Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Diabetes and Obesity, 2(2): 12, 2015
Shah VO, Townsend RR, Feldman HI, Pappan KL, Kensicki E, Vander Jagt DL. Plasma metabolomic profiles in different stages of CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2013 Mar;8(3):363-70. PMID: 23220422
Malhotra A, Igo RP Jr, Shah VO, and Hanson RL; Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Genome-wide linkage scans for type 2 diabetes mellitus in four ethnically diverse populations-significant evidence for linkage on chromosome 4q in African Americans: the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 25(8):740-7, 2010 FIND is a consortium of 11 institute and NIDDK and authorship is listed in alphabetically order except the first four who were in the writing group).