Aakash Desai, MBBS
Enriched profileAssociate Professor · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Aakash Desai is Associate Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham. ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 8 Nov 2026
Overview
Updated 9 Nov 2026
Aakash Desai, MBBS, is Associate Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 20 companies.
- Top research focus: Oncology
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 20 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Research metrics need a complete publication history and a confident author match. We omit them when either check fails. Why? →
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
Updated 8 Nov 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- DISCERN: Dual Versus Single ICB in PDL-1 Negative NSCLC
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Industry payments
Updated 8 Nov 2026
20 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2023–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20252 payments
- Life Technologies CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
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Online presence
Updated 8 Nov 2026
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Mentions by others
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onclive.com/authors/aakash-desai-mbbs-mph
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Background & recognition
Updated 8 Nov 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →education.binaytara.org ↗
- MPH (Master of Public Health)
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →education.binaytara.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →education.binaytara.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →education.binaytara.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →education.binaytara.org ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →join.targetedonc.com ↗
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