Dr. Patial received her DVM (1998-2003) from College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Palampur (India) and MVSc (2003-2005) from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (India). She received her PhD (Cell and Molecular Biology) from Michigan State University in 2010. Thereafter, she completed her postdoctoral fellowship (2011-2016) at The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina; and residency in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology. Dr. Patial Joined LSU as an Assistant Professor in 2017. Dr. Patial is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP).

Education

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (DACVP)
• PhD, Michigan State University
• MS, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI)
• DVM, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HP Agricultural University

Awards and Honors

• 2022 LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Award
• 2020 Hans Monga Junior Faculty Award (ASIP/EB 2020)
• 2020 Dean’s Teacher Merit Honor Roll (Class of 2023)
• 2019 Dean’s Teacher Merit Honor Roll (Class of 2022)
• 2019 Highest Scoring Teacher by Year 1 (DVM Curriculum)
• 2018 Dean’s Teacher Merit Honor Roll (Class of 2021)
• 2018 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant
• 2017 Early Career Investigator Award (Liver Cancer Conference)
• 2016 NIEHS/NIH Paper of the Year
• 2016 NIEHS Paper of the Month, June
• 2016 Abstract Award (Society of Toxicologic Pathology)
• 2016 NIEHS Paper of the Month, April
• 2015 Best Poster Award (13th Annual Science Day, NIEHS)
• 2015 Travel Award (13th Annual Science Day, NIEHS)
• 2015 Best Poster Award (Symposium on RNA Biology, XI, Duke University)
• 2015 Fellows Award for Research Excellence (NIH)
• 2015 Travel Award (NIH)
• 2015 Abstract Award (ASBMB, EB meeting)
• 2010 Dissertation Completion Fellowship (MSU)
• 2010 Travel Award (Graduate School, MSU)
• 2009 Travel Award (College of Natural Sciences, MSU)
• 2005 Distinction Award (MS, Indian Veterinary Research Institute)