Instructional Associate Professor
Contact: kamlesh.yadav@tamu.edu
Education and Training
PhD, Cell and Molecular Biology, New York University, 2010
MTech, Environmental Engineering & Management, IIT Kanpur, 2004
MSc, Biochemistry, Metabolism, & Molecular Biology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2001
BSc, Burdwan University, 1999
Research Interests
Digital Health: Clinical data analysis, EHR mining, Genomic data analysis for biomarker identification
Translational Research: Patient-derived tumor lines to identify novel/ combinatorial/ synthetic-lethal drug sensitivity, and resistance development
Teaching Interests
Co-Director, Foundation of Medicine II (FOM II): Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Basic Pharmacology
Co-Director, Team Based Learning (TBL) Modules in Medicine
Instructor, Introduction to Disease (ID): Cancer Biology and Therapeutics
Instructor: Hematology Oncology (Heme Onc): Prostate Cancer and AI in Oncology
Awards and Honors
2020, TAMU grant to attend Harvard Macy Institute’s Leadership in Medical Education course.
2018-19, Principal Scientist Sema4 genomics, CT
2014-19, Assistant Professor of Urology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York
2016, Selected for Early Career Investigators Workshop held by the AUA, Linthicum, MD
2014, Competitive Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award
2012, Competitive DoD PCRP Postdoctoral Training Award
2009, Competitive Travel Fellowship by the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) for the EB2009 meeting, New Orleans,
2009, Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) NYU travel award
2001, Banaras Hindu University Gold medal for outstanding scholar
2000, NET-CSIR Junior Research Fellowship
Selected Publications
Full list of publications can be viewed here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1tKjvlde5ybAU/bibliography/public/
Rayford W, Alger J, Beksac AT, Alshalalfa M, Takhar M, Ahmed M, Khan I, Jordan J, Alter J, Fishbane N, Davicioni E, Spratt DE, Schaeffer EM, Feng FY, Mahal B, Nguyen PL, Den RB, Greenberger MD, Bradley R, Watson JM, Beamer M, Stamatakis L, Carmen DJ, Yamoah K, Hwang J, Deane LA, Yadav KK, Tewari AK; Comparative Genomic Analysis Of 1,152 African American And European American Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: A Report From The Decipher GRID Collaborative, Communications Biology, Accepted, 2021
Stockert JA, Weil R, Kyprianou N, Yadav KK, Tewari AK, Pseudouridine as a Novel Biomarker in Prostate Cancer – a review, Urologic Oncology, 2020
Woo J, Santasusagna S, Banks J, Pastor-Lopez S, Yadav KK, Carceles-Cordon M, Den RB, Knudsen KE, Languino L, Lallas CD, Luyao G, Rodriguez-Bravo V, Tewari AK, Kelly WK, Leiby BE, Prats JM, Gomella L, Domingo-Domenech J, Urine Extracellular Vesicle GATA2 mRNA Discriminates Biopsy Result in Men with Suspicion of Prostate Cancer, Journal of Urology, 2020