Kamlesh K. Yadav, PhD

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

Stockert JA, Gupta A, Herzog B, Yadav SS, Tewari AK, Yadav KK; Predictive Value of Pseudouridine in Prostate Cancer, American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology, 2019

Hectors S, Cherny M, Yadav KK, Beksac AT, Thulasidass H, Lewis S, Davicioni E, Wang P, Tewari AK, Taouli B; Radiomics measured with multiparametric MRI predicts prostate cancer aggressiveness, Journal Urology, April 2019

Murillo OD, (et al), Yadav KK, (et al), Milosavljevic A; ExRNA Atlas analysis reveals distinct extracellular RNA cargo types present across human biofluids, Cell, April 2019

Mohamed N, Tewari, AK, Yadav KK, Development and validation of a polygenic hazard score for aggressive prostate cancer identification. Translational Cancer Research, (Suppl 2), 2018

Rai R, Yadav SS, Pan H, Elemento O, Tewari AK, Yadav KK; Epigenetic analysis identified factors driving racial disparity in prostate cancer, Cancer Reports Nov 2018

Smith JT, Wunsch BH, Dogra N, Ahsen ME, Lee K, Yadav KK, Pereira M, Patel JV, Duch EA, Papalia J, Lofaro M, Tewari AK, Cordon-Cardo C, Stolovitzky G, and Gifford SM, Integrated Nanoscale Deterministic Lateral Displacement Arrays for Rapid, Reliable Separation of Extracellular Vesicles from Biological Samples, Lab Chip, Nov 2018

Yadav, KK; How AI is Optimizing the Detection and Management of Prostate Cancer. IEEE Pulse. Sept 2018.

Hieronymus H, Murali R, Yadav KK, Tin A, Abida W, Fisher G, Carver BS, Scardino PT, Vickers A, Cuzick J, Taylor BS, Sawyers CL; Copy number alteration burden is a pan-cancer prognostic factor associated with metastasis and death in conservatively treated prostate cancer, eLife, Sept 2018

Beksac AT, Cumarasamy S, Falagario U, Xu P, Takhar M, Alshalalfa M, Gupta A, Prasad S, Martini A, Thulasidass H, Rai R, Berger M, Hectors S, Jordan J, Davicioni E, Nair S, Haines 3rd K, Lewis S, Rastinehad A, Yadav KK, Jayaratna I, Taouli B, Tewari AK; Multiparametric MRI Features Identify Aggressive Prostate Cancer at the Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Level, Journal of Urology, July 2018

Yadav, SS, Hackert, V, Yadav, KK*, Tewari AK; Intra-tumor heterogeneity in prostate cancer, Urologic Oncology, Jun 2018 (Corresponding author)

Ashley V Alford AV, Brito III, JM, Yadav KK, Yadav SS, Tewari AK, Renzulli II, J, The use of biomarkers in prostate cancer screening and treatment, Reviews in Urology, 19(4), 2017

Yadav SS, Li J, Jennifer A Stockert, Herzog B, O’Connor J, Garzon-Manco L, Parsons R, Tewari AK, Yadav KK; Induction of neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate cancer cells by Dovitinib (TKI-258) and its therapeutic implications, Translational Oncology, Mar 2017

Yadav SS*, Li J*, Stockert JA, O’Connor J, Herzog B, Elaiho C, Galsky MD, Tewari AK, Yadav KK, Combination effect of therapies targeting the PI3K-mTOR and AR signaling pathways in prostate cancer; Oncotarget, Oct 2016

Christensen, SM, Tu H, Jun J, Alvarez S, Triplet M, Iwig JS, Yadav KK, Bar-Sagi D, Roose JP, Groves JT, One-way membrane trafficking of SOS in receptor-triggered Ras activation, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, July 2016

Yadav KK*, Shameer K*, Readhead B., Yadav SS, Li L, Kasarksis A, Tewari AK* and Dudley JT*, Systems Medicine Strategies to Develop Precision Therapies for Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer, Current Pharmaceutical Design, May 2016.

Yadav SS, Li J, Lavery HJ, Yadav KK*, Tewari AK*, Next-generation sequencing technology in prostate cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and personalized treatment, Urologic Oncology, Mar 2015 (*Co-corresponding authors)

Patgiri A*, Yadav KK*, Arora PS, Bar-Sagi D. An Orthosteric Inhibitor of the Ras-Sos interaction, Nature Chemical Biology, July 2011.

Yadav KK & Bar-Sagi D. Allosteric Gating of Sos activity by the Histone Folds domain, PNAS, Feb 2010.

Tartaglia M, Pennacchio LA, Zhao C, Yadav KK, et al. (Bar-Sagi D, Gelb BD). Gain-of-function SOS1 mutations cause a distinctive form of Noonan syndrome, Nature Genetics, 2007.

Yadav KK, Iyengar L., Birkeland N.K. and Ramanathan G. Transient accumulation of metabolic intermediates of p-Cresol in the culture medium by a Pseudomonas sp strain A isolated from a sewage treatment plant, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2005