Faculty

Medini K Annavajhala, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)

Department: Pediatrics

Graduate Group Affiliations

Cell and Molecular Biology

Contact information

Colket Translational Research Building (CTRB), Room 10010
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-6231

Email:
annavajham@chop.edu

Publications

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Education:
BS
Carnegie Mellon University College of Science, 2011.
MS
Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2014.
PhD
Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2017.

Links
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Annavajhala Laboratory website

Permanent link

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Selected Publications

Nobel YR, Park H, Tillman AM, Seeram D, Moallem DH, Intara A, Nandakumar R, Annavajhala MK, Gomez-Simmonds A, Verna EC, Uhlemann AC.: Fecal Microbiota and Bile Acid Profiles in Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Matched Case-Control Study. Clin Transl Gastroenterol Oct 2025.

Annavajhala MK, Kelley AL, Wen L, Tagliavia M, Moscovitz SZ, Park H, Huang S, Zucker JE, Uhlemann A-C.: Hospital wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 identifies intra-hospital dynamics of viral transmission and evolution. Appl Environ Microbiol Jul 2025.

Miriam A. Snow, Medini K. Annavajhala, Sofia Z. Moscovitz, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Larisa Debelenko : Placental Infection with Different SARS-CoV-2 Variants Leading to Stillbirth: Report of Two Cases. COVID 5(1): 8, Jan 2025.

Medini K. Annavajhala, Kasiani Terzoglou, Todd W. Hokunson, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Angela Gomez-Simmonds: “Hospital Sink Drains and Wastewater Harbor Distinct Yet Overlapping Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Species and Resistance Gene Plasmids” ID Week 2025.

Chellani HH, Human K, Stanciu R, Liu A, Doucette J, Agboglo A, Qin Y, Chern T, Behnam V, Blumenfeld N, Victoriano CM, Ayers AG, Annavajhala MK, Begolo S, Uhlemann AC, Sia SK.: Volumetric, Microfluidic Plasmonic RT-PCR. Small Methods 2025.

Gomez-Simmonds A, Annavajhala MK, Seeram D, Hokunson TW, Park H, Uhlemann AC.: Genomic epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales at a New York City hospital over a 10-year period reveals complex plasmid-clone dynamics and evidence for frequent horizontal transfer of bla (KPC). Genome Res 34: 1895-1907, Nov 2024.

Balamohan A, Annavajhala MK, Boyar V, Chong A, Uhlemann AC, Rubin LG.: Recurrent colonization with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus after successful decolonization in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Oct 2024.

Rubinstein T, Brickman AM, Cheng B, Burkett S, Park H, Annavajhala MK, Uhlemann AC, Andrews H, Gutierrez J, Paster BJ, Noble JM, Papapanou PN.: Periodontitis and brain magnetic resonance imaging markers of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive aging. Alzheimers Dement Mar 2024.

Annavajhala MK, Hokunson TW, Uhlemann A-C, Gomez-Simmonds A: Genomic surveillance of the hospital environment reveals persistence and spread of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria and plasmids across two inpatient units. ASM Microbe 2024, Poster presentation 2024.

Hokunson TW, Hernandez EM, Annavajhala MK, Uhlemann A-C, Gomez-Simmonds A: Genetic factors associated with piperacillin/tazobactam and cefepime resistance in clinical extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales isolates from the intensive care unit. ID Week 2024.