Mustapha, M. M., Srinivasa, V. R.^*, Griffith, M. P., Cho, S.-T., Evans, D. R., Waggle, K., Ezeonwuka, C., Snyder, D. J., Marsh, J. W., Harrison, L. H., Cooper, V. S., & Van Tyne, D. (2021). Genomic diversity of hospital-acquired infections revealed through prospective whole genome sequencing-based surveillance. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.27.466213 

Chen, Y., Lin, H., Cole, M., Morris, A., Martinson, J., Mckay, H., Mimiaga, M., Margolick, J., Fitch, A., Methe, B., Srinivas, V., Peddada, S., & Rinaldo, C. (2021). Signature changes in gut microbiome are associated with increased susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in MSM. Microbiome, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01168-w 

Sundermann, A. J., Chen, J., Kumar, P., Ayres, A. M., Cho, S.-T., Ezeonwuka, C., Griffith, M. P., Miller, J. K., Mustapha, M. M., Pasculle, A. W., Saul, M. I., Shutt, K. A., Srinivasa, V., Waggle, K., Snyder, D. J., Cooper, V. S., Van Tyne, D., Snyder, G. M., Marsh, J. W., … Harrison, L. H. (2021). Whole-genome sequencing surveillance and machine learning of the electronic health record for Enhanced Healthcare Outbreak Detection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab946 

Sundermann AJ, Chen J, Miller JK, Saul MI, Shutt KA, Griffith MP, Mustapha MM, Ezeonwuka C, Waggle K, Srinivasa V, Kumar P, Pasculle AW, Ayres AM, Snyder GM, Cooper VS, Van Tyne D, Marsh JW, Dubrawski AW, Harrison LH. Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections from a Contaminated Gastroscope Detected by Whole Genome Sequencing Surveillance. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 25:ciaa1887. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1887. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33367518. 

Sanyal, A., Rangachar, V. S. and Gupta, P. (2019). TZA, a Sensitive Reporter Cell-based Assay to Accurately and Rapidly Quantify Inducible, Replication-competent Latent HIV-1 from Resting CD4+ T Cells. Bio-protocol 9(10): e3232. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3232. 

Srinivasa, V. R., Hariri, R., Frank, L. R., Kingsley, L., Magee, E., Pokrywka, M., & Yassin, M. H. (2019). Hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection and reservoirs within the hospital environment. American Journal of Infection Control,47(7), 780-785. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.12.013 

K Rath, A B Singh, S Chandan and R S Vatsala. (2016): “Isolation and Characterization of a Biosurfactant Producing Strain pseudomonas aeruginosa SMVIT 1 from Oil Contaminated Soil”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol. 75, pp. 681-686. 

“Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Spread within the Hospital Environment” Presented at University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health as part of Dean’s Day competition. Presented at Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh as part of research day 

“Increasing Hepatitis C Screening Among Injection Drug Users in Allegheny County” Presented at Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), Pittsburgh 

“Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in the neonata intensive care unit: an infection prevention and patient safety challenge” Presented at University of Pittsburgh 

Journal Club Presentations: 

• “Diverse Sources of C. difficile Infection Identified on Whole-Genome Sequencing” (NEJM), UPMC Mercy 

• “Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in the neonatal intensive care unit: an infection prevention and patient safety challenge” (CMI), University of Pittsburgh 

• Reviewer: Article: “Vaccination against HPV in adolescent girls: Mother’s knowledge, attitude, desire and Practice in Nigeria”, University of Pittsburgh 

• “Reducing opioid overdose in adults age 25-55 in Western Pennsylvania” Presented at University of Pittsburgh 

• “Screening and isolation of secondary metabolites from algae” Presented at Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India 

• “Effects of Oil Spill on Marine Ecosystem” Presented at Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India