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

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, 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 2024.

Iketani S, Mohri H, Culbertson B, Hong SJ, Duan Y, Luck MI, Annavajhala MK, Guo Y, Sheng Z, Uhlemann AC, Goff SP, Sabo Y, Yang H, Chavez A, Ho DD.: Multiple pathways for SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir. Nature Aug 2023.

St John A, Perault AI, Giacometti SI, Sommerfield AG, DuMont AL, Lacey KA, Zheng X, Sproch J, Petzold C, Dancel-Manning K, Gonzalez S, Annavajhala M, Beckford C, Zeitouni N, Liang FX, van Bakel H, Shopsin B, Uhlemann AC, Pironti A, Torres VJ.: Capsular Polysaccharide Is Essential for the Virulence of the Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogen Enterobacter hormaechei. mBio 14: e0259022, Apr 2023.

Link-Gelles R, Levy ME, Natarajan K, Reese SE, Naleway AL, Grannis SJ, Klein NP, DeSilva MB, Ong TC, Gaglani M, Hartmann E, Dickerson M, Stenehjem E, Kharbanda AB, Han J, Spark TL, Irving SA, Dixon BE, Zerbo O, McEvoy CE, Rao S, Raiyani C, Sloan-Aagard C, Patel P, Dascomb K, Uhlemann AC, Dunne MM, Fadel WF, Lewis N, Barron MA, Murthy K, Nanez J, Griggs EP, Grisel N, Annavajhala MK, Akinseye A, Valvi NR, Goddard K, Mamawala M, Arndorfer J, Yang DH, Embí PJ, Fireman B, Ball SW, Tenforde MW.: Estimation of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness and COVID-19 Illness and Severity by Vaccination Status During Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Sublineage Periods. JAMA Netw Open 1(6): e232598, March 2023.

Baldwin-Hunter BL, Rozenberg FD, Annavajhala MK, Park H, DiMango EA, Keating CL, Uhlemann AC, Abrams JA.: The gut microbiome, short chain fatty acids, and related metabolites in cystic fibrosis patients with and without colonic adenomas. J Cyst Fibros 22(4): 738-744, January 2023.