my latest for the JHU Biomedical odyssey blog - writing about a holiday I love to celebrate!

M.D./Ph.D. student Akshaya Annapragada writes about Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Check out some of her favorite Diwali traditions ⬇️. bit.ly/495a5Dn

Liquid Biopsy for Repeat Elements for Cancer Early Detection and Tissue Localization on the cover of Science Translational Medicine Manuscript from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists (and DELFI co-founders) here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Also today's new report on the high frequency and diagnostic utility of short genomic repeats kmers, outside known cancer driver genes, for detection of many different types of cancer, potentially at early-stage science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Akshaya Annapragada Johns Hopkins Medicine Victor Velculescu

Excited to share work I'm leading in my PhD -- published today on the cover of Science Translational Medicine ! We developed a new approach to look at genome-wide repeat elements (so-called "junk DNA" ) and applied it towards enhanced blood tests for cancer screening. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A #MachineLearning pipeline named ARTEMIS captures how the landscape of repeat genomic sequences shifts in patients with #cancer, and could facilitate earlier detection and monitoring of tumor progression. Akshaya Annapragada Victor Velculescu Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scim.ag/6eX

A #MachineLearning pipeline named ARTEMIS captures how the landscape of repeat genomic sequences shifts in patients with #cancer, and could facilitate earlier detection and monitoring of tumor progression. Science Translational Medicine scim.ag/6jP

very grateful to receive one of the AACR Women in Cancer Research scholar awards tonight!

I had such incredible experiences working with @chrisgolden05 to understand how health and the environment are inextricably linked -- can't believe this photo was almost 7 years ago!

New infographic on lifestyle changes for a healthy heart — part 1 of 5 of our series on heart health in the community, please check back each week for more information! Find the infographic on our website: communityhealthliteracyproject.org/heart-health.

My latest writing for the JHU Biomedical Odyssey Blog!

Full series on heart health in our communities and tips for maintaining a healthy heart is now available at communityhealthliteracyproject.org/heart-health Check out parts 1 -5!

Excited to share some work developing accessible genomic blood tests for ovarian cancer that I am co-leading in my PhD!

AI in healthcare continues to be an important and rapidly evolving topic - check out our factsheet for a simple discussion of text-based generative AI in healthcare communityhealthliteracyproject.org/ai-in-healthca…

Thank you so much for the great opportunity to present today at #BMES2024!

What a surprise from Forbes Under 30! I feel so honored to be included in this group. Many thanks to incredible family, mentors and friends who have supported me along the way and helped make this possible.

From the January issue: Early Detection of #OvarianCancer Using Cell-Free DNA Fragmentomes and Protein Biomarkers brnw.ch/21wQrnm By Jamie Medina, Akshaya Annapragada, Jillian Phallen, Christine Lok, Victor Velculescu and colleagues Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center