Kamlesh Yadav, PhD

Dr. Kamlesh Yadav is an accomplished educator and academic leader with more than 20 years of experience in research, medical education, curriculum innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. As Chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNC COM), Dr. Yadav is dedicated to advancing osteopathic medical education through innovative active-learning pedagogies, integrated curriculum design, faculty development, and student-led research.

Previously, Dr. Yadav helped design and deliver preclinical curriculum blending engineering and medicine at the School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University. He led and taught core courses in biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, oncology, and evidence-based medicine, and pioneered the use of AI, flipped classrooms, and team-based learning.

Dr. Yadav earned an M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the NYU School of Medicine, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His work spans microbiology, translational oncology, genomics, and digital health, with funding from federal and industry sources and 40+ publications in high-impact journals. With a strong record in research, leadership, innovative teaching, and mentoring, he is committed to preparing the next generation of osteopathic physicians and advancing UNC COM’s mission in education and research.

Master of Science | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Master of Technology | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Doctor of Philosophy | New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Sivarajkumar S, Roy R, Tandale P, Bhardwaj A, Johnson KW, Titus A, Glicksberg BS, Khader S*, Yadav KK*, Subramanian S*; Generation of a Compendium of Transcription Factor Cascades and Identification of Potential Therapeutic Targets using Graph Machine Learning; Genes, 2025

Roy R, Marakkar S, Vayalil MP, Shahanaz A, Anil AP, Kunnathpeedikayil S, Rawal I, Shetty K, Shameer Z, Sathees S, Prasannakumar AP, Mathew OK, Subramanian L, Shameer K*, Yadav KK*. Drug-food Interactions in the Era of Molecular Big Data, Machine Intelligence, and Personalized Health, Recent Adv Food Nutr Agric. 2022

Koyilot MC, Natarajan P, Hunt CR, Sivarajkumar S, Roy R, Joglekar S, Pandita S, Tong CW, Marakkar S, Subramanian L, Yadav SS, Cherian AV, Pandita TK*, Shameer K*, Yadav KK*, Breakthroughs and Applications of Organ-on-a-Chip Technology, Cells, 2022

Li Y, Sears NA, Murray IVJ, and Yadav KK (2021) Rethinking Teaching Team-based Learning: The Challenges and Strategies for Medical Education in a Pandemic. AERA Open. 2021.

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

Murillo OD, (et al), Yadav KK, (et al), Milosavljevic A; ExRNA Atlas analysis reveals distinct extracellular RNA cargo types present across human biofluids, Cell, 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 identifies factors driving racial disparity in prostate cancer, Cancer Reports Nov 2018

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

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

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. (*equal contribution)

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

Faculty Development Travel Award, Office of Professional Development, TAMU, IAMSE, Calgary, Canada [2025]

Shri Gopal Rajgarhia International Program (SGRIP) award to visit IIT Kharagpur, India as international visiting faculty [2025]

Travel award, EnMed, American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting, Denver, Colorado [2024]

Faculty Development Award, Office of Professional Development for Southern Group on Education Affairs (SGEA) Conference, Houston [2024]

Faculty Development Travel award, Office of Professional Development Team Based Learning Consortium (TBLC) annual conference, McKinney, TX [2024]

Generative AI Learning Community (Center for Teaching Excellence, TAMU) [2024]

APT to Lead program, Texas A&M University [2024]

Nominated Member of Sigma Xi, The scientific research honor society [2024]

Faculty Development Award to attend Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Educators in Health Professions [2021]

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Learn, Serve, Lead Annual Meeting [2020]

Fundamentals Certificate training from the Team Based Learning Consortium (TBLC) [2020]

Early Career Investigators Workshop held by the AUA, Linthicum, MD 2016 Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award [2014]

EpiWorkshop (Cornell University, NY) for genomic-data analysis using Unix [2013]

PARTEKTM genomic data analysis workshop [2012]

Department of Defense PCRP Postdoctoral Training Award [2012]

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 [2009]

Banaras Hindu University Gold medal for outstanding scholar in Master of Science program [2001]

Prof Kanungo Gold medal for outstanding Biochemistry and Molecular Biology student [2001]

National Eligibility Test (NET) – Center for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Junior Research Fellowship [2000]

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (98.10 percentile) [2000]

Education Directorate Scholarship, Government of West Bengal, India [2000]

Eastern Coalfields Limited Scholarship [1996]