Akhilesh Kaushal

Bioinformatics Scientist

UAMS

Also affiliated: Emory University (2019–2023); Baylor College of Medicine (2018–2020); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Winship Cancer Institute (2022); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2024–2025); University of Memphis (2015–2018)

15 h-index 72 pubs 823 cited

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Akhilesh Kaushal's research centers on integrative multi-omics analysis, encompassing genomics and epigenetics. He has published work investigating changes in DNA methylation across different life stages, including pre- to post-adolescence and in relation to maternal exposures during pregnancy. His studies also explore the role of immune cells and tumor microenvironments in cancer treatment outcomes, particularly in the context of CAR T-cell therapy for myeloma and T-cell infiltration in pediatric glioma and leukemia.

Kaushal has expertise in developing reproducible computational pipelines to support translational research. His work has been conducted at institutions including UAMS, Emory, and Baylor. He has a h-index of 14, with 73 total publications and 754 total citations. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Samrat Roy Choudhury, Pritam Biswas, Jason E. Farrar, and Kimberly Stephens.

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h-index: 15
Publications: 72
Citations: 823

Positions

Bioinformatics Scientist 2022–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pediatric Hematology ORCID
Post doc fellow 2019–2022

Emory University School of Medicine ORCID
Postdoc Associate 2017–2019

Baylor College of Medicine Center for Precision Environmental Health ORCID
Research Assistant 2006–2017

University of Memphis ORCID

Selected Publications

Methylomic Analysis of Nasal Brushings Reveals Two Subgroups in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (2026)

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Bayesian Multi-View Graph Convolutional Network (BMGCN) for Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis with Survival Outcomes and Zero-Inflated Data (2025)

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Transcriptional rewiring by enhancer methylation in CBFA2T3-GLIS2–driven pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (2025)

Genes & Diseases 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Abstract 2281 Epigenetic Drivers and Subtype-Specific Roles of DNMT3B in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (2025)

Journal of Biological Chemistry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
SET-NUP214-induced hypermethylation landscape promotes abnormal overexpression of HOXC cluster genes in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (2024)

Genes & Diseases 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Abstract 1733: SET-NUP214 rearranges the DNA-methylation landscape to upregulate the HOX-gene cluster in acute myeloid leukemia (2024)

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Abstract P16: CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion leads to a distinct DNA methylation enhancer landscape in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (2024)

Blood Cancer Discovery 1 citation DOI OpenAlex