Akhilesh Kaushal

Bioinformatics Scientist

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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akhileshkaushal@gmail.com

14 h-index 52 pubs 703 cited

Research Areas

Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Immune Response and Inflammation Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research T-cell and B-cell Immunology Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

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Akhilesh Kaushal is a Bioinformatics Scientist with expertise in statistical modeling, genomics, and epigenetics. His research focuses on the integrative analysis of multi-omics data, including RNA-seq, methylation, chromatin accessibility, and single-cell technologies. Kaushal has experience in developing reproducible pipelines to support translational research across multiple institutions, including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Emory University, and Baylor College of Medicine.

His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, with recent contributions examining changes in bone marrow tumor and immune cells in relation to CAR T-cell therapy durability in myeloma, and the role of aberrant B cells and immune dysfunction in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. Other research areas include the association between DNA methylation at birth and childhood immunoglobulin E levels, and the epigenetic drivers of acute myeloid leukemia, specifically focusing on the DNMT3B gene and the CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion.

Kaushal's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 14, with 52 total publications and 703 total citations. He actively collaborates with researchers at UAMS, including Samrat Roy Choudhury, Pritam Biswas, Kimberly Stephens, and Jason Farrar, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 52
  • Citations: 703

Selected Publications

  • Methylomic Analysis of Nasal Brushings Reveals Two Subgroups in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (2026) DOI
  • Transcriptional rewiring by enhancer methylation in CBFA2T3-GLIS2–driven pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (2025) DOI
  • Abstract 2281 Epigenetic Drivers and Subtype-Specific Roles of DNMT3B in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (2025) DOI
  • SET-NUP214-induced hypermethylation landscape promotes abnormal overexpression of HOXC cluster genes in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (2024) DOI
  • Abstract 1733: SET-NUP214 rearranges the DNA-methylation landscape to upregulate the HOX-gene cluster in acute myeloid leukemia (2024) DOI
  • Abstract P16: CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion leads to a distinct DNA methylation enhancer landscape in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (2024) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Samrat Roy Choudhury University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 5 shared publications Pritam Biswas University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Kimberly Stephens University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Jason Farrar University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Giselle Almeida Gonzalez University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Arundhati Chavan University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Brian Varisco University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication James Williams University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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