Contact
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- Kandi Grimes
- grimesk@uthscsa.edu
- 210-567-4930
Programs
Departments & Divisions
Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Currently seeking M.S. & Ph.D. students
Subspecialties: I developed the LIFR inhibitor EC359 for targeted therapy in ECa and specialize in therapy resistance, and drug development for women cancers.
Dr. Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli earned her Doctorate in Reproductive Toxicology from the University of Rajasthan, India, in 2007. Following this, she pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia, where she focused on the genetic causes of infertility and endocrine disorders. She further expanded her expertise with a second postdoctoral fellowship at UT Health, specializing in hormonal carcinogenesis, therapy resistance, and drug development using endometrial, breast, and ovarian cancer models.
In 2018, Dr. Viswanadhapalli was appointed as a Research Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UT Health San Antonio. She now serves as an Assistant Professor, focusing her research on the development, characterization, and validation of new therapies for women's cancers. Her current research interests include developing small molecules targeting novel oncogenes, elucidating the mechanisms of action of new drugs, utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 screens, studying mechanisms of therapy resistance, and creating preclinical models of cancer progression, such as patient-derived explants (PDeX), organoids (PDO’s), and xenografts (PDX).
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Professional Background
Education
- 2007 - Doctor of Philosophy - Science (Reproductive Toxicology) - The University of Rajathan
- 2001 - Master of Philoshophy - Reproductive Endocrinology and Toxicology - Pondicherry University
- 2000 - Master of Science - Zoology - Pondicherry University
- 1998 - Bachelor of Science - Zoology - Pondicherry University
Appointments
- 2018 - 2019 - Assistant Professor/Research - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2018 - 2018 - Instructor/Research - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2015 - 2018 - Obstetrics and Gynecology Post-Doctoral Fellow - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2011 - 2015 - Medical Post-Doctoral Fellow - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2008 - 2011 - Post-Doctoral Fellow - The University of Virginia
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Instruction & Training
- 2015 - 2018, Cancer Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2011 - 2015, Endocrinology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 2008 - 2011, Reproductive Biology, University of Virginia
- 2006 - 2007, Molecular Biology, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology