Sreelatha Meleth, MS PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine
Co-Director
BBSF
Contact Information:
Medical Towers 641
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: 205-934-1709
Fax: 205-934-4262
dhanya@uab.edu
Research Interests
Methodology Development for 2D gel and other Proteomic Data
Missing Data Imputation
Identifying cut offs for continuous biomarkers
Measure Development-Empowerment Models
Educational Background
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, PhD-Applied Statistics 2001
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama MS-Applied Statistics 2001
University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada MS - Community Health and Epidemiology 1995
Annamalai University, India MA-English Literature 1993
Bombay University, India BS-Math and Physics1979
Professional Activities
ENAR
JASA
Selected Recent Publications
Meleth S, Dahlgren LS, Sankaran R, Sankaran K. Vaccination Status of Infants Discharged from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Can Med Assoc J 153(4), August 15, 1995.
Meleth S, Sentilselvan A. Seasonal Patterns in Asthma Hospitalization in Saskatchewan. Can Respir J 4(5) 1997.
Straughn Jr., JM, Richter HE, Connor MG, Meleth S, Barnes MN. Predictors of Outcome in Small Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix-A Case Series. Gynecological Oncology 83(2):216-220, 2001.
Nagy TR, Krzywanski D, Li J, Meleth S, Desmond R. Effect of Group vs. Single Housing on Phenotypic Variance in C57BL/6J Mice. Obesity Research 10:412-415, 2002.
Trask S, Derdeyn C, Fideli U, Chen Y, Meleth S, Kasolo F, Musonda R, Hunter E, Gao F, Allen S, Hahn B. Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 Transmission in a Heterosexual Cohort of Discordant Couples in Zambia. Journal of Virology 76:397-405, 2002.
Santiago ML, Rodenburg CM, Kamenya S, Bibollet-Ruche F, Gao F, Bailes E, Meleth S, Soong S-J, Kilby JM, Moldoveanu Z, Fahey B, Muller MN, Ayouba A, Nerrienet E, Mcclure HM, Heeney JL, Pusey AE, Collins DA, Boesch C, Wrangham RW, Goodall J, Sharp PM, Shaw GM, Hahn BH. Sivcpz in Wild Chimpanzees. Science 295: 465, January 18, 2002.
Tang J, Wilson CM, Meleth S, Myracle A, Lobashevsky E, Mulligan MJ, Douglas SD, Korber B, Vermund SH, Kaslow RA. Host Genetic Profiles Predict Virological and Immunological Control of HIV-1 Infection in Adolescents. AIDS 16: 2275-2289, 2002.
Ling B, Santiago ML, Meleth S, Gormus B, Mcclure H, Apetrei C, Hahn BH, Marx PA. Non-Invasive Detection of New Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Lineages in Captive Sooty Mangabeys: Ability to Amplify Virion RNA from Fecal Samples Correlates with Viral Load in Plasma. Journal of Virology 77(3):2214-2226, February 2003.
Manne U, Jhala N, Jones J, Weiss H, Chatla C, Meleth S, Suarez-Cuervo C, Grizzle W. Prognostic Significance of the P27kip-1 Expression in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma is Associated with Tumor Stage. Clinical Cancer Research 10 (5):1743-1752, March 2004.
Ponnazhagan S, Mahendra G, Kumar S, Shaw DR, Stockard CR, Grizzle WE, Meleth S. Adeno-Associated Virus 2-Mediated Anti-Angiogenic Cancer Gene Therapy: Long-Term Efficacy of a Vector Encoding Angiostatin and Endostatin over Vectors Encoding a Single Factor. Cancer Research 64 (5):1781-1787, March 1, 2004.
Awards
Science Unbound Foundation's award for Best 2005 Paper by a UAB based investigator in the area of general statistics
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center John R. Durant Award for Excellence in Cancer Research. October 27, 2003, Third Place, Junior Faculty Category
Mu Sigma Rho Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Statistics. Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, University of Alabama, April 20, 2001.
