Aditi Sahu

Aditi Sahu is a senior research scientist who works at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City.[1]

Early research and education

Dr. Sahu received the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship from the Government of India during her undergraduate research. After completing her PhD studies, she joined the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as a postdoctoral researcher.[2]

Current research

Dr. Sahu worked on a diagnostic technology[3] that can image skin cancers deep within the skin through a specialized microscope, which was designed by her supervising engineer in collaboration with Dr. Milind Rajadhyaksha.[4] Her work on tumor microenvironments in skin cancers was published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.[5]

Her research on optical coherence tomography has been published in the Journal of Nuclear Imaging and JAMA Dermatology.[6][7]

In 2025, she released an academic journal focusing on optical super-high magnification and in vivo vascular biology imaging, however the species and age of her living, breathing test subjects are not disclosed.[8]

Sahu is a reviewer for several international publications, journals, and grant agencies. She is also a faculty member for scientific courses that train researchers and doctors in confocal imaging.[9] In 2019 and 2021, projects for which she was principal investigator received Dermatology Fellowship awards from the Melanoma Research Alliance.[10][11] She was awarded the Ashley Trenner Research Grant Award by the Skin Cancer Foundation, USA, in October 2022.[12]

Awards

Her research at MSK was recognized by the Society of Optics and Photonics and was awarded Best Translational Research at SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Francisco.[13] In 2018 and 2025, she earned a full scholarship for the Women in Photonics Workshop in Germany, organized by IPHT Jena.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Synapse - Aditi Kamlesh Sahu". Synapse.mskcc.org.
  2. ^ "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center". www.mskcc.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. ^ "Lighting up Melanoma (One Cell at a Time)". Cancerhealth.com. June 3, 2020.
  4. ^ Petrou, Ilya (August 6, 2019). "Imaging evolves to guide Mohs surgery". Dermatologytimes.com. Dermatology Times, August 2019 (Vol. 40, No. 8). 40.
  5. ^ Sahu, Aditi; Kose, Kivanc; Kraehenbuehl, Lukas; Byers, Candice; Holland, Aliya; Tembo, Teguru; Santella, Anthony; Alfonso, Anabel; Li, Madison; Cordova, Miguel; Gill, Melissa; Fox, Christi; Gonzalez, Salvador; Kumar, Piyush; Wang, Amber Weiching (2022-09-09). "In vivo tumor immune microenvironment phenotypes correlate with inflammation and vasculature to predict immunotherapy response". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 5312. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.5312S. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32738-7. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9463451. PMID 36085288. S2CID 252181707.
  6. ^ Iftimia, Nicusor; Yélamos, Oriol; Chen, Chih-Shan J.; Maguluri, Gopi; Cordova, Miguel A.; Sahu, Aditi; Park, Jesung; Fox, William; Alessi-Fox, Christi; Rajadhyaksha, Milind (2017). "Handheld optical coherence tomography–reflectance confocal microscopy probe for detection of basal cell carcinoma and delineation of margins". Journal of Biomedical Optics. 22 (7) 076006. Bibcode:2017JBO....22g6006I. doi:10.1117/1.JBO.22.7.076006. PMC 5995139. PMID 28697233.
  7. ^ Sahu, Aditi; Cordero, Jose; Wu, Xiancheng; Kossatz, Susanne; Harris, Ucalene; Franca, Paula Demetrio Desouza; Kurtansky, Nicholas R.; Everett, Niasia; Dusza, Stephen; Monnier, Jilliana; Kumar, Piyush; Alessi-Fox, Christi; Brand, Christian; Roberts, Sheryl; Kose, Kivanc; Phillip, William; Lee, Erica; Chen, Chih-Shan Jason; Rossi, Anthony; Nehal, Kishwer; Pulitzer, Melissa; Longo, Caterina; Halpern, Allan; Reiner, Thomas; Rajadhyaksha, Milind; Jain, Manu (October 1, 2021). "Combined PARP1-targeted nuclear contrast and reflectance contrast enhances confocal microscopic detection of basal cell carcinoma". Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 63 (6): 912–918. doi:10.2967/jnumed.121.262600. PMC 9157717. PMID 34649941. S2CID 238989916 – via Jnm.snmjournals.org.
  8. ^ Marghoob; Cordova; Sahu (August 2025). "Optical Super-High Magnification Dermoscopy vs. Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: A Practical Approach to In Vivo Vascular Biology Imaging". Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  9. ^ "3rd Annual Basic Course in Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Skin Cancer - MSK CME - Continuing Education (CE)". Mskcc.cloud-cme.com.
  10. ^ Stucker, Babs (15 October 2020). "Dermatology Fellow Awards". Mrareportsong.wpengine.com.
  11. ^ "MRA Research Grant Awards - Melanoma Research Alliance". www.curemelanoma.org. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  12. ^ "The Skin Cancer Foundation Awards $125,000 in Research Grants". The Skin Cancer Foundation. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  13. ^ Hasan, Muzaffar. "Biotech Express March 2019 Digital Issue (1)". Academia.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  14. ^ Leibniz-IPHT (2025-06-11). Recap of Women in Photonics 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via YouTube.