Sujatha Srinivasan

Sujatha Srinivasan, PhD, serves as Principal Staff Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center within the Fredricks Lab of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, focusing on microbial community ecology and bacterial pathogen diagnostics.

Educational qualifications:

• PhD in Microbiology, University of New South Wales (2001)
• BS with Honors in Microbiology, University of New South Wales (1994)
• BS in Microbiology/Chemistry/Botany, St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science (1992)

Her research examines bacterial interactions in human health, specializing in cultivation-independent vaginal microbiome analysis, bacterial vaginosis mechanisms, and HIV-1 acquisition risk factors. She develops novel computational tools and bacterial cultivation methods to study uncultivated pathogens and adaptive responses in microbial communities.

Current projects include Kenyan cohort studies on vaginal health/HIV risk, domestication of vaginal bacteria, and computational microbiome frameworks. As a core Fredricks Lab member, her work bridges clinical infectious disease research with microbiome science.

While specific advising roles and grant awards aren't detailed in source materials, her active 2024-2019 research portfolio indicates sustained funding for microbiome and infectious disease investigations.