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Oral Pathology, Medicine & Radiology

Full-Time Faculty

Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology

Mythily

Mythily Srinivasan, BDS, MDS, PhD
Assistant Professor

In November of 2002 Dr. Mythily Srinivasan joined the faculty of Indiana University School of Dentistry as an Assistant Professor in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, where she serves as the Director of the Cancer Biology and Immunology Laboratory.  After graduating with a BDS from the University of Nagpur, India in 1990, Dr. Srinivasan completed special training at the same university in Oral Pathology and Microbiology.  She has a passion for research and furthered her education by earning a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from The Ohio State University in 2001.  She then served as a Research Associate in Pathology at OSU where her primary responsibilities included developing & implementing molecular diagnostic tests for cutaneous lymphoma using PCR-SSCP & studying the role of antigen-presenting cells in immune tolerance.  Dr. Srinivasan is a published researcher in two broad areas of research:  the role of trace elements in the etiopathogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma & the predictive potential of a panel of biomarkers in oral precancer.  Work for the this second area of research was begun at the Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (India) & completed at OSU.  Additionally, Dr. Srinivasan has a patent pending for Peptide therapy for T-cell mediated immune responses.
 

Contact information:
1121 West Michigan Street
Room 290
Indianapolis, Indiana  46202-5186
Telephone 317 278 9686 (office), 317 278 9687 (laboratory), 317 274 5141 (secretary)
Fax 317 278 3018
mysriniv@iupui.edu

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