Priyadarshi Sahu

Dr. Sahu, a seasoned Medical Microbiologist and Immunologist, boasts an extensive background in academia, research, clinical laboratory services, and consultancy. His impressive academic journey includes securing a Gold Medal in Master’s (Microbiology) and earning a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the esteemed Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Pondicherry, India.

Upon relocating to the USA, Dr. Sahu embarked on a post-doctoral research position in a neuroimmunology laboratory at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His expertise extends to high-security containment facilities, where he is certified by the Division of Select Agents and Toxins at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, USA.

Throughout his career, Dr. Sahu has held various academic positions in different countries across Asia and the Americas. Currently serving as a full-time professor at the Medical University of the Americas in Nevis (Caribbean), he is primarily associated with the Microbiology and Immunology department. Committed to fostering inclusive excellence, diversity, and equity, Dr. Sahu is dedicated to advancing these principles in his research, teaching, and service endeavors.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Microbiology (Faculty of Medicine) – Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India.
• Basic Teaching Licensing Certification in Medical Education (Awarded by the International Medical University, Malaysia).
• Postdoctoral Fellowship – South Texas Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, USA.
• Visiting Fellowship – Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

• Neuroimmunology
• Infectious diseases
• Tropical parasitic diseases
• Diagnostic development
• Infectious disease epidemiology
• Global health

• Recipient of the “Springer-Parija South-East Asia Award of the Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (IATP)” for 2023 for excellence in research in tropical medicine and infectious diseases.
• The American Society of Microbiology (ASM) designated Dr. Sahu as its Country Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis.
• Received an award: Best Showcase at the E-learning Festival.
• Awarded for the Best E-learning Project – Virtual Medical Museum (Group category).

• Kumar, S., Pattnaik, R., Subhadra, S., & Sahu, P. S. (2023). Countering Dengue infection in Bangladesh in the backdrop of current outbreak. New Microbes and New Infections, 55.
• Jada, S. K., Jayakumar, K., Sahu, P. S., Raman, V., & Gopalraj, S. (2023). Prevalence of Taenia solium taenaisis in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu (India): A cross-sectional study. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 13(5), 960-966. DOI: 10.5455/njppp.2023.13.09581202227092022
• Stelzle D, Abraham A, Kaminski M, Schmidt V, De Meijere R, Bustos JA, Garcia HH, Sahu PS, Bobić B, Cretu C, Chiodini P, Dermauw V, Devleesschauwer B, Dorny P, Fonseca A, Gabriël S, Morales MÁG, Laranjo-González M, Hoerauf A, Hunter E, Jambou R, Jurhar-Pavlova M, Reiter-Owona I, Sotiraki S, Trevisan C, Vilhena M, Walker NF, Zammarchi L, Winkler AS. Clinical characteristics and management of neurocysticercosis patients: a retrospective assessment of case reports from Europe. J Travel Med. 2023 Feb 18;30(1):taac102. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac102. Erratum in: J Travel Med. 2023 Jan 24;: PMID: 36222148. [Impact factor 39]
•  Sahu PS, Katwala J. Pathogenesis of Fungal Infections in the Central Nervous System: Host and Pathogen Factors in Neurotropism. Current Fungal Infection Reports, 2022; Volume 16, Issue 4. Invited Article – part of the topical collection on Clinical Pathology; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12281-022-00444-y.
• George C, Sahu PS. Public Health Impact of Social Comparison on Body Image Concerning Cognitive Processing and Disordered Eating: A Systematic Review. Public H Open Acc 2022, 6(2): 000210. doi: 10.23880/phoa-16000210. (First published online on 1 Sep 2022)
• Abraham A, Bustos JA, Carabin H, De Meijere R, Sahu PS, Rajshekhar V, Singh G, White C, Chiodini P, Gabriel S, Homeida M, Nash T, Ngowi B, Zhou XN, Coyle C, Garcia HH, Winkler AS. The effectiveness of anti-inflammatory and anti-epileptic medication for individuals with single enhancing lesion neurocysticercosis: a meta-analysis and expert group-based consensus recommendations. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 (Provisionally accepted).
• Ho JY, Yeo BS, Yang XL, Thirugnanam T, Muhammad FH, Jacob PS, Sahu PS. Local and Systemic Expression Profile of IL-10, IL-17, IL-27, IL-35 and IL-37 in Periodontal Diseases: A Cross Sectional Study. The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice, 2021 (Provisionally accepted).
• Shrivastava AK, Panda S, Kumar S, Sahu PS. Two novel genomic DNA sequences as common diagnostic targets to detect Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum: Development of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays, and clinical evaluation. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020 Jul-Dec;38(3 & 4):430-439. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_114. PMID: 33154258.
• Shrivastava AK, Mohakud NK, Panda S, Patra SD, Kumar S, Sahu PS. Major enteropathogens in humans, domestic animals, and environmental soil samples from the same locality: prevalence and transmission considerations in coastal Odisha, India. Epidemiol Health. 2020;42:e2020034. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2020034. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 32512665; PMCID: PMC7644938.
• Abraham A, Schmidt V, Kaminski M, Stelzle D, De Meijere R, Bustos J, Sahu PS, Garcia HH, Bobić B, Cretu C, Chiodini P, Deksne G, Dermauw V, Devleesschauwer B, Dorny P, Fonseca A, Gabriël S, Gómez-Morales MA, Kucsera I, Laranjo-González M, Trevisan C, Vilhena M, Walker NF, Zammarchi L, Winkler AS. Epidemiology and surveillance of human (neuro)cysticercosis in Europe: is enhanced surveillance required? Trop Med Int Health. 2020 May;25(5):566-578. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13384. Epub 2020 Mar 20. PMID: 32083787.
• Mahakud N, Patra SD, Kumar S, Sahu PS, Shrivastava AK. Detection and molecular typing of Campylobacter isolates from human and animal faeces in coastal belt of Odisha, India. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2019 Jul-Sep;37(3):345-350. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_19_394.
• Shrivastava AK, Reddy NS, Giri S, Sahu PS, Das M, Mohakud NK, Das RR. Burden and Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus Causing Diarrhea among Under-Five Children: A Hospital-based Study from Eastern India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2019 Oct-Dec;11(4):147-152. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_16_19.
• Bhattamisra SK, Kuean CH, Chieh LB, Yan VLY, Lee CK, Hooi LP, Shyan LP, Khoon LY, Candasamy M, Sahu PS. Effect of geraniol and clarithromycin combination against gastric ulcers induced by acetic acid and Helicobacter pylori in rats. Pharmacognosy Research, 2019; 11(4): 356-362.
• Mishra S, Mohanty DP, Sahu PS, Mohapatra S. Prebiotics and synbiotics: Recent concepts in nutrition. Food Bioscience. 26., 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2018.10.008.
• Bhattamisra SK, Kuean CH, Chieh LB, Yan VLY, Lee CK, Hooi LP, Shyan LP, Khoon LY, Candasamy M, Sahu PS. Protective activity of geraniol against acetic acid and Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric ulcers in rats. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2018; Jul 10;9(3):206-214; doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2018.05.001.
• Bhattamisra SK, Kuean CH, Chieh LB, Yan VLY, Lee CK, Hooi LP, Shyan LP, Khoon LY, Candasamy M, Sahu PS. Antibacterial Activity of Geraniol in Combination with Standard Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori. Natural Product Communications. 2018; 13(7): 791-793.
• Sheshala R, Quah SY, Tan GC, Meka VS, Jnanendrappa N, Sahu PS. Investigation on solution-to-gel characteristic of thermosensitive and mucoadhesive biopolymers for the development of moxifloxacin loaded sustained release periodontal in situ gels. Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-018-0488-6.
• Shrivastava AK, Mohakud NK, Kumar S, Sahu PS. Enteropathogen profile in humans and domestic animals in coastal district of Odisha, India: Possible zoonotic transmission and concerns. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017; 97 (5), 140-140.
• Shrivastava AK, Reddy NS, Giri S, Sahu PS, Das M, Mohakud NK, Das RR. Burden and Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus Causing Diarrhea among Under-Five Children: A Hospital-based Study from Eastern India. J Glob Infect Dis. 2019 Oct-Dec;11(4):147-152. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_16_19.
• Bhattamisra SK, Kuean CH, Chieh LB, Yan VLY, Lee CK, Hooi LP, Shyan LP, Khoon LY, Candasamy M, Sahu PS. Effect of geraniol and clarithromycin combination against gastric ulcers induced by acetic acid and Helicobacter pylori in rats. Pharmacognosy Research, 2019; 11(4): 356-362.
• Mishra S, Mohanty DP, Sahu PS, Mohapatra S. Prebiotics and synbiotics: Recent concepts in nutrition. Food Bioscience. 26., 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2018.10.008.
• Bhattamisra SK, Kuean CH, Chieh LB, Yan VLY, Lee CK, Hooi LP, Shyan LP, Khoon LY, Candasamy M, Sahu PS. Protective activity of geraniol against acetic acid and Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric ulcers in rats. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, 2018; Jul 10;9(3):206-214; doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2018.05.001.
• Bhattamisra SK, Kuean CH, Chieh LB, Yan VLY, Lee CK, Hooi LP, Shyan LP, Khoon LY, Candasamy M, Sahu PS. Antibacterial Activity of Geraniol in Combination with Standard Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori. Natural Product Communications. 2018; 13(7): 791-793.
• Sheshala R, Quah SY, Tan GC, Meka VS, Jnanendrappa N, Sahu PS. Investigation on solution-to-gel characteristic of thermosensitive and mucoadhesive biopolymers for the development of moxifloxacin loaded sustained release periodontal in situ gels. Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-018-0488-6.
• Shrivastava AK, Mohakud NK, Kumar S, Sahu PS. Enteropathogen profile in humans and domestic animals in coastal district of Odisha, India: Possible zoonotic transmission and concerns. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017; 97 (5), 140-140. record based study. International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health, 2016; 20(3): 1-10.
• Jada S, Jayakumar K, Sahu PS, Raja. Incidence of intestinal parasitic infestation and anemia among school children in Ammapettai. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. 2016; 7 (11): 14312-14316. 
• Pappala BC, Indugula JP, Talabhatula SK, Kolli RS, Shrivastava AK, Sahu PS. Diagnosis of Neurocysticercosis among Patients with Seizures in Northern Coastal Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2016, 6(11): 903–908. 26.
• Selvaretnam A, Sahu PS, Sahu M, Ambu S. A Review of Concurrent Infections of Malaria and Dengue in Asia. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2016; 6(7): 633–638.
• Sahu PS, Romano N, Lim YAL, Rohela M. Serological evidence of possible Taenia solium larval infection in Orang Asli communities of Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 2016; 33(1): 170-179.
• Jada S, Jayakumar K, Sahu PS, Prabakaran E, Subramanian VA. Serological study of Cysticercosis in Tribal population of rural Kancheepuram. Journal of International Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016; 9(1): 1-6
• Sahu PS. Molecular Methods for the Pathogen Identification and Resistance Pattern Studies in the Surveillance of Infectious Endophthalmitis (Mini Review–cum-View Point). Journal of Research Help, 2015, 1(9):
• Sahu PS, Ito A. Solitary Cysticercosis in Eye: Literature review and a hypothesis on transmission of infection. Journal of Ocular Diseases and Therapeutics, 2015; 3(1):13-19 (Invited article)– doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12974/2309-6136.2015.03.01.3.
• Mohanty DP, Mohapatra S, Mishra S, Sahu PS. Production, purification of bioactive peptides isolated from milk and its impact on human health- A Review. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2015 – doi: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.06.005 [2.820]
• Daniels ME, Shrivastava A, Smith WA, Sahu PS, Odagiri M, Misra PR, Panigrahi P, Suar M, Clasen T, Jenkins MW. Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Humans, Domestic Animals, and Village Water Sources in Rural India. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015; Published online June 29, 2015, doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0111.
• Sahu PS, Patro S, Jena PK, Swain SK, Das BK. Imaging and serological-evidence of Neurocysticercosis among patients with seizures in Odisha, an Unexplored Eastern Coastal Province in India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 May, Vol-9(5): DC6-10.
• Sahu P.S., Parija SC., Sahu P.K. Diagnosis of Cysticercosis in Eye and Treatment Follow-up of Extra Ocular forms by Serum IgG-ELISA. International Journal of Ophthalmic Pathology, 2015; 4:1 
• Sahu PS, Parija SC, Kumar D, Jayachandran S, Narayan S. Comparative profile of circulating antigenic peptides in CSF, serum and urine from neurocysticercosis patients diagnosed by immunoblotting. Parasite Immunol. 2014 Oct;36(10):509-21.
• Daniels ME, Miller WA, Shrivastava A, Sahu PS, Odagiri M, Jenkins MW. Factors associated with Giardia in humans and animals residing in rural and urban areas of coastal Odisha, India and environmental loading estimates from animals. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2014; 91(5) (Supplement):537.
• Jada S.K., Jayakumar K., Sahu PS and Vinoth R. Faecolith Examinations for Spectrum of Parasitic Association in appendicitis. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, May 2014; 8(5): 16-18.
• Sahu PS, Seepana J, Padela S, Sahu AK, Subbarayudu S, Barua A. Neurocysticercosis in Children Presenting with Afebrile Seizure: Clinical Profile, Imaging, and Serodiagnosis. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo. May-June 2014; 56(3): 253-258.

• Neuro-infections, inflammation and pathology 
• Diseases of poverty and neglected tropical infectious diseases including cysticercosis/neurocysticercosis
• Infectious disease epidemiology and global health
• Diagnostic development and microbial source tracking

Dr. Sahu has received invitations as a guest speaker, keynote speaker, and distinguished speaker at numerous medical and scientific conferences, both national and international. Additionally, he has served as a chair for scientific sessions and symposia.

Events featuring Dr. Sahu include;

• The 17th annual congress of the Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology (TROPACON 2023), hosted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in India (October 2023), featured an award oration.
• An international webinar on ‘Opportunities and Research Trends in Biotechnology’: His talk about ‘Advancement in Biomedical Science: Diagnostic Research, Career Opportunities & Prospects’ was webcasted.
• Congress of the Central American and Caribbean Association of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine in St. Kitts & Nevis (2019).
• Himalayan Cysticercosis Conference in Nepal (2018).
• International Conference of Health Science in Thailand (2018).
• International Congress of Parasitology in South Korea (2018).
• International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Thailand (2018).
• WHO-WPO collaborative explorative meeting in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the Neurology Society of the Philippines in the Philippines (2017).
• Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting, and Food-and Water-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses in Thailand (2014).
• International Conference on Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases in Malaysia (2012).
• Annual Conference of the Indian Public Health Association in India (2012).

Dr. Sahu has been presenting his research data in many more scientific and/or medical conferences (not listed here).

Dr. Sahu has been associated with many international research networks, associations and/or scientific societies. He is recognized as an expert in the field of Neglected tropical diseases (cysticercosis) by the World Health Organization (Western Pacific Region).