University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Sriram Venneti is a neuropathologist and physician-scientist whose work focuses on understanding the biology of pediatric brain tumors. He is the Al and Robert Glick Family Research Professor of Pediatrics and the Scientific Director of the Chad Tough Pediatric Brain Center at the University of Michigan. He oversees a collaborative scientific research program focusing on the biology of pediatric brain tumors including genomics, metabolomics, immunology, and pre-clinical trials. His laboratory explores the intersection of epigenetics and cancer metabolism in pediatric brain tumors including ependymomas, diffuse midline gliomas/ diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas, and pediatric high-grade gliomas. His body of work has led to establishment of biomarkers to enable the diagnosis and prognostication of ependymomas that have been universally adopted including by the World Health Organization (WHO) classification Of Central Nervous System Tumors. His studies on metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming have been successfully translated to clinical trials. He is the recipient of several awards including the Sidney Kimmel foundation award, Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award, and the Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award.
