Tejas S. Athni

Harvard Medical School

Meet Tejas

Tejas Athni is an MD-PhD candidate at Harvard Medical School. Originally from Macon, Georgia, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University in 2022 with an MS in Epidemiology, BA in Political Science, and BS in Biology, with honors and distinction.

Tejas has been published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is a recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship, Stephen Fox Award, Coca-Cola Scholarship, Neuroscience Research Prize from the American Academy of Neurology, and American Statistical Association Award from the International Science & Engineering Fair. He has presented his research at public speaking venues such as TEDxPeachtree.

Previously, Tejas was a member of the Mordecai Lab (Stanford), the Benjamin-Chung Lab (Stanford Medicine), the Rohatgi Lab (Stanford Medicine), and the Joshee Lab (Fort Valley State University).

In his free time, Tejas enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, running, calisthenics, and being outdoors.

Research 

 

Temperature dependence of mosquitoes: comparing mechanistic and machine learning approaches

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024
Athni TS, Childs ML, Glidden CK, Mordecai EA
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012488

 

Estimating community-wide indirect effects of influenza vaccination: triangulation using mathematical models and bias analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024
Arinaminpathy N, Reed C, Biggerstaff M, Nguyen AT, Athni TS, Arnold BF, Hubbard A, Reingold A, Benjamin-Chung J
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae365

 

Species distribution modeling for disease ecology: a multi-scale case study for schistosomiasis host snails in Brazil  

PLOS Global Public Health, 2024
Singleton AL, Glidden CK, Chamberlin AJ, Tuan R, Palasio RGS, Pinter A, Caldeira RL, Mendonca CLF, Carvalho OS, Monteiro MV, Athni TS, Sokolow SH, Mordecai EA, De Leo GA
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002224

 

Climate and urbanization drive changes in the habitat suitability of Schistosoma mansoni competent snails in Brazil

Nature Communications, 2024
Glidden CK, Singleton AL, Chamberlin A, Tuan R, Palasio RGS, Caldeira RL, Monteiro AMV, Lwiza KM, Liu P, Silva V, Athni TS, Sokolow SH, Mordecai EA, De Leo GA
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48335-9

 

Re-assessing thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission risk: evidence for a higher thermal optimum than previously predicted

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024
Aslan IH, Pourtois JD, Chamberlin AJ, Mitchell KR, Mari L, Lwiza KM, Wood CL, Mordecai EA, Yu A, Tuan R, Palasio RGS, Monteiro AMV, Kirk D, Athni TS, Sokolow SH, N’Goran EK, Diakite NR, Ouattara M, Gatto M, Casagrandi R, Little DC, Ozretich RW, Norman R, Allan F, Brierley AS, Liu P, Pereira TA, De Leo GA
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011836

 

Influence of hydrometeorological risk factors on child diarrhea and enteropathogens in rural Bangladesh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024
Grembi JA, Nguyen AT, Riviere M, Heitmann GB, Patil A, Athni TS, Djajadi S, Ercumen A, Lin A, Crider Y, Mertens A, Karim MA, Islam MO, Miah R, Famida SL, Hossen MS, Mutsuddi P, Ali S, Rahman MZ, Hussain Z, Shoab AK, Haque R, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Arnold BF, Bennett A, Benjamin-Chung J
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012157

 

Systematic evaluation of Merkel cell carcinoma clinical practice guidelines using the Agree II instrument

Archives of Dermatologic Research, 2024
Lakshmipathy D, Fritz C, Harris J, Athni T, Go B, Moreira A, Giordano C, Rajasekaran K
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-024-02853-0

 

Influence of Temperature and Precipitation on the Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation, and Handwashing Interventions against Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Rural Bangladesh: A Reanalysis of the WASH Benefits Bangladesh Trial

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2024
Nguyen AT, Grembi JA, Riviere M, Heitmann GB, Hutson WD, Athni TS, Patil A, Ercumen A, Lin A, Crider Y, Mertens A, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Luby SP, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J
DOI: 10.1289/EHP13807

 

Neoadjuvant therapy to improve resectability of advanced thyroid cancer: A real-world experience

Head & Neck, 2024
Russell MD, Gild ML, Wirth LJ, Robinson B, Karcioglu AS, Iwata AJ, Athni TS, Ahmed AHA, Randolph GW
DOI: 10.1002/hed.27735

 

Recovery of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Function With Neoadjuvant Treatment: Neural Characterization

The Laryngoscope, 2024
Russell MD, Ahmed AHA, Feng Z, Shonka DC, Karcioglu AS, Iwata AJ, Kyriazidis N, Siddiqui SH, Athni TS, Park JC, Wirth LJ, Zafereo ME, Randolph GW
DOI: 10.1002/lary.31304

 

Mapping the global neurosurgery workforce. Part 2: Trainee density

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2024
Gupta S, Gal ZT, Athni TS, Calderon C, Callison WE, Dada OE, Lie W, Qian C, Reddy R, Rolle M, Baticulon RE, Chaurasia B, dos Santos Rubio EJ, Esquenazi Y, Golby AJ, Pirzad AF, Park KB
DOI: 10.3171/2023.9.JNS231616

 

Mapping the global neurosurgery workforce. Part 1: Consultant neurosurgeon density

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2024
Gupta S, Gal ZT, Athni TS, Calderon C, Callison WE, Dada OE, Lie W, Qian C, Reddy R, Rolle M, Baticulon RE, Chaurasia B, dos Santos Rubio EJ, Esquenazi Y, Golby AJ, Pirzad AF, Park KB
DOI: 10.3171/2023.9.JNS231615

 

The Impact of Ambient and Wildfire Air Pollution on Rhinosinusitis and Olfactory Dysfunction

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 2023
Yu SE, Athni TS, Mitchell MB, Zhou X, Chiang S, Lee SE
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-023-01110-0

 

Not just snot: local inflammatory profiles in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease differ from patients with aspirin-tolerant chronic rhinosinusitis

International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 2023
Chiang S, Yu SE, Athni TS, Bergmark RW, Maxfield AZ, Roditi RE, Buchheit KM, Lundberg M, Mitchell MB, Lee SE
DOI: 10.1002/alr.2321638

 

Endoscopic endonasal transclival approach for a ventral brainstem epidermoid cyst: illustrative case

Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, 2023
Hauser BM, Gupta S, Athni TS, Segar DJ, Uppaluri R, Arnaout O
DOI: 10.3171/CASE22538

 

Hypogammaglobulinemia, late-onset neutropenia, and infections following rituximab

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2023
Athni TS, Barmettler S
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.01.018

 

Not all mosquitoes are created equal: A synthesis of vector competence experiments reinforces virus associations of Australian mosquitoes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Kain MP, Skinner EB, Athni TS, Ramirez AL, Mordecai EA, Van den Hurk AF
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010768

 

A Review of the Ring Trial Design for Evaluating Ring Interventions for Infectious Diseases

Epidemiologic Reviews, 2022
Butzin-Dozier Z, Athni TS, Benjamin-Chung J
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxac003

 

Global Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2022
Nova N, Athni TS, Childs ML, Mandle L, Mordecai EA
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-111820-024214

 

The influence of vector-borne disease on human history: socio-ecological mechanisms

Ecology Letters, 2021
Athni TS, Shocket MS, Couper LI, Nova N, Caldwell IR, Caldwell JM, Childress JN, Childs ML, De Leo GA, Kirk DG, MacDonald AJ, Olivarius K, Pickel DG, Roberts SO, Winokur OC, Young HS, Cheng J, Grant EA, Kurzner PM, Kyaw S, Lin BJ, Lopez RC, Massihpour DS, Olsen EC, Roache M, Ruiz A, Schultz EA, Shafat M, Spencer RL, Bharti N, Mordecai EA
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13675

 

A Membrane-Tethered Ubiquitination Pathway Regulates Hedgehog Signaling and Heart Development

Developmental Cell, 2020
Kong JH, Young CB, Pusapati GV, Patel CB, Ho S, Krishnan A, Lin JH, Devine W, de Bellaing AM, Athni TS, Aravind L, Gunn TM, Lo CW, Rohatgi R
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.08.012

Climate change and disease ecology

Forthcoming in The Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Methods on Evolution, Biodiversity, and Environmental Interactions, 2024
Kirk DG*, Skinner EB*, Shocket MS, Couper LI, Nova N, Athni TS, Pourtois JD, Farner JE, Childs ML, Nyathi S, Mordecai EA

 

The Evolution of Modern Medicine: Garden to Pill Box

Medicinal Plants: From Farm to Pharmacy, 2019
Athni TS, Athni SS
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31269-5_1

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