Sonika Dahiya, MD

Medical School Department Pathology and Immunology
Sonika Dahiya

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Neuropathology, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2000: Junior Residency, Pathology: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
  • 2003: Senior Residency, Surgical Pathology: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
  • 2007: Research Fellowship, Molecular Pathology Unit: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 2009: Residency, Anatomic Pathology: New York University Medical Center & School of Medicine, New York, NY
  • 2011: Fellowship, Neuropathology: Washington University School of Medicine

Education

  • 1998: MD, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Discovery of novel diagnostic, prognostic and predictive markers in brain tumors

Research Publications

Aberrant coupling of glutamate and tyrosine kinase receptors enables neuronal control of brain-tumor growth.
Authors:

Anastasaki C, Mu R, Kernan CM, one or more additional authors omitted Dahiya S, one or more additional authors omitted Gutmann DH

Journal & Year:

Neuron • 2025

Genetically Engineered Brain Organoids Recapitulate Spatial and Developmental States of Glioblastoma Progression.
Authors:

Ishahak M, Han RH, Annamalai D, one or more additional authors omitted Dahiya S, one or more additional authors omitted Millman JR

Journal & Year:

Adv Sci (Weinh) • 2025

cIMPACT-NOW update 8: Clarifications on molecular risk parameters and recommendations for WHO grading of meningiomas.
Authors:

Sahm F, Aldape KD, Brastianos PK, one or more additional authors omitted Dahiya S, one or more additional authors omitted Perry A

Journal & Year:

Neuro-oncology • 2025

Neuropathology Entities Involving the Sinonasal Tract.
Authors:

Roberts KF, Dahiya SM

Journal & Year:

Surg Pathol Clin • 2024

High-Grade Progression, Sarcomatous Transformation, and/or Metastasis of Pituitary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (PitNENs): The UCSF Experience.
Authors:

Terry M, Nguyen MP, Tang V, one or more additional authors omitted Dahiya S, one or more additional authors omitted Perry A

Journal & Year:

Endocr Pathol • 2024

Clinical, histological, and molecular features of gliomas in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Authors:

Romo CG, Piotrowski AF, Campian JL, one or more additional authors omitted Dahiya S, one or more additional authors omitted Blakeley JO

Journal & Year:

Neuro-oncology • 2023