• Resident Research Fellowship Award, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Best Abstract Award from the Association of Indian Pathologists in North America USCAP

After her residency, Dr. Bhat completed a research fellowship at Drexel University College of Medicine. During this time she worked on the role of astrocyte senescence in aging and Alzheimer's disease. During her hematopathology fellowship, she was involved in the investigation of the expression of SNARE proteins in hematolymphoid malignancies.

"Immature platelet fraction: a significant platelet parameter in asymptomatic constitutional macrothrombocytopenia"
Bhat R, Pai S
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology; 38: e45-e47. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.12471, June 2016

"Aggressive lymphomas diagnosed in the bone marrow: two illustrative cases"
Bhat R, Pai S, Das K, Dixit A
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus; 32 (Suppl 1): 125-9. doi: 10.1007/s12288-015-0520-7, June 2016

"An immunohistochemical survey of SNARE proteins shows distinct patterns of expression in hematolymphoid neoplasia"
Bhat R, Bhattacharyya PK, Ratech H
Am J Clin Pathol; 145:604-616, May 2016

"FoxP3-positive T-regulatory cells in lymph nodes with Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary syndrome"
Bhat R, Khandpur B, Vonderheid EC, Hou JS
Lymphoma, Volume 2014, Article ID 597908, 9 pages, 2014

"Copper deficiency with 20q Deletion and a paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria clone presenting with bicytopenia"
Bhat R, Pai S, Dixit A
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus; 30(1),372-375, 2014

"Thymidine phosphorylase expression in B-cell lymphomas and its significance: a new prognostic marker?"
Nie X, Clifford PM, Bhat R, Heintzelman R et al
Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology; 35(6):301-305, 2013

"Expression of thymidine phosphorylase in lymph nodes involved with Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome"
Nie X, Bhat R, Dulaimi Al-Saleem E, Vonderheid EC, Hou JS
Advances in Hematology; Vol. 2011, doi:10.1155/2011/875135, 2011

"Astrocyte senescence as a component of Alzheimer's disease"
Bhat R, Crowe EP, Bitto A, Moh M et al
PLoS ONE; 7(9): e45069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045069, 2012

Poster: "Highly fluorescent lymphocytes (HFLC) on Sysmex XN: A useful marker for the diagnosis and immunopathology of Dengue"
Pai S, Bhat R.
ISLH, 2017

Poster: "Immature Platelet Fraction – A Significant Parameter in Asymptomatic Constitutional Thrombocytopenia"
Pai S, Bhat R
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, 37 (Suppl.2), Pg 64, 2015

Poster: "Clinical and Bone Marrow Features of Patients with Isolated 20q Deletion: A Developing World Perspective"
Bhat R, Pai S
Am J Clin Pathol; 144:A143, 2015

Poster: "Immature Platelet Fraction: A Platelet Parameter with Significant Clinical Utility"
Bhat R, Pai S
Am J Clin Pathol; 144: A142, 2015

Poster: "Thymidine Phosphorylase Expression in B Cell Lymphomas and Its Significance: A New Prognostic Marker?"
Nie X, Clifford PM, Bhat R, Heintzelman R et al.
USCAP, 2012

Poster: "Is the Sézary cell losing it? Cell cycle related proteins in lymph nodes with Mycosis Fungoides"
Nie X, Bhat R, Dulaimi Al Saleem E, Vonderheid, E et al.
USCAP, San Antonio, 2011

Poster: "Expression of Thymidine Phosphorylase in Lymph Nodes Involved with Mycosis Fungoides"
Nie X, Bhat R, Dulaimi Al Saleem E, Vonderheid E et al.
USCAP, San Antonio, 2011

Poster: "Human Astrocytes Accumulate Cellular Senescence Biomarkers p16INK4a and MMP-I in Alzheimer's disease"
Bhat R, Moh M, Crowe EP, Bitto A et al.
ASIP, Washington D.C.
The FASEB Joumal, 25(1) Supplement 615.3, April 2011

Poster: "Role of lymph node Foxp3+ T lymphocytes in patients with Mycosis Fungoides Involvement"
Bhat R, Khandpur B, Hou JS.
USCAP, Washington D.C., 2010

Poster: "Role of micro-satellite instability in differentiation of mature B cell neoplasms"
Khandpur B, Bhat R, Hou JS
USCAP, Washington D.C., 2010

Platform: "Autopsy Findings in Hospitalized Renal Transplant Recipients"
Bhat R, Kumar A, Soundararajan S
USCAP, Boston, 2009

Poster: "Are Luminal A breast tumors as good as they sound?"
Bhat R, Garcia FU, Soundararajan S
USCAP, Boston, 2009

Poster: "Can Ki67 and p53 expression predict the molecular subtypes of primary invasive mammary carcinoma?"
Bhat R, Garcia FU, Soundararajan S. IAP, Athens
Histopathology, 53 (Suppl. 1): 27, 2008

Poster: "Prediction of nodal status of pT1b and pT1c primary breast mammary carcinomas using Ki67 and p53 immunohistochemistry"
Bhat R, Garcia FU, Soundararajan S. IAP, Athens
Histopathology, 53 (Suppl. 1): 27-28, 2008