Projects

Integrative precision health projects bridging biology, multi-omics, and population cohorts to advance personalized medicine and improve population health.

Genome Integrity & Functional Omics

Inter-Individual Variation in DNA Repair Capacity

Standardizing analytics for a multiplex DNA repair assay and releasing open tools.

Radiotherapy-Induced Telomere Dynamics

Tracking telomere changes during RT and linking dynamics to toxicity risk.

DNA Repair Predicts Radiotherapy Outcomes

Integrating functional repair assays with germline genomics for prognostic modeling.

STR Profiling at Single-Nucleotide Resolution

Targeted Nanopore sequencing and analytics to quantify microsatellite instability diversity.

Transcriptomic Cell-type Heterogeneity

Linking gene expression to functional DNA repair, cell-type context, and prognosis.

Aging & Lifecourse Health

Lung Function Predicts Survival in Cancer Patients

Baseline pulmonary function impairment predicts overall survival in lung cancer patients.

Reproductive Aging Influences Lung Health

Early natural menopause linked with poorer lung health in female smokers.

Space Radiation and Telomere Dynamics

Space weather–related radiation linked to telomere shortening in aging populations.

DNAm Aging Clocks & EWAS

DNAm clocks and EWAS as biomarkers of aging and exposure response.

Nutrition & Antioxidants in Lung Health

Evidence synthesis on micronutrients and phytochemicals for COPD and lung cancer.

Metabolism & Human Physiology

Obesity & Glucose Metabolism

Investigating glucose metabolism and neuropeptide signaling in HFD knockout mice.

Nesfatin-1 & Type 2 Diabetes

My very first publication - a systematic review and meta-analysis on circulating nesfatin-1 levels in T2D.