Biospecimen Core Members

Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH

Bharat Thyagarajan, MD, PhD, MPH

LLFS Biospecimen Core Leader; LLFS MPI

Professor and Bittner Chair of Cancer Research
Director, Advanced Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ARDL)
Director, Division of Molecular Pathology & Genomics (MPG)
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota

Contact

Email: thya0003@umn.edu

Valerie Arends

Valerie Arends

LLFS Biospecimen Lab Manager

Advanced Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ARDL) Manager
University of Minnesota

Contact

Email: aren0085@umn.edu

Michael Brent, PhD

Michael Brent, PhD

LLFS Investigator

Professor of Computer Science
Joint Appointments in Genetics and Biomedical Engineering

The Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering

Washington University School of Medicine

Contact

Email: brent@wustl.edu

Lawrence S. Honig, MD, PhD

Lawrence S. Honig, MD, PhD

LLFS Morbidity and Mortality Adjudication; Telomeres in Aging; AD Biomarkers

Contact

Email: lh456@columbia.edu

Gary Patti, PhD

Gary Patti, PhD

LLFS Investigator; Metabolomic Expertise and Analysis

Dean’s Fellow for Advancement and Entrepreneurship
Senior Director, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing
Director, Clinical Research Core in Medicine
Director, Faculty Affairs in Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry and of Genetics and Medicine (School of Medicine)
Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry
Washington University in St. Louis

Contact

Email: gjpatti@wustl.edu

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD

WGS expert and analyst; LLFS Investigator

Professor of Medicine and Genetics
Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics
Director, Translational Cardiovascular Genetics

Washington University School of Medicine

 

Contact

Email: nstitziel@wustl.edu

Ting Wang, PhD

Ting Wang, PhD

LLFS Investigator; DNA Methylation/Epigenome Expertise and Analysis

Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Head of the Department of Genetics

Washington University School of Medicine

Contact

Email: twang@wustl.edu