I'm elated to share that my postdoc work is now online nature! nature.com/articles/s4158… If you are interested in neuroimmunology (gd T cells, IL-3, sensory neurons) or allergy (allergic itch and initiation of the allergic immune response), this paper is for you! (1/16)

From The Athletic: Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will start Sunday, coach Sean McDermott said. It will be Hamlin’s first start since he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on the field during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals in January 2023. nyti.ms/3AUl5Hl

Nature research paper: Alternating high-fat diet enhances atherosclerosis by neutrophil reprogramming go.nature.com/47h9m1O

Another cool example of positive selection & recurrent evolution at amylase in response to dietary changes (more starch intake after crop domestication), this time only detectable via long-read assemblies + pangenome reference nature.com/articles/s4158… nature

Diets frequently vary in humans. Alternating normal/high-fat diet vs continuous high-fat diet (generally controlling for cumulative cholesterol) led to more atherogenesis in mice due to inflammatory cell reprogramming in two nature papers nature.com/articles/s4158…

#MassGeneral physician Pradeep Natarajan wrote an op-ed for STAT about why the All of Us research program should continue to receive funding. statnews.com/2024/09/03/all…

Congrats to Susan Slaugenhaupt on being elected President of ASHG! Mass General Research Institute CGM at MGH Harvard Medical School ashg.org/publications-n…

I am honored and thrilled to take on the role of Division Director for Genetic Medicine VUMC Department of Medicine! As a junior faculty member, I benefited tremendously from mentorship and support from Nancy J Cox. I look forward to paying it forward Vanderbilt Genetics Institute!

I’ve largely kept the “ugly side” of removing #race from #kidney #algorithms to myself and a few others. Major kudos to Usha Lee McFarling for telling the most accurate account of the process that I’ve seen to date. Read more of the fantastic series here >> trib.al/4KkS0nx

Our latest analysis (led by Janghee Woo Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University ) of n=10,061 CANTOS trial published today AACR CPR: canakinumab-treated patients w/ TET2 mutations had lowest incidence of new non-heme malignancies. Possible role of anti-IL1β in cancer prevention? aacrjournals.org/cancerpreventi…

📢 In print this week on the role of polygenic risk scores in cancer screening 👇 thelancet.com/journals/lance… Co-authored with rising ⭐ clinical academic Sarah Perrott, who recently completed the research rotation of her specialised foundation programme with us at Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge

Join us Harvard Medical School DBMI Open Insights on Sept 26 12-1pm EST for a talk by Dr. V. Mohan (Dr.V.Mohan) , director of one of India’s largest diabetes clinics. Learn about his 50 years of work on Type 2 diabetes in South Asians, research in precision medicine, and his Kelly West Award

For 100 years, the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭’s publication of the Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MassGeneral News) has helped to guide medical practice and build a global community of clinicians. Learn more: nej.md/4cNpp8A

Well done ⁦So Mi Jemma Cho⁩ ⁦Pradeep Natarajan⁩ et al ☀️#Statins #CVR

Delighted to lead our effort on localizing&personalizing ASCVD risk prediction model & treatment threshold in Mass General Brigham! More to come on projecting newer pred model across diverse healthcare populations Mass General Research Institute MGH Cardiovascular Research Center CGM at MGH Mass General Heart Pradeep Natarajan Broad Institute

Role of apoB in Clinical Management infographic. Via National Lipid Association Journal of Clinical Lipidology

Awesome work by ⭐️ Vineetha Mathew presenting her work at #Hypertension24 AHAMeetings on the joint association of 1-trimester 🫀 health + genetic risk w/ hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 🤰 🙏 to American Heart Association AHA Science for highlighting our work: newsroom.heart.org/news/better-ca…

Great session National Lipid Association: polygenic risk scoring, CAC, carotid imaging, & CCTA at NLA CLU Detect plaque earlier in life and intensify treatment Dinesh Kalra, MD vijay nambi Jacqueline Dron, PhD Dr. James Underberg Michael J. Blaha Ron Blankstein Brittany Weber Dr. Michael Garshick Michael D. Shapiro Christie Ballantyne