Elizabeth T Bartom

Elizabeth T Bartom, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. She is affiliated with the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Center for Genetic Medicine, and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.

• PhD: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2004)
• Postdoctoral Fellow: Harvard University and Broad Institute (2006–2010)

Her research focuses on chromatin organization, transcriptional regulation, and genomic integrity in cancer and immunobiology. Recent work explores 3D genome effects in bladder cancer and pediatric brain tumors, lipid metabolism in breast cancer, and novel genomic labeling techniques.

• R50 Research Specialist Award, National Cancer Institute (2023)
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Feinberg School of Medicine (2021)
• Dean’s Teaching Award, Driskill Graduate Program (2019)

She is a member of the Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (2020–present) and Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics (2018–present), with expertise in computational biology and genomics.