Hai Dang Nguyen

Hai Dang Nguyen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Medical School, specializing in Pharmacology with a focus on genomic instability in hematologic malignancies.

• Education: PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Research interests include:

• DNA damage response
• R-loop biology
• Spliceosome mutant cancers
• PARP inhibitors in therapy
• Genomic instability mechanisms

Recent publications emphasize R-loop accumulation in leukemias, PARP1 functions, and spliceosome mutations. Key collaborations span NIH, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and Evans MDS Foundation.

Scientific awards include:

• Award Date: July 31, 2012

Active grants address:

• Genomic instability in myeloid malignancies (2024–2029, PI)
• R-loop response pathways in MDS (2023–2026, PI)
• ATR response in U2AF1 mutant cancers (2022–2026, PI)

Research teams focus on DNA repair, cancer genomics, and targeted therapies.