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Henry Pratt is a faculty member at the Yale School of Medicine, affiliated with the Department of Genetics. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (UMass Chan Medical School, 2024) and a BA in Chemistry (Bowdoin College, 2015). His research focuses on genomic and epigenomic regulation, non-coding elements, and their roles in health and disease. Key areas include cross-ancestry gene regulation, functional mapping of gene regulation, and leveraging epigenetic data for understanding complex traits like primary sclerosing cholangitis.
He collaborates extensively with researchers such as Joel Rozowsky, Mark Gerstein, and Alexander Urban, contributing to projects like the ENCODE and EN-TEx consortia. Recent work includes developing the Factorbook catalog of transcription factor motifs and advancing tools like LogoJS for genomic visualization. His presentations highlight interdisciplinary approaches to integrating genomic data across species and tissues.
Dr. Pratt's publications span high-impact journals like Science and Nature, emphasizing functional genomics, regulatory element analysis, and computational methods. His activities include oral presentations at conferences like the Plant and Animal Genome Conference and poster sessions at the AASLD Liver Meeting, showcasing his work on AI models for NAFLD and epigenetic studies in liver disease.
