Nathan D Pankratz

Nathan D Pankratz is a Professor in the Laboratory Medicine and Pathology department at the University of Minnesota, with expertise in Screening, Prevention, Etiology & Cancer Survivorship. His research focuses on genetic and genomic studies, including genome-wide association analyses, epigenetics, and structural variations in diseases like colorectal cancer and venous thrombosis.

• Key Research Areas: Genetics, Genomics, Hematology, Oncology, Epidemiology
• Affiliation: University of Minnesota

Recent Publications highlight work on Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) typing quality control, CFTR gene variants in colorectal cancer, coagulation factor genetics, and mosaic chromosomal alterations. These studies span Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Public Health applications.

Projects & Grants include:

• Structural Variation and Hematological Traits (PI, NIH funding, 2023–2027)
• Epidemiology of Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism (CoI, NIH funding, 2021–2026)
• Role of genetic/epigenetic alterations in CFTR and colorectal cancer (CoI, NCI funding, 2021–2024)