Rasika Mathias

Rasika Mathias, Sc.D., is a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Genomics and Precision Health Section (GPHS) at the Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID. She joined NIAID in March 2024 after serving as a professor at Johns Hopkins University (Departments of Medicine & Epidemiology) since 2009.

Education:

• Sc.D. in Genetic Epidemiology (2003), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Postdoctoral training, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH

Her research focuses on genetic epidemiology of allergic diseases (atopic dermatitis, asthma, food allergy) using multi-omics integrative approaches within systems biology frameworks. The GPHS program systematically investigates genetic risk prediction across the atopic march and examines dynamic genome mechanisms for clinical translation. Recent work includes asthma risk modeling in African Diaspora populations and telomere length regulation gene discovery.

Her publications span genetic epidemiology, multi-omics, and precision medicine applications. Key themes include HLA associations in immunotherapy, coagulation factor genetics, and mosaic chromosomal alterations. Articles demonstrate strong interdisciplinary focus between genomic research and allergy clinical translation.