Towfique Raj

Towfique Raj, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience under the Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s Disease. With affiliations to the Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn Genomics Institute, and Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute, Dr. Raj specializes in genetics, genomics, and neuroimmunology, focusing on neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and ALS.

• Education: PhD in Genetics (assumed from academic profile)

Dr. Raj's research explores genetic risk factors in Alzheimer's disease (APOE4, SORL1), microglial isoforms through long-read RNA sequencing, and immune system interactions in neurodegeneration. His recent work connects brain amyloid deposition to plasma proteome changes and identifies splicing regulation mechanisms in microglia.

Key contributions include cross-ancestry GWAS for Alzheimer's and transcriptomic sex differences in autism. Publications span high-impact journals like Nature Genetics, Nature Neuroscience, and Alzheimer's and Dementia, emphasizing glial activation, epigenetic regulation, and precision medicine.