Faculty

Alexander Reiner

Research Professor, Epidemiology

206-667-2710

Education

MD Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1984
MSc Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2001

Contact

206-667-2710

Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Box 358080
WHI Clinical Coordinating Ctr / Public Health Sciences
M3-A4
Seattle, WA

Research Interests

Genetic epidemiology of atherosclerotic, thrombotic and cardiovascular disease; population biology; genomics

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Plasma Phosphorylated Tau 217 and Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older Women.
(2026 Mar 2)
JAMA Netw Open 9(3): e261295
Shadyab AH, Zhang B, LaCroix AZ, Mielke MM, Resnick SM, Nguyen S, Ferrucci L, Libermann TA, Ngo L, Casanova R, Reiner AP, Li D, Nievergelt CM, Maihofer AX, Manson JE, McEvoy LK

Circulating Asprosin Levels and Body Weight Changes in Postmenopausal Women: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative.
(2026 Feb 25)
J Nutr
Ng S, Yang B, Li J, Silva ES, Manson JE, Phillips LS, Reiner AP, Chopra AR, Liu S

Rethinking Immune Studies: Population-Level Immune Variations and the Path Forward.
(2026 Feb 25)
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Hysong MR, Memili A, Delaney JA, Ekunwe L, Huber S, Reiner AP, Patsy BM, Sitlani CM, Tracy RP, Taylor KD, Olson NC, Doyle MF, Raffield LM

Metformin does not significantly alter longitudinal dynamics of clonal hematopoiesis.
(2026 Jan 28)
Clin Cancer Res
Pareek E, Pershad Y, Zhao K, Uddin MM, Xue L, Vlasschaert C, Mack TM, Haessler J, Collins JM, Glick E, Glaser V, Heise R, Ling W, Haring B, Shadyab A, Beydoun H, Wallace R, Jaiswal S, Manson JE, Natarajan P, Honigberg MC, Kooperberg C, Whitsel EA, Kitzman JO, Bick AG, Reiner AR, Desai P

Cross-ancestry comparison of aptamer and antibody protein measures.
(2026 Jan 22)
Nat Commun 17(1): 1054
Nicholas JC, Katz DH, Tahir UA, Debban CL, Aguet F, Blackwell T, Bowler RP, Broadaway KA, Chen J, Clish CB, Coresh J, Cornell E, Cruz DE, Deo R, Doyle MF, Durda P, Ekunwe L, Floyd JS, Gill D, Guo X, Hoogeveen RC, Johnson C, Lange LA, Li Y, Manning A, Meigs JB, Mi MY, Mychaleckyj JC, Olson NC, Pratte KA, Psaty BM, Reiner AP, Ruan P, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Shah AM, Sun Q, Tracy RP, Wen J, Wood AC, Wilson JG, Young KL, Yu B, Rooney MR, Manichaikul A, Dubin R, Mohlke KL, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Ganz P, Gerszten RE, Taylor KD, Raffield LM

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