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)

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

Duffy-null reference ranges for improved clinical care.
(2026 Jan 15)
Blood 147(3): 224-225
Raffield LM, Reiner AP

Fibrinogen-associated plasma metabolites and implications for coagulation, inflammation, and vascular diseases.
(2026 Jan 8)
J Thromb Haemost
Nicholas JC, Alkis T, Bis JC, Boerwinkle E, Brody JA, Clish CB, de Vries PS, Gao Y, Gerzsten RE, Guo X, Johnson AD, Larson MG, Lemaitre RN, Psaty BM, Vasan RS, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rodriguez B, Rong J, Rotter JI, Simino J, Smith NL, Wilson J, Yao J, Morrison AC, Yu B, Raffield LM

Epigenome-wide association study of nuclear DNA methylation in relation to mitochondrial heteroplasmy.
(2025 Dec 2)
Nat Commun 16(1): 10962
Lai M, Kim K, Zheng Y, Castellani CA, Ratliff SM, Wang M, Liu X, Haessler J, Huan T, Bonsu K, Newcomb C, McKessy K, Bielak LF, Zhao W, Joehanes R, Ma J, Guo X, Manson JE, Grove ML, Bressler J, Taylor KD, Lappalainen T, Kasela S, Blackwell TW, Lake NJ, Faul JD, Ferrier KR, Ekker SC, Hou L, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Zhang K, Peyser PA, Fornage M, Boerwinkle E, Raffield LM, Carson AP, Rich SS, Liu Y, Levy D, Rotter JI, Smith JA, Arking DE, Liu C, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) mtDNA Working Group

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