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)

Local ancestry modulates gene expression: shifting our understanding of genetic regulation and disease association within and across populations.
(2026 Mar 18)
medRxiv
Chen HH, Cai Y, Graff M, Zhu W, Petty LE, Highland HM, Roshani R, Polikowsky HG, Lorenz AS, Frankel E, Landman JM, Anwar MY, Franson EE, Haessler J, Avery CL, Young KL, Fernandez-Rhodes L, Reiner AP, Peters U, Gordon-Larsen P, Gamazon ER, Pereira AC, Kooperberg C, Huff CD, Fisher-Hoch SP, McCormick JB, North KE, Below JE

An integrated germline and somatic genomic model for coronary artery disease.
(2026 Mar 26)
Nat Commun
Yang X, Kim MS, Zhu X, Uddin MM, Nakao T, Cho SMJ, Koyama S, Xu T, Reeskamp LF, Zhang R, Liu Z, A Y, de Vries PS, Vasan RS, Boerwinkle E, Morrison AC, Psaty BM, Tracy RP, Heckbert SR, Cho MH, Yun JH, Palmer ND, Bowden DW, Murabito JM, Levy D, Heard-Costa NL, O'Connor GT, Becker LC, Kral BG, Yanek LR, Raffield LM, Hidalgo B, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Taylor KD, Post WS, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Mitchell BD, Kardia SLR, Smith JA, Peyser PA, Bielak LF, Yon DK, Won HH, Arnett DK, Smith AV, Gabriel SB, Ellinor PT, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Natarajan P, Wang M, Fahed AC

Plasma Proteins Associated With Psychosocial Factors and Heart Disease: The Jackson Heart Study.
(2026 Mar 26)
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
O'Brien SN, Gillman MG, Green MD, Cruz DE, Floyd JS, Hankinson S, Katz DH, Liu X, Odden MC, Psaty BM, Reiner AP, Rotter JII, Rich SSS, Gerszten RE, Shah A, Sims M, Tahir UA, Tinker LF, Wood AC, Yu B, Zannas AS, Raffield L, Glover L

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 Concentrations and Body Weight Changes in Postmenopausal Women: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative.
(2026 Feb 25)
J Nutr 156(5): 101441
Ng S, Yang B, Li J, Silva ES, Manson JE, Phillips LS, Reiner AP, Chopra AR, Liu S

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