Publications:117
Towfique Raj, PhD
About Me
Towfique Raj, PhD, is a principal investigator of the laboratory for functional genomics, a core faculty member in the Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and a member of the Icahn Genomics Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Dr. Raj received his PhD in genetics from Cambridge University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Before joining Mount Sinai, Dr. Raj was an instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Dr. Raj received the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship and NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Service Award. In his research, he uses computational and experimental approaches to understand the genetic factors driving neurodegenerative diseases with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.
Lab Website: Raj Lab
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_1soEyEAAAAJ&hl=en
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Neuroscience, PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences, PROFESSOR | Neurology, PROFESSOR | Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, PROFESSOR | Immunology & Immunotherapy
Research Topics
Alzheimer's Disease, Genetics, Genetics of Movement disorders, Genomics, Human Genetics and Genetic Disorders, Macrophage, Microglia, Parkinson's Disease, RNA Splicing & Processing
Education
PhD, University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Fellow, Broad Institute
Publications
Selected Publications
- Genetic modifiers of APOE-ε4-associated cognitive decline. Alex G. Contreras, Skylar Walters, Jaclyn M. Eissman, Derek B. Archer, Alexandra N. Regelson, Alaina Durant, Michelle Clifton, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Michael L. Lee, Seo Eun Choi, Phoebe Scollard, Emily H. Trittschuh, Jesse Mez, William S. Bush, Brian W. Kunkle, Carlos Cruchaga, Adam C. Naj, Katherine A. Gifford, Murat Bilgel, Amanda B. Kuzma, Balebail Ashok Raj, Kristin Fargher, Amanda Smith, Lisa Raudin, Gloria Chaing, Norman Relkin, Karen Elizabeth Smith, Hyungsub Shim, Laura L.Boles Ponto, Susan K. Schultz, Antero Sarrael, Raymundo Hernando, Nunzio Pomara, Dick Drost, Irina Rachinsky, Stephen Pasternak, Elizabether Finger, David Bachman, Kenneth Spicer, Hillel Grossman, Mary Sano, Brian Fulton-Howard, Alison M. Goate, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Ricardo Vialle, Andrew Sharp, Alan Renton, Towfique Raj, Jack Humphrey, Shea Andrews. Nature Communications
- A meta-analysis of single-nucleus expression quantitative trait loci linking genetic risk to brain disorders. Beomjin Jang, Kailash BP, Alex Tokolyi, Winston H. Dredge, Ashvin Ravi, Sang Hyuk Jung, Tatsuhiko Naito, Beomsu Kim, Min Seo Kim, Minyoung Cho, Mi So Park, Mikaela Rosen, Joel Blanchard, Jack Humphrey, David A. Knowles, Hong Hee Won, Towfique Raj. Nature Genetics
- Publisher Correction: A meta-analysis of single-nucleus expression quantitative trait loci linking genetic risk to brain disorders (Nature Genetics, (2026), 10.1038/s41588-026-02541-x). Beomjin Jang, Kailash BP, Alex Tokolyi, Winston H. Dredge, Ashvin Ravi, Sang Hyuk Jung, Tatsuhiko Naito, Beomsu Kim, Min Seo Kim, Minyoung Cho, Mi So Park, Mikaela Rosen, Joel Blanchard, Jack Humphrey, David A. Knowles, Hong Hee Won, Towfique Raj. Nature Genetics
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Raj during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services
Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership- Curie. Bio
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.