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Hannah Christine Ainsworth, PhD
Hannah Christine Ainsworth, PhD
Hannah Christine Ainsworth, PhD
Research Interests
Machine Learning
Complex Diseases
Epigenetics
Bioinformatics
Gene-Environment Interactions
High Performance Computing
Education
BS, Salem College, 2010
PhD, Wake Forest University, 2019
Departments and Affiliations
Center for Precision Medicine (CPM)
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Publications
Breaking research silos to achieve equitable precision medicine in rheumatology.
Ainsworth HC, Baker Frost D, Lim SS, Ramos PS. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2025 Jan;
Comparative lifespan and healthspan of nonhuman primate species common to biomedical research.
Huber HF, Ainsworth HC, Quillen EE, Salmon A, Ross C, Azhar AD, Bales K, Basso MA, Coleman K, Colman R, Darusman HS, Hopkins W, Hotchkiss CE, Jorgensen MJ, Kavanagh K, Li C, Mattison JA, Nathanielsz PW, Saputro S, Scorpio DG, Sosa PM, Vallender EJ, Wang Y, Zeiss CJ, Shively CA, Cox LA. Geroscience. 2024 Nov;
Epigenetic MLH1 silencing concurs with mismatch repair deficiency in sporadic, naturally occurring colorectal cancer in rhesus macaques.
Deycmar S, Johnson BJ, Ray K, Schaaf GW, Ryan DP, Cullin C, Dozier BL, Ferguson B, Bimber BN, Olson JD, Caudell DL, Whitlow CT, Solingapuram Sai KK, Romero EC, Villinger FJ, Burgos AG, Ainsworth HC, Miller LD, Hawkins GA, Chou JW, Gomes B, Hettich M, Ceppi M, Charo J, Cline JM. J Transl Med. 2024 Mar; 22(1):292.
Comparison of different gene addition strategies to modify placental derived-mesenchymal stromal cells to produce FVIII.
Ramamurthy RM, Rodriguez M, Ainsworth HC, Shields J, Meares D, Bishop C, Farland A, Langefeld CD, Atala A, Doering CB, Spencer HT, Porada CD, Almeida-Porada G. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:954984.
Gut dysbiosis and the clinical spectrum in anti-Ro positive mothers of children with neonatal lupus.
Clancy RM, Marion MC, Ainsworth HC, Chang M, Howard TD, Izmirly PM, Masson M, Buyon JP, Langefeld CD. Gut Microbes. 2022; 14(1):2081474.
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