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Rachel Myers

Research Scientist, Senior
The Precision Medicine Program
2200 West Main Street, Suite 560, DUMC Box 104024, Durham, NC 27705
2200 West Main Street, DUMC Box 104024, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Novel Host-Response Biomarker Diagnostics for Invasive Aspergillosis

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2029

The VA Genomic Learning Health System: Implementing genomic medicine across diverse Veteran communities.

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Boston VA Research Institute, Inc. · 2024 - 2029

Combined pathogen and host-based diagnostic to identify etiology of lower respiratory tract infection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2028

Molecular predictors of cardiovascular events and resilience in chronic coronary artery disease

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by NYU Langone Medical Center · 2023 - 2028

Host-Pathogen Dynamics in Leptospirosis - P4

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2028

Transcriptional profiling of allograft tissues to define endotypes associated with CLAD progression

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · 2025 - 2026

Sepsis Characterization in Kilimanjaro (R01)

ResearchSenior Statistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2026

Deploying a genomic-medicine risk assessment model for diverse primary care populations and settings

Clinical TrialStatistician · Awarded by National Human Genome Research Institute · 2021 - 2026

The IGNITE II CC: Engagement, Coordination, Demonstration, and Dissemination

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2026

Building and Deploying a Genomic-Medicine Risk Assessment Model for Diverse Primary Care Populations.

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2025

Rational identification of Corynebacterium strains for use as probiotics

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · 2022 - 2025

The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Network-Coordinating Center

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · 2020 - 2025

Human Platelet Defects in Transcription Factor RUNX1 Haplodeficiency

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Temple University · 2019 - 2023

Identifying on and off-target effects of ticagrelor on megakaryocytic gene expression

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by AstraZeneca AB · 2019 - 2021

One-Carbon Metabolism Genetics Data Analyses

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by KBRwyle · 2020 - 2021

MicroRNA Profiling to Characterize and Predict Posttraumatic Epilepsy following Traumatic Brain Injury

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2018 - 2020

Ex vivo metabolomic profiling of statin-induced myopathy

ResearchBiostatistician III · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2017 - 2019

Implementation, Adoption, and Utility of Family History in Diverse Care Settings

ResearchBiostatistician III · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2019

Development of Prognostic Platelet RNA Biomarkers To Tailor Antiplatelet Therapy

ResearchBiostatistician III · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2019

Impact of Personal Genomic Testing on Primary Care Physician Knowledge and Attitudes

ResearchBiostatistician III · Awarded by 23andMe, Inc · 2017 - 2018

External Relationships


  • Biomeme, Inc.

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