Genes, Environment, and Health Branch (GEH)
Frederick L. Tyson, Ph.D.
Fred Tyson, Ph.D. is a Program Director in the Genes Environment and Health Branch at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. His current portfolio includes the following research foci: environmental impacts on the epigenome and the epitranscriptome; environmentally induced lung cancer; tobacco exposures and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) aerosols; Common Fund supported Transformative Health Disparities and the FIRST Cohort Program. Tyson leads the NIEHS TaRGET (epigenomics) and FRAMED (epitranscriptomics) Programs. He has lead several trans-NIH initiatives including the Roadmap Epigenome Mapping Consortium and currently serves on four NIH Common Fund Working Groups. He also leads a trans-NIH interest group on RNomics. Tyson obtained both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Rutgers University.
Programs:
- Lung Cancer
- Chromatin Biology
- Environmental Epigenetics
- Environmental Epitranscriptomics
- ncRNAs
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
- Sequencing RNA and its modifications will chart a new era for biology - Environmental Factor, April 2024
- E-cigarettes expose users to toxic metals such as arsenic, lead - Environmental Factor, February 2022
- RNA modifications in skin cancer focus of Keystone Lecture - Environmental Factor, August 2021
- Links between environment, genetic changes explored at society meeting - Environmental Factor, October 2020
- National security, environment overlap in ambitious research project - Environmental Factor, October 2020
- NIEHS researchers shine at 59th annual Society of Toxicology meeting - Environmental Factor, June 2020