Nazia Pathan, PhD

Dr. Nazia Pathan holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the McMaster University, specializing in genetic epidemiology. One of her major works is the development of a novel genetic algorithm, RARity (Rare variant heritability estimator), to measure the contributions of rare genetic mutations to trait heritability, published in Nature Communications. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher working in collaboration with the Departments of Science, Health Sciences and the Population Health Research Institute at the McMaster University. Her research focuses on leveraging data from large biobanks to investigate the relationships between genes, proteins, and diseases, while harnessing multi-omics platforms to identify and validate caffeine-inspired therapeutic targets.