Bharat Thyagarajan, M.D.

Assistant Professor
(612) 624-1256
thya0003@umn.edu

Educational Background

• Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India (1998), M.B.B.S.
• University of Minnesota (2000), M.P.H.
• University of Minnesota (2004), Ph.D. (Epidemiology)
• University of Minnesota (2007), Residency/Fellowship (Pathology)

Publications

• Khaliq W, Gross MD, Thyagarajan B, and Jones-Webb R. What motivates minorities to participate in research? Minnesota Medicine, 86:39, 2003.
• Thyagarajan B, Brott M, Kong F, Mink PJ, Folsom AR, Anderson KE, Oetting W, and Gross MD. No Association between CYP1B1 and CYP19 Gene Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer: The ARIC Study. Cancer Letters, 207:183-189, 2004.
• Thyagarajan B, Anderson KE, Kong F, Folsom AR, Selk F, Lynch C, and Gross MD. New approaches for genotyping breast tissue from cancer patients: The Iowa Women’s Health Study. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 58(9): 955-961, 2005.
• Thyagarajan B, Anderson KE, Folsom AR, Jacobs DR, Lynch C, Bargaje A, Khaliq W, and Gross MD. No association between XRCC1 and XRCC3 gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk: The Iowa Women’s Health Study. Cancer Detection Prevention, 30:313-321, 2006.
• Thyagarajan B, Jacobs DR, Apostol GG, Smith LJ, Lewis CE, and Williams OD. Plasma fibrinogen and lung function: The CARDIA Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35:1001-1008, 2006.
• Thyagarajan B, Anderson KE, Lessard CJ, Veltri G, Jacobs DR, Folsom AR, and Gross MD. Alkaline Unwinding Flow Cytometry Assay to measure nucleotide excision repair.  Mutagenesis, 22:147-153, 2007.

• Thyagarajan B, Bower M, Berger M, Wang X. A novel polymorphism in the FMR1 gene: Implications for clinical testing of fragile X syndrome. Archives of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 132:95-98, 2008.