Bharat Thyagarajan, M.D.

Assistant Professor

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

• Thyagarajan B, Lindgren B, Basu S, Nagaraj S, Gross MD, Weisdorf DJ, Arora M. Association between genetic variants in the base excision repair pathway and outcomes after hematopoietic cell transplants. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Mar 10.
• Thyagarajan B, Young S, Floodman S, Peterson R, Wang X. Systematic analysis of interference due to stutter in estimating chimerism following hematopoietic cell transplantation. J Clin Lab Anal. 2009;23(5):308-13.
• Thyagarajan B, Berger M, Sumstad D, McKenna DH Jr. Loss of integrity of umbilical cord blood unit freezing bags: description and consequences. Transfusion. 2008 Jun;48(6):1138-42.
• 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.
• 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, 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, 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.