Chirag J. Patel

Harvard University

Full Professor(heuristic)

Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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h-index52
i10-index138
Publications369
Citations9,965

Grants

11 total · 3 active

NIH #U24ES036819

NEXUS: Network for Exposomics in the U.S.

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2024-09-04 → 2029-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R01DK137993

Cataloging multi-ancestry 'omic readouts of the environmental and genetic determinants of type 2 diabetes

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-07-22 → 2029-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #R01AG074372

The confluence of extreme heat and cold on aging and longevity

Active
Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2022-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

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All Grants

11 total · 3 active

NIH #U24ES036819

NEXUS: Network for Exposomics in the U.S.

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2024-09-04 → 2029-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #R01DK137993

Cataloging multi-ancestry 'omic readouts of the environmental and genetic determinants of type 2 diabetes

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-07-22 → 2029-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #R01AG074372

The confluence of extreme heat and cold on aging and longevity

Active
Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2022-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #R01ES032470

Data science tools to identify robust exposure-phenotype associations for precision medicine

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2021-09-10 → 2026-06-30
PIs
2

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #RF1AG074372

The confluence of extreme heat cold on the health and longevity of an Aging Population with Alzheimers and related Dementia

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2022-06-01 → 2025-05-31
PIs
3

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #T32DK110919

Harvard Training Program in Bioinformatics Applied to Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

NIH #R01AI127250

Big Data Analysis of HIV Risk and Epidemiology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2017-04-01 → 2021-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NSF #1636870

BD Spokes: SPOKE: NORTHEAST: Collaborative Research: Integration of Environmental Factors and Causal Reasoning Approaches for Large-Scale Observational Health Research

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
1

NIH #R00ES023504

Data-driven identification of environmental factors in cardiovascular disease

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-01-01 → 2018-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #R21ES025052

Increasing the power of GxE detection by using multi-locus genome-wide predictors

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2015-01-01 → 2017-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

NIH #K99ES023504

Data-driven identification of environmental factors in cardiovascular disease

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2014-03-01 → 2016-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Decelerating Death: Estimating Changes in Life Expectancy from Dietary Risk Factors Using Accelerated Failure Time2026-06-23
  2. New paper: Multi-trait and multi-ancestry genetic analysis of comorbid lung diseases and traits improves genetic discovery and polygenic risk prediction (Nature Genetics)2026-01-21
  3. New NIH award: NEXUS: Network for Exposomics in the U.S.2024-09-04

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  • Publications as of 2026-07-09
  • Grants as of 2026-08-29

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