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Genes, Environment, and Health Branch (GEH)

Fred Tyson, Ph.D.
Fred Tyson, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Tel 984-287-3334
Fax 919-564-5064
[email protected]
P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop K3-15
Durham, NC 27709

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 and is the NIEHS POC for the Diversity Supplement Program. He also serves as the NIEHS representative for the NIH Minority Health Disparities Strategic Plan Work Group. He has lead several trans-NIH initiatives including the Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities; 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)