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Genes, Environment, and Health Branch (GEH)

Frederick L. Tyson, Ph.D.
Frederick L. 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. He has lead several trans-NIH initiatives including 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)