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Jonathan A. Nowak, MD, PhD

Brigham And Women's Hospital

Brigham And Women's Hospital
Phone: (617) 732-7510


janowak@bwh.harvard.edu

Jonathan A. Nowak, MD, PhD

Brigham And Women's Hospital

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Assistant Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • Associate Pathologist, Pathology, Brigham And Women's Hospital

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Research Abstract

My major research interests are gastrointestinal cancers, specifically colorectal and pancreatic cancer. My laboratory group uses multispectral immunofluorescence, spatial transcriptional profiling, digital imaging, machine learning and genomic profiling to deeply characterize the tumor microenvironment of human tissue specimens in a quantitative manner at single-cell or microscopic resolution. We conduct landscape surveys across cohorts of hundreds or thousands of patients and also perform correlative science analyses using specimens from clinical trial patients. I also develop algorithms and analysis pipelines to support clinical molecular diagnostics of solid tumors and hereditary cancer predisposition.

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  • Väyrynen JP, Haruki K, Lau MC, Väyrynen SA, Ugai T, Akimoto N, Zhong R, Zhao M, Dias Costa A, Borowsky J, Bell P, Takashima Y, Fujiyoshi K, Arima K, Kishikawa J, Shi SS, Twombly TS, Song M, Wu K, Chan AT, Zhang X, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Giannakis M, Ogino S, Nowak JA. Spatial Organization and Prognostic Significance of NK and NKT-like Cells via Multimarker Analysis of the Colorectal Cancer Microenvironment. Cancer Immunol Res 2022; 10:215-227. PubMed
  • Ugai T, Väyrynen JP, Lau MC, Borowsky J, Akimoto N, Väyrynen SA, Zhao M, Zhong R, Haruki K, Dias Costa A, Fujiyoshi K, Arima K, Wu K, Chan AT, Cao Y, Song M, Fuchs CS, Wang M, Lennerz JK, Ng K, Meyerhardt JA, Giannakis M, Nowak JA, Ogino S. Immune cell profiles in the tumor microenvironment of early-onset, intermediate-onset, and later-onset colorectal cancer. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2021. PubMed
  • Väyrynen JP, Haruki K, Väyrynen SA, Lau MC, Dias Costa A, Borowsky J, Zhao M, Ugai T, Kishikawa J, Akimoto N, Zhong R, Shi S, Chang TW, Fujiyoshi K, Arima K, Twombly TS, Da Silva A, Song M, Wu K, Zhang X, Chan AT, Nishihara R, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Giannakis M, Ogino S, Nowak JA. Prognostic significance of myeloid immune cells and their spatial distribution in the colorectal cancer microenvironment. J Immunother Cancer 2021. PubMed
  • Väyrynen JP, Haruki K, Lau MC, Väyrynen SA, Zhong R, Dias Costa A, Borowsky J, Zhao M, Fujiyoshi K, Arima K, Twombly TS, Kishikawa J, Gu S, Aminmozaffari S, Shi S, Baba Y, Akimoto N, Ugai T, da Silva A, Guerriero JL, Song M, Wu K, Chan AT, Nishihara R, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Giannakis M, Ogino S, Nowak JA. The prognostic role of macrophage polarization in the colorectal cancer microenvironment. Cancer Immunol Res 2020. PubMed
  • Du C, da Silva A, Morales-Oyarvide V, Dias Costa A, Kozak MM, Dunne RF, Rubinson DA, Perez K, Masugi Y, Hamada T, Brais LK, Yuan C, Babic A, Ducar MD, Thorner AR, Aguirre A, Kulke MH, Ng K, Clancy TE, Findeis-Hosey JJ, Chang DT, Hornick JL, Fuchs CS, Ogino S, Koong AC, Hezel AF, Wolpin BM, Nowak JA. Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor Expression and Disease Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020. PubMed
  • Väyrynen JP, Lau MC, Haruki K, Väyrynen SA, Dias Costa A, Borowsky J, Zhao M, Fujiyoshi K, Arima K, Twombly TS, Kishikawa J, Gu S, Aminmozaffari S, Shi S, Baba Y, Akimoto N, Ugai T, da Silva A, Song M, Wu K, Chan AT, Nishihara R, Fuchs CS, Meyerhardt JA, Giannakis M, Ogino S, Nowak JA. Prognostic significance of immune cell populations identified by machine learning in colorectal cancer using routine hematoxylin & eosin stained sections. Clin Cancer Res 2020. PubMed