Kate Townsend Creasy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Office: 11-142 Smilow Center for Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Business Administration and Economics)
Greensboro College, 2005.
Ph.D. (Nutritional Sciences)
University of Kentucky, 2015.
B.S. (Business Administration and Economics)
Greensboro College, 2005.
Ph.D. (Nutritional Sciences)
University of Kentucky, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoc in Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism, University of California San Francisco, 2015-2018.
Postdoc in Genetics and Lipid Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.
Permanent linkPostdoc in Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism, University of California San Francisco, 2015-2018.
Postdoc in Genetics and Lipid Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2020.
Selected Publications
Creasy KT, Mehta MB, Schneider CV, Park J, Zhang D, Shewale SV, Millar JS, Vujkovic M, Hand NJ, Titchenell PM, Baur JA, Rader DJ.: Ppp1r3b is a metabolic switch that shifts hepatic energy storage from lipid to glycogen. Sci Adv 11: eado3440, May 2025.Jo AY, Xie Y, Wooldridge LM, Rogers SA, Kimmey BA, Rodrigues A, Ortega RAS, Creasy KT, Beier KT, Blendy JA, Corder G.: VTA µ-Opioidergic Neurons Facilitate Low Sociability in Protracted Opioid Abstinence. J Neurosci 45: e1154242025, Apr 2025.
Stock EO, Asztalos BF, Miller JM, He L, Creasy KT, Schwemberger R, Quinn A, Pullinger CR, Malloy MJ, Diffenderfer MR, Kane JP.: High-Density Lipoprotein Particles, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk. Nutrients 17: 1182, Mar 2025.
Schneider KM, Cao F, Huang HYR, Chen L, Chen Y, Gong R, Raptis A, Creasy KT, Clusmann J, van Haag F, Koop PH, Guillot A, Luedde T, Loomba R, Francque S, Schneider CV.: The Lipidomic Profile Discriminates Between MASLD and MetALD. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2025.
Huang HYR, Vitali C, Zhang D, Hand NJ, Phillips MC, Creasy KT, Scorletti E, Park J, Regeneron Centre, Schneider KM, Rader DJ, Schneider CV.: Deep metabolic phenotyping of humans with protein-altering variants in TM6SF2 using a genome-first approach. JHEP Rep 7: 101243, Oct 2024.
Rendel MD, Vitali C, Creasy KT, Zhang D, Scorletti E, Huang H, Seeling KS, Park J, Hehl L, Vell MS, Conlon D, Hayat S; Regeneron Center; Phillips MC, Schneider KM, Rader DJ, Schneider CV.: The common p.Ile291Val variant of ERLIN1 enhances TM6SF2 function and is associated with protection against MASLD. Med 5: 963-980, Aug 2024.
Jo AY, Xie Y, Rodrigues A, Sandoval Ortega RA, Creasy KT, Beier KT, Blendy JA, Corder G.: VTA μ-opioidergic neurons facilitate low sociability in protracted opioid withdrawal. bioRxiv Jul 2024.
Schophaus S, Creasy KT, Koop PH, Clusmann J, Jaeger J, Punnuru V, Koch A, Trautwein C, Loomba R, Luedde T, Schneider KM, Schneider CV.: Machine learning uncovers manganese as a key nutrient associated with reduced risk of steatotic liver disease. Liver International July 2024.
Leonida Hehl, Kate T Creasy, Cecilia Vitali, Eleonora Scorletti, Katharina S Seeling, Mara S Vell, Miriam D Rendel, Donna Conlon, Marijana Vujkovic, Inuk Zandvakili, Christian Trautwein, Kai M Schneider, Daniel J Rader, Carolin V Schneider: A genome-first approach to variants in MLXIPL and their association with hepatic steatosis and plasma lipids. Hepatology Communications 8(5): e0427, May 2024.
James JG, McCall NM, Hsu AI, Oswell CS, Salimando GJ, Mahmood M, Wooldridge LM, Wachira M, Jo A, Sandoval Ortega RA, Wojick JA, Beattie K, Farinas SA, Chehimi SN, Rodrigues A, Ejoh LL, Kimmey BA, Lo E, Azouz G, Vasquez JJ, Banghart MR, Creasy KT, Beier KT, Ramakrishnan C, Crist RC, Reiner BC, Deisseroth K, Yttri EA, Corder G.: Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits. bioRxiv Apr 2024.
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