Kate Townsend Creasy, PhD
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
Wenz BM, Dudek MF, Ramdas S, Creasy KT, Xin D, Olthoff KM, Shaked A, Rader DJ, Brown CD, Voight BF.: Expanded chromatin accessibility mapping explains genetic variation associated with complex traits in liver. Am J Hum Genet 113: 260-275, Feb 2026.Oswell CS, Rogers SA, James JG, McCall NM, Hsu AI, Salimando GJ, Mahmood M, Wooldridge LM, Wachira M, Jo AY, Sandoval Ortega RA, Wojick JA, Beattie K, Farinas SA, Chehimi SN, Rodrigues A, Wu JWK, Ejoh LL, Kimmey BA, Lo E, Azouz G, Vasquez JJ, Banghart MR, Beier KT, Creasy KT, Crist RC, Ramakrishnan C, Reiner BC, Deisseroth K, Yttri EA, Corder G.: Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits. Nature January 2026.
Tan J, Morgan SE, Compher CW, Creasy KT.: Dietary Approaches for Managing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review. Nutr Rev 84: 1193-1215, Jun 2025.
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.
Saharan SS, Creasy KT, Birnbaum L, Stock EO, Mustra Rakic J, Tian X, Prakash A, Malloy M, Kane J.: Machine Learning-Based Model for Predicting Coronary Heart Disease Using Preβ HDL and Cytokines as Plasma Biomarkers. Proc (Int Conf Comput Sci Comput Intell) 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.
Rader DJ, Creasy KT.: Yo-yo dieting accelerates cardiovascular disease by reprogramming the immune system. Nature October 2024.
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