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Top Medicine Researchers at Princeton University for 2026
Princeton University’s recent medicine research spans molecular mechanisms, infectious disease dynamics, and population health questions that connect the lab to real-world outcomes. The work sampled here shows a field moving between cellular detail and broader patterns in health, with scholars asking how disease develops, spreads, and can be better understood.
Below, you’ll find a closer look at the researchers whose recent publications stood out across this landscape, along with the themes shaping the institution’s medical scholarship over the last year.
Featured Researchers
Joshua D. Rabinowitz
Joshua D. Rabinowitz at Princeton University has recently focused on cancer research, oncology, and molecular biology through studies including <em>Lactate homeostasis is maintained through regulation of glycolysis and lipolysis</em>, <em>Microbiome metabolism of dietary phytochemicals controls the anticancer activity of PI3K inhibitors</em>, and <em>A cellular and molecular basis of leptin resistance</em>.
Activity over the last year: 20 indexed journal articles.
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C. Jessica E. Metcalf
C. Jessica E. Metcalf at Princeton University has emphasized modeling and simulation, epidemiology, and infectious diseases in work such as <em>Strengthening serological studies: the need for greater geographical diversity, biobanking, and data-accessibility</em>, <em>Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar</em>, and <em>Using COVID-19 pandemic perturbation to model RSV-hMPV interactions and potential implications under RSV interventions</em>.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Strengthening serological studies: the need for greater geographical diversity, biobanking, and data-accessibility (Jan 2025)
- Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar (Jul 2025)
- Using COVID-19 pandemic perturbation to model RSV-hMPV interactions and potential implications under RSV interventions (Aug 2025)
Daniel A. Notterman
Daniel A. Notterman at Princeton University has recently worked across emergency medicine, epidemiology, and molecular biology, with publications including <em>Early Childhood Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular Health in Young Adulthood</em>, <em>Practice patterns for acquiring neuroimaging after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest</em>, and <em>Racial and ethnic variation in socioeconomic differentials in young adult cardiovascular health</em>.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
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Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell at Princeton University has been publishing on modeling and simulation, epidemiology, and public health, environmental and occupational health, including <em>The complex interplay between risk tolerance and the spread of infectious diseases</em>, <em>Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar</em>, and <em>Using COVID-19 pandemic perturbation to model RSV-hMPV interactions and potential implications under RSV interventions</em>.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The complex interplay between risk tolerance and the spread of infectious diseases (Apr 2025)
- Vaccination to mitigate climate-driven disruptions to malaria control in Madagascar (Jul 2025)
- Using COVID-19 pandemic perturbation to model RSV-hMPV interactions and potential implications under RSV interventions (Aug 2025)
Ileana M. Cristea
Ileana M. Cristea at Princeton University has explored epidemiology, immunology, and spectroscopy in recent studies such as <em>Infection-induced lysine lactylation enables herpesvirus immune evasion</em>, <em>Sequestration of ribosome biogenesis factors in HSV-1 nuclear aggregates revealed by spatially resolved thermal profiling</em>, and <em>Ribosomal protein S25 promotes cell cycle entry for a productive BK polyomavirus infection</em>.
Activity over the last year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Infection-induced lysine lactylation enables herpesvirus immune evasion (Jan 2025)
- Sequestration of ribosome biogenesis factors in HSV-1 nuclear aggregates revealed by spatially resolved thermal profiling (Jun 2025)
- Ribosomal protein S25 promotes cell cycle entry for a productive BK polyomavirus infection (Mar 2025)
Aartjan J.W. te Velthuis
Aartjan J.W. te Velthuis at Princeton University has focused on epidemiology, molecular biology, and immunology through work including <em>A two-step mechanism for RIG-I activation by influenza virus mvRNAs</em>, <em>Probing the functional constraints of influenza A virus NEP by deep mutational scanning</em>, and <em>RNA structure modulates Cas13 activity and enables mismatch detection</em>.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Yibin Kang
Yibin Kang at Princeton University has recently worked across sociology and political science, genetics, and public health, environmental and occupational health, with publications including <em>Microbiome metabolism of dietary phytochemicals controls the anticancer activity of PI3K inhibitors</em> and <em>Abstract P2-08-25: FITWISE: Feasibility study of tirzepatide for weight loss intervention in early stage hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative breast cancer</em>.
Activity over the last year: 6 indexed journal articles.
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Eileen White
Eileen White at Princeton University has centered recent work on epidemiology, cancer research, and molecular biology, including <em>Unravelling cysteine-deficiency-associated rapid weight loss</em>, <em>Reprogramming neuroblastoma by diet-enhanced polyamine depletion</em>, and <em>Cancer-Associated Cachexia: Bridging Clinical Findings with Mechanistic Insights in Human Studies</em>.
Activity over the last year: 8 indexed journal articles.
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What Princeton University's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to a community working at the intersection of epidemiology, molecular biology, cancer research, and modeling and simulation. That combination suggests a strong emphasis on connecting mechanism to population-level patterns: how infections spread, how tumors respond to metabolic and dietary factors, and how public health interventions may perform under changing conditions. Public health, environmental and occupational health also appears repeatedly, reinforcing the sense that Princeton’s medicine research is attentive to both biological detail and broader context.- Epidemiology - seen across 6 of the featured researchers
- Molecular Biology - seen across 4 of the featured researchers
- Cancer Research - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Modeling and Simulation - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
From cancer metabolism and viral infection to epidemiological modeling and health disparities, Princeton University’s medicine research reflects a broad and active agenda. Explore the researchers and themes below to see how these threads connect, and consider using Resub to support your own citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation workflows.
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