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Paul Wolujewicz

Paul Wolujewicz

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

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Paul Wolujewicz

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Welcomes Media Inquiries
Dr. Paul Wolujewicz is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Quinnipiac University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Medical Sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine. He earned his BS in Biophysics, MS in Biomedical Sciences, MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and PhD in Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology. He completed his postdoctoral training at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he now also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the Brain and Mind Research Institute.

At Quinnipiac, Dr. Wolujewicz teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including Biomedical Genomics, Biotechnology, Computational Biomedicine, and Cellular Basis of Neurobiological Disorders. Through his teaching, mentorship, and research, he is committed to preparing the next generation of scientists with training in cutting-edge biomedical techniques and data-driven discovery.

Dr. Wolujewicz is a recipient of the Timothy M. George Award for Excellence in Neural Tube Defect Research and is an active member of The Society of Birth Defects Research and Prevention. The Wolujewicz Lab integrates computational genomics, biomedical data science, and AI-driven approaches to explore the genetic basis of human disease. His work focuses on genomic contributions to complex neurological disorders, advancing our understanding of the genetic underpinnings of neural tube defects, and developing innovative metagenomic strategies for vector-borne pathogen surveillance and public health applications.

Education

  • MS, Rutgers-The State Univ of NJ
  • MPH, Rutgers-The State Univ of NJ
  • PHD, Cornell University-Ny
  • PHD, Cornell University

Areas of Expertise

  • Biomedical Genomics
  • Biotechnology
  • Population Health
  • Neurology/Neuroscience
  • Computational Biomedicine

Organization

  • Biomedical Sciences

Office Location

  • The Site 271

Mail Drop

  • EC-BMS

Courses

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Experience

Quinnipiac University

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Hamden, CT

2023 - Present

Quinnipiac University

Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences

North Haven, CT

2023 - Present

Weill Cornell Medical College

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

New York, NY

2023 - Present

Weill Cornell Medical College

Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience

New York, NY

2022 - 2023

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Evidence for Pathogenic Expansions in NTD Case-Parent Trios

Paul Wolujewicz, Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido, Megan Shuguli, Sarah Fazal, Gregory Heuer, Osvaldo M. Mutchinick, Jose Suazo, Pablo Alacron, Adolfo Aguayo Gómez, Richard H. Finnell, Rosa A. Pardo, M. Elizabeth Ross

International Conference on Neural Tube Defects, Vancouver, Canada, University of British Columbia (2024)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Schizophrenia endothelial cells exhibit higher permeability and altered angiogenesis patterns in patient-derived organoids

Isidora Stankovic, Michael Notaras, Paul Wolujewicz, Tyler Lu, Raphael Lis, Margaret Elizabeth Ross, Dilek Colak

Translational Psychiatry (2024)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Integrative computational analyses implicate regulatory genomic elements contributing to spina bifida.

Wolujewicz P, Aguiar-Pulido V, Thareja G, Suhre K, Elemento O, Finnell RH, Ross ME.

Genetics in Medicine Open (2024)

Peer Reviewed Journal

A non-coding insertional mutation of Grhl2 causes gene over-expression and multiple structural anomalies including cleft palate, spina bifida and encephalocele.

Crane-Smith, Z., De Castro, S. C. P., Nikolopoulou, E., Wolujewicz, P., Smedley, D., Lei, Y., Mather, E., Santos, C., Hopkinson, M., Pitsillides, A. A., Genomics England Research Consortium, Finnell, R. H., Ross, M. E., Copp, A. J., & Greene, N. D. E.

32(17) Human molecular genetics 2681–2692 (2023)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Astrocytes derived from ASD individuals alter behavior and destabilize neuronal activity through aberrant Ca2+ signaling.

Allen, M., Huang, B. S., Notaras, M. J., Lodhi, A., Barrio-Alonso, E., Lituma, P. J., Wolujewicz, P., Witztum, J., Longo, F., Chen, M., Greening, D. W., Klann, E., Ross, M. E., Liston, C., & Colak, D.

Molecular psychiatry (2022)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Systems biology analysis of human genomes points to key pathways conferring spina bifida risk.

Aguiar-Pulido, V., Wolujewicz, P., Martinez-Fundichely, A., Elhaik, E., Thareja, G., Abdel Aleem, A., Chalhoub, N., Cuykendall, T., Al-Zamer, J., Lei, Y., El-Bashir, H., Musser, J. M., Al-Kaabi, A., Shaw, G. M., Khurana, E., Suhre, K., Mason, C. E., Elemento, O., Finnell, R. H., & Ross, M. E.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Genome-wide investigation identifies a rare copy-number variant burden associated with human spina bifida.

Wolujewicz P, Aguiar-Pulido V, AbdelAleem A, Nair V, Thareja G, Suhre K, Shaw GM, Finnell RH, Elemento O, Ross ME.

Genetics in Medicine (2021)

Peer Reviewed Journal Article Review

Unraveling the complex genetics of neural tube defects: From biological models to human genomics and back.

Wolujewicz P, Steele JW, Kaltschmidt JA, Finnell RH, Ross ME.

Genesis (2021)