Artomov Lab Staff

Mykyta Artomov
Principal Investigator
Mykyta.Artomov@NationwideChildrens.org

Mykyta Artomov, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM), where he works on developing the concept of systems genetics – the integration of multiple data sources (e.g. DNA sequencing, gene expression data) in statistical frameworks that aid interpretability of experimental outcomes and novel biological hypothesis generation. His primary research focus is on developing methods for genome and exome sequencing data analysis and sharing, building statistical models for health outcomes using clinical and genetic data.

Applied aspects of Dr. Artomov’s work include understanding inherited susceptibilities for complex diseases – identification of disease risk genes, pathways and affected cell types. In integration with electronic healthcare records such an approach is used by Dr. Artomov to build predictive models for health outcomes.

Dmitrii Usoltsev
Senior Research Associate
Dmitrii.Usoltsev@NationwideChildrens.org

Dmitrii completed his master's degree at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology program. His research interests include cancer genetics, rare genetic diseases, polygenic risks, population genetics and predictive models. Dmitrii was the lead analyst for the Russian biobank and currently, he is developing predictive models using data from the major biobanks

Sarah Snyder
Research Assistant
Sarah.Snyder2@NationwideChildrens.org

Sarah obtained her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience with a cellular molecular specialization at The Ohio State University. She previously worked in nutrition genetics and then in plant analytical chemistry lab. She now works on the clinical side of the Artomov Lab where she coordinates a clinical study investigating the genetics of eating disorders.

Nikita Kolosov
PhD Student
Nikita.Kolosov@NationwideChildrens.org

Nikita is currently pursuing his doctorate at Artomov Lab, having begun his doctoral training at the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at The Ohio State University in 2023. His research is mainly focused on complex traits genetics and development of multifactorial risk models for polygenic diseases. Originating from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Nikita completed his undergraduate degree in developmental biology at Saint-Petersburg State University, followed by a master's degree in bioinformatics and systems biology from ITMO University. Before starting his doctoral journey, Nikita contributed as a bioinformatician at Almazov National Research Centre's population genomics laboratory, combining the latter with a position of visiting researcher in Broad Institute and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM).

Nikita received the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student – Basic Research award for the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Ivan Molotov
PhD Student
Ivan.Molotkov@NationwideChildrens.org

Ivan is a doctoral student in the Artomov Lab. Ivan obtained his bachelor's degree in applied mathematics at Alferov University and his master's degree in systems biology and bioinformatics at ITMO University. Before working at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ivan was a data scientist, working on the development of mathematical models of thermal power stations for cost minimization. At the Artomov Lab, Ivan's research is focused on genome-wide association studies, gene prioritization, variant interpretation, as well as survival analysis of clinical data.

Jennifer Lee
Summer Research Intern
Jennifer.Lee6@NationwideChildrens.org

Jennifer is an intern in the Artomov Lab looking into the genetic influence on aging. She is currently a senior at Columbus Academy with hopes of further exploring her interest in bioinformatics in the future while earning her undergraduate degree.