Erica Pratt, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University College of Engineering

Biography

Erica D. Pratt is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. Dr. Pratt earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University working with Brian J. Kirby. There she co-designed the Geometrically Enhanced Differential Immunocapture (GEDI) platform for high-efficiency and high-purity microfluidic isolation of circulating tumor cells from whole blood samples. She then completed multi-disciplinary postdocs with Andrew D. Rhim and Laurie L. Parker developing assays for non-invasive omic characterization of solid cancers. Her lab works at the interface of engineering, chemical biology and oncology to develop assays for cancer diagnosis and monitoring.

Dr. Pratt has been recognized with several awards including a post-doctoral NIH Ruth L. Krischstein National Research Service Award and Momental Foundation Unfettered Research Grant.

Publications

  • Published 10/1/2025

    Sun Y, Haghnazari D, Huang CY, Baig A, Kim M, Cunningham A, Skeen C, Wolfson JM, Ferguson ST, Pratt ED, Valeri L, Zhao S, Gold DR, Balaj L, Koutrakis P, Phipatanakul W, Lai PS. Air Purifier Intervention for Respiratory Viral Exposure in Elementary Schools: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 01; 8(10):e2536951. PMID: 41071551.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/23/2025

    Skeen C, Pratt ED. Standardized droplet preamplification method for downstream circulating cell-free DNA analysis. Biotechniques. 2025 Mar; 77(3):125-135. PMID: 40407045.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/2/2022

    Widstrom NE, Perez M, Pratt ED, Heier JL, Blankenhorn JF, Breidenbach L, Peterson H, Parker LL. Novel Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) Substrates for Time-Resolved Luminescence Assays. ACS Chem Biol. 2022 Jun 17; 17(6):1328-1333. PMID: 35653784.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/18/2021

    Cowan RW, Pratt ED, Kang JM, Zhao J, Wilhelm JJ, Abdulla M, Qiao EM, Brennan LP, Ulintz PJ, Bellin MD, Rhim AD. Pancreatic Cancer-Related Mutational Burden Is Not Increased in a Patient Cohort With Clinically Severe Chronic Pancreatitis. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2021 11 18; 12(11):e00431. PMID: 34797250.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/29/2021

    Pratt ED, ZHen DB, Cowan RW, Cameron H, Schradle K, Manning SL, Gunchick V, Simeone DM, Sahai V, Rhim AD. Ultra-low Input Circulating Tumor DNA Detection by MED-Amp in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer. 2021.

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Other Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Cornell University, PhD

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