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Dr. Guanjie Chen is a senior research fellow with the NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. PLoS Genet 2009 Jul. PMID: 19609347 … among obesity, inflammation, and Insulin Resistance in African Americans and West Africans. Obesity. 2010 Mar. PMID: … and association with Obesity in West Africans and African Americans. Diabetes 2010 Jun. PMID: 20299471 Meilleur …
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Dr. Ayo Doumatey is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Manager at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… obesity and obesity-related traits in populations of African ancestry. One of her research interests is to … molecular mechanisms in metabolically healthy obese African Americans. NPJ Genom Med. 2018 Jan 29; 3:4. doi: … AP, Chen G, Shriner D, Adeyemo A. The genomic landscape of African populations in health and disease. Hum Mol Genet. …
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Jie Zhou is a data manager and SAS programmer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… variants with ethnicity-specific effects in African Americans. PLoS Genet. 2014 Mar 6;10(3):e1004190. … new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry. Nat Genet. 2013 Jun;45(6):690-6. doi: … CS. Genome-wide association of body fat distribution in African ancestry populations suggests new loci. PLoS Genet. …
News Release
Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., was awarded the Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science by the New York Academy of Medicine. This honor, established in 1929, recognizes investigators with sustained and impactful accomplishments in biomedical research and an interest in translating these findings to advance human health.
… hypertension in different populations, with a focus on the African Americans and Africans. As a genetic epidemiologist … how genomic data from admixed groups and individuals of African ancestry has enhanced approaches to finding genomic … a map of human genomic variation. After working with African communities in Nigeria and Kenya, he became concerned …
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Dr. Meeks is a Special Volunteer at the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… diseases in underrepresented populations, in particular African-ancestry populations. These innovative designs include comparing an African migrant group living in different countries to assess the role of national context as well as comparing African migrants with non-migrants still living in Africa to …
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Reagan Moseti Mogire is a postdoctoral research fellow with a background in medical biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetic epidemiology.
… an MSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Pan African University and a BSc in Medical Biochemistry from the … novel genetic variants associated with vitamin D status in African populations. After his PhD, Dr. Mogire was awarded a … emphasis on liver function and metabolomics within African American and African populations. Motivated by a …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
… on the efficacy of the workbook that they posed to African American communities.  Your browser does not support … such as changing their behavior and seeking clinical care. African Americans experience a disproportionately high number … to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. African American families are also exposed to social and …
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Researchers identified 13 gene regions that influence cholesterol levels, some of which affected people differently if they are smokers or former smokers.
… (a fat or fat-like substance in the blood) in people of African ancestry. The researchers investigated whether … participants in the study's first stage, 23,753 were of African descent. Of the 253,467 total participants in the second stage, 30,970 people were of African descent. This study is one of the largest of lipids …
Funded Research
The Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (AGMR) program stimulates innovation and advance understanding of when, where and how best to implement the use of genomic information and technologies in clinical care.
… Health System Aimé Lumaka Zola Universite De Kinshasa African Rare Diseases Initiative (ARDI): Advancing Genomic … Genomic Medicine: Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles for African American Communities **Past Grantees More information …
Diversity Center
Tuskegee University establishes the Carver Genomic Research Center.
… education program (GEP) to address the determinants for African American (AA) participation in genomic research. CEC … phenotype of triple negative breast cancer in women of African ethnicity Lead: Deepa Bedi, M.D., Ph.D. … cancer subtype that disproportionately affects women of African origin. African-American (AA) women with TNBC have …