Sentences with phrase «genetic epidemiology»

The Area of Genomic Medicine is devised as a scientific production structure which will preferably include research groups centred on work in the area of genetic epidemiology of some of the main public health problems (cancer, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, rare diseases, etc.).

«We've known about how microbes can influence your health for a few years now and in a way we've always suspected it's a two - way process, but never really pinned it down that well,» says Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, not involved with the new study.

The MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) is supporting MalariaGEN by developing web - based applications for sharing and analysing large genomic datasets, and by helping to build research capacity for genetic epidemiology research in malaria - endemic regions.

Published August 3 in The American Journal of Human Genetics, the statement was jointly authored by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors, the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors, the International Genetic Epidemiology Society, and the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

October 6: Benjamin Neale presents at Tuesday's joint symposium with the International Genetic Epidemiology Society.

The participants in the study were 1,906 Han Chinese adults in the GenSalt project (Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt Sensitivity), a large project to identify environmental and genetic factors leading to salt sensitivity.

«Some fields that have already adopted rigorous replication practices and a more transparent stream of work, such as genetic epidemiology, have seen a dramatic improvement in the credibility of their claimed discoveries within a few years.»

Contact: Ulrika Ericson, PhD, Nutritionist, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University [phone] ulrika [dot] ericson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se

Lange has worked on an amazing range of projects, for example creating a highly effective way to do genetic epidemiology by unraveling how a genetic defect was passed along through a complicated community genealogy.

Dr Lavinia Paternoster, Senior Lecturer in Genetic Epidemiology from Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, who initiated the study, said: «This study brought together two European birth cohorts, PIAMA, from the Netherlands and ALSPAC (or «Children of the 90s») from Bristol.

Mediated by this role, Sarah has established collaborations with researchers from a range of countries enabling the development of a network to support global P. vivax genetic epidemiology studies.

And collaboration can allow data to be combined for larger sample sizes, a strategy that human genetic epidemiology has successfully used to boost the reliability of results in that field.

Dr Veronique Bataille, senior author of the paper and another dermatologist in the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology said: «Longer telomeres are likely to be one factor explaining the protection against premature skin aging in individuals who previously suffered from acne.

«I'd hate to see it lumped together with research into genetic epidemiology.

Dr Louise Wain, Associate Professor in Genetic Epidemiology who led the team of analysts at the University of Leicester added: «The research shows the value of the UK Biobank study and of «big data» for making discoveries that will improve health.

Dr Olivia Fletcher, Team Leader in Functional Genetic Epidemiology at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said: «Our study took the high - level maps of breast cancer risk regions and used them to pull out specific genes that seem to be associated with the disease.

Fallin's interests are in applying genetic epidemiology methods to studies of neuropsychiatric disorders including autism, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder and in developing applications and methods for epigenetic epidemiology, particularly as applied to mental health and development.

Investigators in the CRGGH will develop genetic epidemiology models that will explore the patterns and determinants of common complex diseases in populations in the United States and other human populations around the world.

Project: Genome - wide Association in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma: The Blindness in Glaucoma Genetic Epidemiology Relative Risk Study

Genetic epidemiology combines the genetic method with the epidemiological method to study genetic variation in human populations and their relation with normal and pathological phenotypical changes.

The journal Genetic Epidemiology published results of the study which showed that consumption of healthy dietary fats has a significant association with testosterone.

The Continental Origins and Genetic Epidemiology Network (COGENT) consortium conducted the research, which is the largest genome - wide association study of blood pressure in individuals of African ancestry.

Drawing upon evidence from multiple studies, Professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and author of The Diet Myth, Tim Spector said the restrictive nature of highly processed diets which use just a few ingredients is responsible for reducing our microbe diversity — and is making us ill.

But when pregnant women in Britain used the pain reliever, it appeared to increase the risk of behavior problems cropping up in their children by the time they turned 7, said lead researcher Evie Stergiakouli, a lecturer in genetic epidemiology at the University of Bristol.

She also served as a member of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) Board of Directors (1999 - 2001), as IGES president - elect, president and past president (2006 - 2008) and as chair of the IGES Ethical, Legal and Social Issues committee.

Dr. Bailey - Wilson has received a number of awards and honors, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Medical Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine (1995), the Trustee's Alumni Award from Western Maryland College (1998), the Leadership Award from the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (2006), induction as an alumni member into Phi Beta Kappa (2010) and the NHGRI Outstanding Mentor Award (2011).

The corollary is that better understanding of infections, including genetic epidemiology, is crucial to design measures to eradicate the downstream consequences of H pylori in large populations.»

It's a short walk from the GeneOS office to the National Public Health Institute of Finland, where Jaakko Tuomilehto heads the Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit.

Her unique teaching approach, which couples decades of personal experience with an unparalleled scientific background (Ph.D. in Genetic Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University), has enabled her to become one of the finest endurance coaches in the world.

I was very fortunate that I received training in genetic epidemiology as part of my master's degree at Fu Wai Hospital; that work proved to be very helpful for the research I've been doing here.

The Institutes of Epidemiology I and II (EPI I, EPI II), the Institute of Genetic Epidemiology (IGE) and the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) at the HMGU were involved.

Their traditionally low - budget science, which needs only pencil and paper to tally shared traits in the classical twin studies, has entered the high - tech world of genetic epidemiology, which traces the power of genes to influence the health of populations.

«The most important finding of this study is that infectious processes of respiratory disease may be influenced by particulate matter pollution at various levels,» said lead author Benjamin Horne, PhD, director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Lead author of the study, Dr Simone Ribero, a dermatologist from the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology at King's, said: «For many years dermatologists have identified that the skin of acne sufferers appears to age more slowly than in those who have not experienced any acne in their lifetime.

She herself has joined forces with Harry Campbell, a professor of genetic epidemiology and public health at the University of Edinburgh, to create The Journal of Global Health, which will be launched at the World Congress of Epidemiology in August.

Sieh focuses on the genetic epidemiology of ovarian and prostate cancers.

After doing a genetic epidemiology research project at McGill, looking at whether family members of head and neck cancer patients had an increased risk of the disease (and finding the topic fascinating), she went to the University of Washington (U.W.) in Seattle to earn a master's degree in epidemiology.

Dr. Farrer teaches several courses in human genetics and genetic epidemiology at Boston University, directs Boston University's Molecular Genetics Core Facility which offers DNA genotyping and sequencing services to investigators at the Boston Medical Center, and provides genetic counseling and testing to patients with a variety of inherited conditions.

Research Associate in the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Cours — King's College London

Genetic epidemiology 34: 479 - 491.

Barbara Prainsack is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the Department of Social science, Health & Medicine at King's College London; a Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology at St. Thomas» Hospital, King's College London, and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Biomedicine & Society at Brunel University.

Speakers: Prof Sir John Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University Prof Timothy Bishop, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Leeds

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