Tag: Melinda Aldrich

  • The Great Migration and African-American Genomic Diversity PLOS Genetics 2016-05-27 27 pages DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006059 Soheil Baharian Department of Human Genetics McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Maxime Barakatt McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Christopher R. Gignoux Department of Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine,…

  • Study explores race differences of lung cancer risk Vanderbilt University Medical Center Reporter 2013-08-01 Mimi Eckhard Vanderbilt research scientist Melinda Aldrich, Ph.D., MPH, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health Academic Career Award to investigate some of the genetic secrets behind a greater risk of lung cancer among African-Americans compared with other racial and…

  • Genetic screening may redefine medical treatments KGO-TV San Francisco, California 2010-07-07 Carolyn Johnson, Co-Anchor KGO-TV SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — New research out of UCSF [University of California, San Francisco] shows that tracking a patient’s genetic ancestry can improve the diagnosis of asthma and other lung diseases. The results could have broader implications for other diseases…