Tag: Richard S. Cooper

  • Human Variation: A Genetic Perspective on Diversity, Race, and Medicine Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2014 131 pages (21 4C, 5B&W), index Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-621820-90-1 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-936113-25-5 Edited by: Aravinda Chakravarti, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular Biology & Genetics, and, Biostatistics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Institute of Genetic Medicine Since the appearance…

  • The Contribution of Genomic Research to Explaining Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review American Journal of Epidemiology First Published online: 2015-03-01 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu319 Jay S. Kaufman, Professor Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lena Dolman McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Dinela Rushani McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada…

  • Race in Biological and Biomedical Research Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine Volume 3, Issue 11 (November 2013) 10 pages DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008573 Richard S. Cooper, Anthony B. Traub Professor of Community and Family Medicine Loyola University Medical School The concept of race has had a significant influence on research in human biology since the early…

  • Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges Genome Medicine 2009 Volume 1, Number 8 (2009-01-21) DOI: 10.1186/gm8 Timothy Caulfield Faculty of Law and School of Public Health Research, Health Law Institute University of Alberta Stephanie M Fullerton Department of Medical History and Ethics and Department of Genome Sciences University of Washington School of…

  • In conclusion, based on a consecutive series of patients from an urban medical center in New York City we demonstrate that a spectrum of mixed ancestry is emerging in the largest US minority groups. While consistent with previous descriptive studies, when viewed from the clinical perspective this evidence invites a re-evaluation of the relevance of…

  • Genetic Background of Patients from a University Medical Center in Manhattan: Implications for Personalized Medicine PLoS ONE: A peer-reviewed, open access journal Volume 6, Number 5 (2011-05-04) 11 pages DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019166 Bamidele O. Tayo Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois Marie Teil Charles R. Bronfman Institute…

  • What’s the Use of Race? Modern Governance and the Biology of Difference The MIT Press May 2010 7 x 9, 296 pp., 7 illus. ISBN-10: 0-262-51424-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51424-8 Edited by Ian Whitmarsh, Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco David S. Jones, Associate Professor of History and Culture…