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September 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.
April 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The knowledge I gained from the Summer Genetic Institute has certainly impacted my work in the field, and my forthcoming paper in Nursing and Health Sciences confirms that the training was beneficial to all who participated. As a member of an interd ...
July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The American Nurses Foundation established the National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, an interdisciplinary group that brings together organizations to promote health professional education in the area of human genetics.
June 14, 2012 | Story
Grantee Debunks Genetic Ancestry Theory of Hypertension in African Americans.
August 30, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examined the role education and genetic ancestry play in predicting blood pressure (BP) among African Americans, looking at both within-group relationships and between-group relationships. The study confirms the finding that genetic ancestry is not associated with BP.
December 12, 2009 | Journal Article
Prairie voles and other outbred rodent species are free of the physiological limitations of inbred laboratory mice and rats. This article describes the creation of the first transgenic prairie vole using a promising genetic technology, lentiviral-mediated gene transfer.
December 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation designed, launched and evaluated Genetics & Your Practice Online, an information and continuing education program to help health professionals integrate genetics into their practices.
December 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Fred Friendly Seminars, in association with Thirteen/WNET, produced a three-part series called Our Genes/Our Choices, which the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) premiered nationally in January 2003 to some 2.3 million viewers.