Abstract

The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) program housed in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Howard University, has the overall objective of providing """"""""bridge support"""""""" to allow an expansion of the research base in the biological sciences. In doing so,, the institution is able to enhance the number of faculty who are able to attract external funding from mainstream sources. As a result of this support, the training capacity of the requisite department's graduate and undergraduate programs are considerably strengthened. One of the major results of an enhanced research training base is to continue to make a significant contribution to the national minority biomedical scientists pool (PhDs). This application is comprised of subprojects from the departments of anatomy, biochemistry, biology, microbiology, physiology and psychology. They encompass research in molecular biology, gene regulation, cellular functions, pathophysiology and behavioral responses. This application has brought a new cadre of investigators into the program thereby enhancing the impact of the MBRS program on this institution.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Minority Biomedical Research Support - MBRS (S06)
Project #
5S06GM008016-25
Application #
2167070
Study Section
Minority Programs Review Committee (MPRC)
Project Start
1977-06-01
Project End
1998-07-31
Budget Start
1995-08-01
Budget End
1996-07-31
Support Year
25
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Howard University
Department
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
056282296
City
Washington
State
DC
Country
United States
Zip Code
20059

  Publications

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Kessler, Michael D; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura; Taub, Margaret A et al. (2016) Challenges and disparities in the application of personalized genomic medicine to populations with African ancestry. Nat Commun 7:12521
Liu, Ching-Ti; Raghavan, Sridharan; Maruthur, Nisa et al. (2016) Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis and Functional Annotation Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Fasting Glucose and Insulin. Am J Hum Genet 99:56-75
Rand, Kristin A; Rohland, Nadin; Tandon, Arti et al. (2016) Whole-exome sequencing of over 4100 men of African ancestry and prostate cancer risk. Hum Mol Genet 25:371-81
Mathias, Rasika Ann; Taub, Margaret A; Gignoux, Christopher R et al. (2016) A continuum of admixture in the Western Hemisphere revealed by the African Diaspora genome. Nat Commun 7:12522
Ehret, Georg B (see original citation for additional authors) (2016) The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals. Nat Genet 48:1171-1184
Kurian, P; Dunston, G; Lindesay, J (2016) How quantum entanglement in DNA synchronizes double-strand breakage by type II restriction endonucleases. J Theor Biol 391:102-12
Faruque, Mezbah U; Paul, Rabindra; Ricks-Santi, Luisel et al. (2015) Analyzing the Association of Polymorphisms in the CRYBB2 Gene with Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans. Anticancer Res 35:2565-70
Han, Ying; Signorello, Lisa B; Strom, Sara S et al. (2015) Generalizability of established prostate cancer risk variants in men of African ancestry. Int J Cancer 136:1210-7

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