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UCLA biobank study reveals disease risk, health care use among LA’s diverse population

A new study of UCLA Health’s large genetic biobank is giving researchers new insights into the disease risks faced by the region’s diverse communities and their access to health care. The effort, published in Nature Medicine, may prove useful in developing personalized medicine and treatment approaches to groups often overlooked by the medical system.

Impact of cross-ancestry genetic architecture on GWAS in admixed populations | AJHG

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are an important tool for disease mapping but are under-explored for populations of individuals with mixed genetic ancestries (admixed). This work provides guidance on method selection and shows that differences in allele frequency and/or causal effects by ancestries impact statistical power for GWAS in admixed populations.

Biomath PhD graduate receives the Publisher's Award from The Society of Systematic Biologists

Recent Biomathematics Ph.D. graduate Alexander Fisher (now an Assistant Professor at Duke) has received the Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research from The Society of Systematic Biologists. The award is presented to the two best papers based on student research published in Systematic Biology during the previous year.

The award is for the research article: 
Alexander A Fisher, University of California, Los Angeles

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