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Thursday May 1st, 2008
Dr. Rick Kittles, Ph.D.
University of Chicago, Department of Medicine
"Genetics of Prostate Cancer: Placing Susceptibility into context"
Location NRB Auditorium
Time: 3:30pm
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Dr. Rick Kittles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of
Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine
Cancer Research Center
University of
Chicago
Dr. Kittles' research
focus is to formally evaluate genetic mechanisms involved in complex diseases.
His work entails understanding how genetic variation is structured across human
populations and how that variation contributes to inter-individual variation in
disease susceptibility and other phenotypes such as drug response and skin
color. Currently his work
explores sequence variation within candidate genes
in well-characterized populations for prostate and breast cancer, cardiovascular
disease, and human pigmentation. His interests also include biological and
socio-cultural issues related to "Race" and health disparities and the utility
of admixture mapping for genes for common traits and disease in African
Americans and Hispanic Americans. Dr. Kittles also is currently scientific
director of the African Ancestry Inc., a genetic testing service for determining
individuals' African ancestry.
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