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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 ...
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This paper examines the impact of genetic testing and the potential benefits and harms it can provide to people with epilepsy and their family members.
April 12, 2010 | Story
What is love? It's an age-old question that is getting some new answers from an unlikely source: the prairie vole, a small rodent from the central grasslands of North America.
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.
November 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A study finds that important interactions between genetics and the social environment help determine friendship formation during high school.
September 27, 2012 | Story
Kathleen Hickey, an alumna of the RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars program, will assume the helm of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics this fall.
July 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: The Las Vegas Sun interviewed RWJF Executive N ...
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.
July 18, 2011 | Story
Working with an international team, Levi Garraway's use of whole genome sequencing affords deeper understanding of disease, opens new avenues of inquiry and points way to better diagnoses and treatments.