UTRGV Diversity Center for Genome Research

UTRGV 基因组研究多样性中心

• 批准号: 10749783
• 负责人: SARAH A. WILLIAMS-BLANGERO
• 金额: $ 259.14万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-18 至 2028-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10749783
• 关键词: Address; Anthropology; Area; Bioinformatics; Collaborations; Communities; Community Outreach; Development; Disease; Education; Education and Outreach; Environmental Epidemiology; Environmental Exposure; Equipment; Extramural Activities; Faculty; Family; Fostering; Funding; Future; Genetic; Genome; Genomics; Goals; Growth; Health; Hispanic; Hispanic-serving Institution; Human Genetics; Image; Institution; Interdisciplinary Study; Investigation; Investments; Major Depressive Disorder; Medical; Mexican; Mexican Americans; Molecular Genetics; Neurosciences; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Program Development; Program Sustainability; Proteomics; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Support; Resources; Science; Scientist; Services; Statistical Methods; Strategic Planning; Structure; Students; Techniques; Technology; Texas; Training; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Workforce Development; career; career development; community center; community engagement; community organizations; design; disease disparity; environmental chemistry; experience; genetic epidemiology; health disparity; higher education; hispanic community; improved; innovation; instrumentation; interest; literacy; medical schools; minority student; multidisciplinary; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; novel; programs; recruit; senior faculty; skills; stem cell biology; training opportunity; university student

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seeks to establish a Diversity Center for Genome Research that will build UTRGV’s genomics research capacity by 1) expanding genomic research capabilities and discoveries in two innovative research projects; and 2) enhancing the size and quality of the available genomics workforce. Leveraging the exciting activities and resources available in the two highly innovative research projects, the Center’s structure and approach are designed to expand the pool of diverse genomic scientists, clinician scientists, and researchers at both the doctoral and technical staff levels who can perform cutting-edge multidisciplinary genomics research. The Center’s Workforce Development Core includes efforts to develop the pipeline of Hispanic pre-college students interested in careers in genetics and genomics so that workforce development programs will expand and become self-sustaining in the future. The Center’s Community Engagement Core is designed to improve genomic literacy in the predominantly Hispanic local population and increase interest in participation in genomic studies. The research in the two multidisciplinary projects to be supported by the Center is focused on diseases that are important health disparities for the local Mexican American population, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and major depressive disorder. The team science-focused research will be meaningful to our trainees since the diseases under investigation disproportionately impact Mexican American families. The research programs leverage state-of-the-art instrumentation to provide outstanding training opportunities for faculty, students, postdocs, and residents. Cutting-edge technologies are incorporated into the projects, maximizing the impact of training and research experiences. Techniques and approaches used in the projects include bioinformatics, computational genomics, statistical genetics, molecular genetics, genetic epidemiology, genomics, proteomics, exposomics, stem cell biology, novel statistical methods, environmental chemistry, environmental epidemiology, neuroscience, imaging genomics, and medical anthropology. The proposed research areas provide an outstanding range of training opportunities and are rich with potential spin-off projects for junior faculty and senior faculty seeking to branch into genomics. Through the activities of its Administrative Core, Workforce Development Core, Community Engagement Core, and Research Projects, the proposed UTRGV Diversity Center for Genome Research will support cutting-edge genomic research, capacity building, and training in genomics at one of the nation’s largest Hispanic-serving institutions.

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