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Genetic Associations and Epidemiology · Genetics

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h-index55
i10-index147
Publications249
Citations24,517

Grants

6 total · 0 active

NIH #R01DK118427

Genome, Metabolome, Ancestry and Diabetes Health Disparity

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2019-09-052023-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR

NIH #R21DK105913

Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes in Indian Populations: US-India Collaboration Project

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-04-082018-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY

NIH #U01DK085524

Discovery of Functional Variants in Type 2 Diabetes Genes in Mexican Americans

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2009-09-202014-07-31
PIs
4

Awarded at TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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All Grants

6 total · 0 active

NIH #R01DK118427

Genome, Metabolome, Ancestry and Diabetes Health Disparity

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2019-09-052023-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR

NIH #R21DK105913

Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes in Indian Populations: US-India Collaboration Project

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-04-082018-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY

NIH #U01DK085524

Discovery of Functional Variants in Type 2 Diabetes Genes in Mexican Americans

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2009-09-202014-07-31
PIs
4

Awarded at TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NIH #R01DK053889

Genetics of Gallbladder Disease in Mexican Americans

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
1998-09-302012-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NIH #R01HD049051

The Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican American Children

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2005-03-012010-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NIH #R01HD041111

Genetics of Birth Weight in Mexican Americans

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2001-09-102006-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Identification of lipid quantitative trait loci linked with cardiometabolic disease in Asian Indians and Europeans: A genome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization (PLoS Medicine)2026-04-23
  2. New preprint: cellSTAAR: Incorporating single-cell-sequencing-based functional data to boost power in rare variant association testing of non-coding regions2025-04-26

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