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Characterizing disparities in Alzheimer’s disease risk through polygenic risk and epidemiologic factors in the Health and Retirement Study

by ebakshis | Feb 20, 2020

To investigate polygenic risk in susceptibility to dementia, particularly among groups at increased risk of disease, including women, minorities, rural inhabitants, and those with low educational attainment. Because an individual’s susceptibility to dementia is likely...

matvan

by matvan | Dec 4, 2019

Matthew VanEseltine is a sociologist at the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research. He currently works at the Institute for Research and Innovation on Science (IRIS).

julianek

by Jule Krüger | Oct 7, 2019

ebakshis

by ebakshis | Aug 15, 2019

I have a doctoral degree in epidemiology, with a focus on genetic epidemiology, and master’s degrees in statistics and public health. My work is focused on high throughput statistical analysis of genomic data and its relationship to outcomes that show marked...