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Genetic ancestry, admixture and health determinants in Latin America by Norris, Emily T, Wang, Lu, Conley, Andrew B, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Mariño-Ramírez, Leonardo, Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Jordan, I King

“…Modern Latin American populations were formed via genetic admixture among ancestral source populations from Africa, the Americas and Europe. We are interested…”
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Admixture-enabled selection for rapid adaptive evolution in the Americas by Norris, Emily T, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Chande, Aroon T, Conley, Andrew B, Ye, Kaixiong, Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Jordan, I King

“…Admixture occurs when previously isolated populations come together and exchange genetic material. We hypothesize that admixture can enable rapid adaptive…”
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Mutations in SORL1 and MTHFDL1 possibly contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease in a multigenerational Colombian Family by Tejada Moreno, Johanna Alexandra, Villegas Lanau, Andrés, Madrigal Zapata, Lucia, Baena Pineda, Ana Yulied, Velez Hernandez, Juan, Campo Nieto, Omer, Soto Ospina, Alejandro, Araque Marín, Pedronel, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Norris, Emily T, Chande, Aroon T, Jordan, I King, Bedoya Berrio, Gabriel

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, affecting over 50 million people worldwide in 2020 and this number will triple to…”
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Human Retrotransposon Insertion Polymorphisms Are Associated with Health and Disease via Gene Regulatory Phenotypes by Wang, Lu, Norris, Emily T, Jordan, I K

“…The human genome hosts several active families of transposable elements (TEs), including the Alu, LINE-1, and SVA retrotransposons that are mobilized via…”
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The health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults who experience imprisonment globally: A mixed methods systematic review by Kim, Hannah, Hughes, Emily, Cavanagh, Alice, Norris, Emily, Gao, Angela, Bondy, Susan J, McLeod, Katherine E, Kanagalingam, Tharsan, Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G

“…The prison setting and health status of people who experience imprisonment increase the risks of COVID-19 infection and sequelae, and other health impacts of…”
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Rye: genetic ancestry inference at biobank scale by Conley, Andrew B, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Ahmad, Maria, Sharma, Shivam, Norris, Emily T, Jordan, I King, Mariño-Ramírez, Leonardo

“…Abstract Biobank projects are generating genomic data for many thousands of individuals. Computational methods are needed to handle these massive data sets,…”
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The Military Health System: Minimizing Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment by Liggett, Jedson R, Norris, Emily A, Rush, Toni M, Sicignano, Nicholas M, Oxner, Christopher

“…ABSTRACT Background The Military Health System (MHS) is a universal health care system, in which health care disparities are theoretically minimized. This…”
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How Study Abroad Shapes Global Careers: Evidence From the United States by Mohajeri Norris, Emily, Gillespie, Joan

“…What is the impact of study abroad on U.S. college students’ career paths? What factors of education abroad differentiate alumni who later worked or…”
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From far and wide: Geographic distance to pediatric surgical care across Canada by McEvoy, Christian S., Ross-Li, Dan, Norris, Emily A., Ricca, Robert L., Gow, Kenneth W.

“…Canada is the second largest country in the world, with most of the population located in the southern-most portion of its geography. We sought to define the…”
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A Comparative Analysis of Genetic Ancestry and Admixture in the Colombian Populations of Chocó and Medellín by Conley, Andrew B, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Norris, Emily T, Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Mariño-Ramírez, Leonardo, Medina-Rivas, Miguel A, Jordan, I King

“…At least 20% of Colombians identify as having African ancestry, yielding the second largest population of Afro-descendants in Latin America. To date, there…”
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GlobAl Distribution of GEnetic Traits (GADGET) web server: polygenic trait scores worldwide by Chande, Aroon T, Wang, Lu, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Conley, Andrew B, Norris, Emily T, Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Jordan, I King

“…Abstract Human populations from around the world show striking phenotypic variation across a wide variety of traits. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are…”
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Evaluation of Surgical Caseload Aboard the USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) During Enduring Promise 2018 by Norris, Emily A, Johnson, Mark S, Mann, Kevan E, Pryor, Howard I

“…Abstract The USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) deployed in support of Enduring Promise 2018 (EP-18) for an 11-week humanitarian mission providing care to the residents of…”
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Population Pharmacogenomics for Precision Public Health in Colombia by Nagar, Shashwat Deepali, Moreno, A Melissa, Norris, Emily T, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Conley, Andrew B, O'Neal, Kelly L, Vélez-Gómez, Sara, Montes-Rodríguez, Camila, Jaraba-Álvarez, Wendy V, Torres, Isaura, Medina-Rivas, Miguel A, Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Jordan, I King, Gallo, Juan Esteban

“…While genomic approaches to precision medicine hold great promise, they remain prohibitively expensive for developing countries. The precision public health…”
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Comparison of 10- versus 14-gauge angiocatheter for treatment of tension pneumothorax and tension-induced pulseless electrical activity with hemorrhagic shock: Bigger is still better by Norris, Emily A., McEvoy, Christian S., Leatherman, Matthew L., Boboc, Michael R., Fitch, Jamie L., Jensen, Shane D., Polk, Travis M.

“…Little is known regarding the effect of hemorrhagic shock on the diagnosis and treatment of tension pneumothorax (tPTX). Recently, the Tactical Combat Casualty…”
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Genomics and metagenomics of Madurella mycetomatis, a causative agent of black grain mycetoma in Sudan by Litvintseva, Anastasia P, Bakhiet, Sahar, Gade, Lalitha, Wagner, Darlene D, Bagal, Ujwal R, Batra, Dhwani, Norris, Emily, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Beer, Karlyn D, Siddig, Emmanuel Edwar, Mhmoud, Najwa Adam, Chow, Nancy A, Fahal, Ahmed

“…Madurella mycetomatis is one of the main causative agents of mycetoma, a debilitating neglected tropical disease. Improved understanding of the genomic…”
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Candida albicans-derived mannoproteins activate NF-κB in reporter cells expressing TLR4, MD2 and CD14 by Ness, Traci, Abdallah, Mahmud, Adams, Jaime, Alvarado, Claudia, Gunn, Edwin, House, Brittany, Lamb, John, Macguire, Jack, Norris, Emily, Robinson, Rebekah, Sapp, Morgan, Sharma, Jill, Garner, Ronald

“…The ability of soluble C. albicans 20A (serotype A) mannoprotein (CMP) to serve as a ligand for toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and its co-receptors was examined…”
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Assortative Mating on Ancestry-Variant Traits in Admixed Latin American Populations by Norris, Emily T, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Wang, Lu, Conley, Andrew B, Chande, Aroon T, Dabrowski, Adam M, Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Jordan, I King

“…Assortative mating is a universal feature of human societies, and individuals from ethnically diverse populations are known to mate assortatively based on…”
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Influence of genetic ancestry and socioeconomic status on type 2 diabetes in the diverse Colombian populations of Chocó and Antioquia by Chande, Aroon T., Rowell, Jessica, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Conley, Andrew B., Norris, Emily T., Valderrama-Aguirre, Augusto, Medina-Rivas, Miguel A., Jordan, I. King

“…Differences in genetic ancestry and socioeconomic status (SES) among Latin American populations have been linked to health disparities for a number of complex…”
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Ethnic disparities in mortality and group-specific risk factors in the UK Biobank by Lee, Kara Keun, Norris, Emily T, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Conley, Andrew B, Mariño-Ramírez, Leonardo, McDonald, John F, Jordan, I King

“…Despite a substantial overall decrease in mortality, disparities among ethnic minorities in developed countries persist. This study investigated mortality…”
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Expanded geographic distribution for two Legionella pneumophila sequence types of clinical concern by Hamlin, Jennafer A P, Kozak-Muiznieks, Natalia A, Mercante, Jeffrey W, Rishishwar, Lavanya, Norris, Emily T, Gaines, Anna B, Ishaq, Maliha K, Winchell, Jonas M, Willby, Melisa J

“…serogroup 1 sequence types (ST) 213 and 222, a single-locus variant of ST213, were first detected in the early 1990s in the Midwest United States (U.S.) and…”
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