MIHG NewsAugust 14, 2009 Dr. Gary Small to visit the Miami Institute for Human Genomics followed by an afternoon presentation at the Lois Pope Life Center Gary Small, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, the Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging, Director of the UCLA Center on Aging, and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Division at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. April 28, 2009 The first common genetic risk factor for autism spectrum disorder has been identified by a multi-center team of researchers that included Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., director of the Miami Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine... Read more>> March 17, 2009 The Polo Club at Delray Beach was the site of the launch for the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Testing. The Center, housed at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, provides genetic testing, education and counseling for those of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. The Center tests for eleven known genetic diseases including Tay-Sachs and Bloom Syndrome. Speakers included Donna Shalala, Lois Victor and Deborah Barbouth, M.D., the director of the Victor Center at the University of Miami. January 29, 2009 Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance, addressed a group of 50 pastors and members of the black community at the 93rd Street Community Baptist Church in Liberty City on January 13... read more>> January 24-28, 2009 Dr. Pericak-Vance from the Miami Institute for Human Genomics will be one of the esteemed speakers at The MIAMI 2009 WINTER SYMPOSIUM Interpreting the Human Genome conference scheduled to take place January 24-28, 2009 For more Information please visit: January 22, 2009 New Innovations in Health Care and Genetics Discussed at UM's Global Business Forum Dean Goldschmidt, Bart Chernow, Jeffery Vance and others make panel presentations at inaugural event... read more>> January 14, 2009 Mustafa Tekin, M.D., a new associate professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has received the prestigious TUBITAK Junior Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey for his work on the genetics of deafness... read more>> January 8, 2009 Dr. Michael L. Cuccaro featured in WebMD article, Autism Cases on the Rise. "Autism expert Michael L. Cuccaro, PhD, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Miami, praises Hertz-Picciotto's systematic study of the rise in autism cases. He agrees with her that it's time to consider environmental factors as part of the cause of autism..." read more>> January 7, 2009 News Media: Dr. Pericak-Vance recently appeared on a JustNews Channel 10 segment, in light of the new findings in Alzheimer's disease by MIHG researchers. Watch the interview December 31, 2008 Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine led by Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., and Jonathan L. Haines, Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have identified nine genes that may increase susceptibility for Alzheimer's disease and confirmed a region on chromosome 12q long believed to harbor an Alzheimer's risk gene. read more>> December 19, 2008 Miller School Genetics Researchers Publish New Psychiatric Findings read more>> |