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December 16, 2009
Dr. Pericak-Vance was interviewed on South Florida's 88.9 wdna radio station
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November 4, 2009


Director of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., was featured in a GenomeWeb article, "Miami or Bust" citing the long history of the Institute.

November 3, 2009

Dr. Jeffery Vance was recently interviewed in the Miami Herald for an article concerning health screenings, "Some health screenings may do more harm than good"


October 8, 2009

John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics Forms Scientific Collaboration with Life Technologies to Advance Autism Research

Genetics researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics will embark on the next phase of their search for genes that cause autism. By forming a collaboration with Life Technologies Corporation...
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September 18, 2009

A longtime supporter of the University of Miami, the late Stanley Glaser keenly appreciated that medical innovation springs from the laboratory, and thus had a soft spot for Miller School researchers. Glaser's area of interest was highlighted on Wednesday, September 16, with the presentation of the 2009 Stanley J. Glaser Research Award to four exceptional young investigators. The ceremony took place in the Clinical Research Building, and recognized masterful research generated by Ren-Hua Chung, Ph.D., Kenneth Fields, Ph.D., Jacob McCauley, Ph.D., and R. Grace Zhai, Ph.D.
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August 27, 2009

Miami Institute for Human Genomics Receives $20 Million Gift to Support Research
The Miller School's Miami Institute for Human Genomics, nationally known for its groundbreaking work inunraveling some of the medical mysteries behind autism and other common diseases, today received a $20 million gift to support its critical research efforts.
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August 14, 2009

The Miami Institute for Human Genomics presents:

Gary Small, M.D.,
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.

"Banishing the Senior Moment:
Detection and Prevention of Age-Related Cognitive Decline"

Friday, Aug 14th 1:30 pm
Lois Pope Life Center
7th Floor Auditorium
1095 N.W. 14 Terr
Miami, FL


July 16, 2009
State Health Official Lauds Miller School's "Cutting-Edge Research"
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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...
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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...
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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

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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...
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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...
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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..."
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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.
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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.
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December 19, 2008
Miller School Genetics Researchers Publish New Psychiatric Findings
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November 18, 2008
Dr. Gaofeng Wang wins genetics award. A paper published by genetic researchers at the Miami Institute for Human Genomics at the Miller School of Medicine received the prestigious Cotterman Award during the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics on November 15. read more here >>


Tuesday, September 9, 2008
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, featuring research from our own Dr. Rampersaud, shows the importance of physical activity in preventing weight gain even in people with a genetic predisposition to obesity...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Dr. Jeffery Vance's recently submitted report entitled, Genetic Contributions to Parkinson's Disease, posted in the Parkinson Report: Official Journal of the National Parkinson Foundation can be found in the link below. The article begins on page 5 of the document.
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Friday, August 1
Dr. John R. Gilbert was recently interviewed and featured in a front page article, Mom's Alzheimer's May Raise Children's Risk on the WebMD website. Dr. Gilbert and other researchers delve deeper into the subject of why children of mothers With late-onset Alzheimer's Disease may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's. "It may be that decreased glucose utilization doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get Alzheimer's disease but that, in conjunction with the wrong type of environment or some other genes that might give you a slight risk, would combine to give it to you," says Gilbert.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
"Mapping Long-Range Regulatory Elements Around BMP Family Genes." Douglas P. Mortlock, assistant professor at the Center for Human Genetics Research in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will lecture at 11 a.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. Lunch will follow the event


April 23, 2008
The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine announced on Monday the creation of the new Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, with Dr. Jeffery Vance as Chairman. Dr. Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Director of the MIHG, will receive the first Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Professor of Human Genetics chair.

April 2, 2008
Researchers from the Morris K. Udall Parkinson Research Center of Excellence and the Miami Institute for Human Genomics, led by Dr. William K. Scott, have uncovered a possible link between pesticide exposure and Parkinson Disease. The results of their study have been published in BMC Neurology.

March 10, 2008
A research team led by Dean Pascal Goldschmidt and the MIHG's Dr. Jeffery Vance recently completed a study that identified the limbic system-associated membrane protein (LSAMP) as a key gene for left main coronary artery disease. The results will appear in the March Annals of Human Genetics. Dr. Liyong Wang is first author on the paper, with Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance and several researchers at other institutions contributing. Read the full story on the Medical School website or read the abstract on PudMed.

March 2, 2008
The Associated Press recently interviewed Drs. Vance and Pericak-Vance for a piece entitled "Unconventional husband-wife team head Miami genetics institute." The story can be found in the AP archives here.

September 10, 2007
Dr. Jonathan Haines, Director Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center who delivered a talk entitled, Making Progress in Complex Genetic Disease: Multiple Sclerosis and Macular Degeneration. Dr. Haines described approaches to disease gene detection and specifically as it pertained to the discovery of the IL7R gene that contributes to risk for multiple sclerosis.

July 29, 2007
MIHG Director Margaret Pericak-Vance, PhD and collaborators from Vanderbilt University, the University of California at San Francisco, Duke and the University of Cambridge, announced that they discovered a new gene responsible for multiple sclerosis (MS). After decades with no new breakthroughs in the search for MS genes, the identification of the Interleukin 7 receptor alpha chain (ILR7) as a significant risk factor for the disease gives those with MS and their loved ones reason to celebrate. Though the discovery will likely lead to the development of better diagnostics and treatments, these will take some years to develop.

April 25, 2007
MIHG Autism research team has identified a new region on chromosome 12 which likely harbors a gene related to autism risk. They published these important new findings Molecular Psychiatry.

April 10, 2007
MIHG Researchers discover link between decreased Parkinson disease risk and smoking and coffee drinking.

January 1, 2007

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dean Pascal Goldschmidt announces the establishment of the Miami Institute for Human Genomics.