Latin American and Caribbean HapMapThe HapMap is a list of common genetic differences among human population. It describes what these differences are, where they occur in our gene / DNA, and how they are distributed among people of the same and different populations around the world. The purpose of this study is to develop a key resource of Latin-American and Caribbean families from the Caribbean, Central and South America. The researchers at the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG) led by Dr. Eden Martin are recruiting individuals with both of his/her biological parents (i.e. those related by blood) for this study. Medical information about the participating individuals will not be collected, but their ethnic or geographic group will be recorded. We hope to gain valuable insights into how these diseases develop in order to develop better diagnostic and treatment approaches. If you are 14 or older with both living parents and ethnicity from the following Latin American and Caribbean countries: Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Peru, and Puerto Rico, you can help by participating in the study. Please go to our study participation section to enroll online for this study. Contact Information |