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There are some interesting updates in Jose Fernandez's CV:

http://138.26.176.127/People/CV/JFernandezCV.pdf

Active grants:

4/1/2004 – 3/31/09 Fernandez, J.R. (principal investigator) NIH/NIDDK 1 R01 DK067426-01 Admixture Mapping for Insulin Complex Outcomes. This study explores the contributions of ancestral genetic markers to diabetes-related traits in a sample of children of African-, European-, and Hispanic-American descent.

(This one is so new it is not even on the NIH CRISP database)

In press:

Fernández, J. R. & Shriver, M. D. (in press) Using genetic admixture to study the biology of obesity traits and to map genes in admixed populations. Nutrition Reviews

PRESENTATIONS

Fernandez, J.R. The Role of Genetic Admixture in Racial/Ethnic Differences in Obesity. Invited oral symposium at NAASO, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Fernandez, J.R., Jones, A., Shriver, M.D., Albu, J., & Allison, D.B Genetic Admixture is Associated with Visceral Adipose Tissue in Puerto Rican Women. Oral presentation at NAASO, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Beasley MT, Fernandez JR, Holt J, Allison DB. Using Genetic Admixture to Control Residual Confounding. Oral presentation at the NAASO 2003, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Lara-Castro, C., Hunter, G.A., Lovejoy, J., & Fernandez, J.R. (2003) Association of the ApoA-II -265T to C Polymorphism and Levels of Visceral Fat in African-American and Caucasian Women. Oral presentation at NAASO, 2003, Fort Lauderdale, FL.