Collaborative Approaches to Discovering Genes in African Americans and Hispanics Utilizing Mapping by Admixture Linkage Disequilibrium (MALD) September 23-24, 2004 NCI Conference Center, Frederick, MD Contact: Dr. Stephen J. O'Brien, (301) 846-1415 Description: To review development of the new set of markers for MALD mapping in African Americans and to encourage development of such a map for Hispanics, dissemination of knowledge of novel analysis techniques, understanding applicable diseases and designing databases to support MALD analysis.