STATGEN MEMBERS AWARDED NIH CEGS AWARD
StatGen members and collaborators awarded multimillion dollar NIH CEGS award for innovative project, The Duke FUNCTION Center: Pioneering the comprehensive identification of combinatorial noncoding causes of disease.
ANDREW ALLEN, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION SEEKS ANSWERS ON GENETIC CAUSES OF STILLBIRTHS
StatGen director Andrew Allen, Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, collaborated with researchers at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons to uncovered an array of new genes that cause stillbirth. This significantly increases the understanding of the condition’s genetic foundations. The findings suggest that genetic analysis could be used to counsel parents who have previously experienced stillbirth and to unlock new human biology.