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This project will provide an overview of the impact of the HGP on access to health care. In addition to scholarly articles, the product of this research will be a book on the HGP and access to health…

Dr. Korngiebel's long-term goal is to become an independent researcher at the intersection of bioethics, informatics, and genetic testing. To work toward this goal, she will receive rigorous…

Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is promoted to redress the shortage of kidneys for transplantation. However, studies show that living donors (LDs) have a greater risk of kidney failure…

Probing Minority Views on Genetic Testing and Research Grant # F31HG004124 Grant period: 08/23/2006 - 08/22/2009 Minorities, particularly African Americans and Hispanics, are under-represented when…

Advances in the molecular genetics of cellular aging raise the prospect of intervening in the human aging process to dramatically extend the human life span. The development of such interventions…

This project is designed to support a conference on the implications for our understanding of health and moral responsibility of the Genome Project. The purpose of the conference will be to better…

This project is a collaborative effort of faculty from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the Departments of Human Genetics, Medical Education, the Morchand Center for Clinical Competence,…

Background: There is great interest in the implementation of genomic medicine, i.e., using genomic information to inform patient care. As a result, patients with medically actionable (preventable and…

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences will monitor the ongoing research of the HGP by drawing out its implications for theology and ethics. The project's long range value will be to…

The relevance of racial and ethnic identities for biomedical research and patient care increasingly is at issue, particularly in the emerging contexts of post-genomic research and genetic medicine.…