Major Funding Boost for Alzheimer’s Research at HEART-GeN!
HEART-GeN Receives Prestigious Grant for Alzheimer’s Research We are thrilled to announce that the HEART-GeN Lab has been awarded a prestigious grant from t...
At the Health Equity for Advancing Research and Technology using Genomic Neuroscience (HEART-GeN) research group, our goal is to improve treatments for brain disorders with health disparities. While 99.99% of our genome is shared across global ancestral populations, the very small fraction unique to a specific ancestral population can affect how genes turn on or off. We use this human variation to find these genes that may play a role in explaining health disparities for brain disorders.
Recent posts
A Warm Welcome to Our New Research Team Members!
Exciting Growth at HEART-GeN: Welcoming Christina, Alexis, and Manuel! We are thrilled to kick off this month by extending a warm and heartfelt welcome to t...
HEART-GeN Lab is Hiring!
The HEART-GeN Lab is hiring for a postdoctoral position. The lab is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow with expertise in bioinformatics and/or ma...
Dr. Benjamin awarded the ABRCMS Travel Judge Award
Exciting news for HEART-GeN Lab as Dr. Benjamin is awarded the Travel Judge award for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (A...
Dr. Benjamin selected for the 2024-2026 Human Genetic Scholar Cohort
We are honored to share that Dr. Benjamin has been selected as a Human Genetic Scholar in the 2024-2026 cohort. This prestigious award is presented by the Am...
Exciting News for the HEART-GeN Lab!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor at in the Department of Psychiatr...