At the Health Equity for Advancing Research and Technology using Genomic Neuroscience (HEART-GeN) lab, our goal is to improve treatments for brain disorders with health disparities. While 99.99% of our genome is shared across global ancestral population, the very small fraction unique to a specific ancestral population can effect how genes turn on or off. We use this human variation to find these genes that may play a role in explain health disparities for brain disorders.

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HEART-GeN Lab at ASHG 2023

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Dr. Benjamin will be at ASHG 2023! Come by his poster on Saturday, November 4th (PB3063).

Dr. Benjamin at SfN 2023: Black In Neuro

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Dr. Benjamin attended SfN 2023 with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development’s exhibition booth. It was a great time and amazing to see so many Black scien...