Perspectives from NHLBI
Building a Platform to Enable NCD Research to Address Population Health in Africa: CVD Working Group Discussion at the Sixth H3Africa Consortium Meeting in Zambia
Authors:
Emmanuel Peprah ,
Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, US
Ken Wiley,
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, US
Jennifer Troyer,
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, US
Sally N. Adebamowo,
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, US
Dwomoa Adu,
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana, Accra, GH
Bongani M. Mayosi,
Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, ZA
Michele Ramsay,
Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Division of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, ZA
Ayesha A. Motala,
Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, School of Clinical Medicine, Nelson R. Mandela Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
Clement Adebamowo,
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Greenebaum Cancer Center and Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, US; Strategic Information, Training & Research Office, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria, Garki, Abuja, NG
Bruce Ovbiagele,
Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, US
Mayowa Owolabi,
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, NG
H3Africa Cardiovascular Diseases Working Group and as members of the H3Africa Consortium
Abstract
Highlights
- H3Africa CVD-related projects will analyze genomic data for over 50,000 individuals
- Dataset will contain samples from across various African countries and disease phenotypes
- H3Africa CVD-related projects will be foundational for translational research
How to Cite:
Peprah E, Wiley K, Troyer J, Adebamowo SN, Adu D, Mayosi BM, et al.. Building a Platform to Enable NCD Research to Address Population Health in Africa: CVD Working Group Discussion at the Sixth H3Africa Consortium Meeting in Zambia. Global Heart. 2016;11(1):165–70. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2015.11.002
Published on
01 Mar 2016.
Peer Reviewed
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