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Research led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators delved into data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of 414,746 females in the study, which was published in Nature Genetics. They identified 332 independent association signals for breast cancer risk, including 131 signals not previously reported.

The research team will analyze existing genome-wide association study data and RNA sequencing to compare fibroid development patterns in Nigerian women and U.S. Black women, which could point to targeted therapies and management strategies for affected women.

The study seeks to understand the mechanisms of colorectal cancer and builds on recent Vanderbilt research.

Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Genetic Medicine, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). Her three-year term will begin on Jan. 1, 2025.

Stephen Deppen, PhD, associate professor Thoracic Surgery, spoke about research on biomarkers for the early detection of lung cancer at the World Conference on Lung Cancer, which was held Sept. 7-10 in San Diego.

The new study identifies 4,248 CpG sites associated with the risk of seven different types of cancer: breast, colorectal, renal cell, lung, ovarian, prostate and testicular germ cell cancers.

A Vanderbilt study found that Black and white people who earned less than $15,000 a year died, on average, more than 10 years earlier than those whose annual income exceeded $50,000.

A study led by researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center sheds light on some of the genetic variants that make breast cancer more deadly for women of African ancestry and significantly reduces the disparity in knowledge for assessing their genomic risk factors.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have received a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, to build expertise in genetic epidemiology research in Vietnam.

At the VUMC Spring Faculty Assembly, Dr. Wei Zheng received the Kathryn M. Edwards Award for outstanding contributions to research for Clinical and Translational Research Impacting Disease Prevention.