GiusTo Lab

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Location and Contact Information

630 W. 168th Street
Room PH19-314
New York, NY 10032
United States

Principal Investigator

Admixture Mapping plot from PMID 35365809

Admixture Mapping plot from PMID 35365809

GiusTo Lab conducts genetic epidemiology research focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia in admixed populations.

Research Overview

Ancestry is an understudied aspect of health disparities, as it may explain differences in frequency of diseases across populations. Genome-wide association studies have identified many risk and protective genetic loci, some of which are population-specific. These loci may impact disease risk and help explain the observed difference in disease burden among ethnic groups. Our projects are currently recruiting participants in North, Central and South America with a large variety of clinical, biomarker and OMICS data.

Publications

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov

 

Lab Members

  • Zikun Yang, PhD

    • Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Biostatistics
    Zikun Yang, PhD

  • Jennifer M. Cespedes, MD

    • Staff Associate II in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
    Jennifer M. Cespedes

  • Jose Leonardo Saint Hilaire Vargas, MD

    • Staff Associate II in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
    Jose Leonardo Saint Hilaire Vargas

  • Miguel A. Vizcarra Tejeda, MD

    • Staff Associate II in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
    Miguel A. Vizcarra Tejeda

  • Basilio Huaman Cieza, PhD

    • Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
    Basilio Huaman Cieza, PhD

  • Pankaj Pradeep

    • Lab Intern and Graduate Student at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
    Pankaj Pradeep