Ethnicity and Prostate Cancer: Vitamin D Genetic and Sociodemographic Factors
Abstract
During the first year of the grant, one paper was accepted for publication based on the grantees PhD work. This paper would not have been completed without the additional resources provided by this grant and the grant is duly acknowledged in the paper. One other paper was published in the year as a result of collaborations with some of the grantees mentors. Both papers examined differences in genetic polymorphisms in prostate cancer by race/ethnicity in a cohort of men from south Texas. Further research is underway as a panel of new SNPs has been chosen and samples are currently being genotyped. Genotyping should be completed by mid 2008. The planned sociodemographic survey has been delayed but is currently being developed and should be completed within the next funding year. The grantees health disparities training program is going well. The grantee has taken two classes related to her work (Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Analytic Epidemiology) and is currently teaching a graduate level introductory epidemiology class with a focus on studying health disparities. She attended the "Science of Health Disparities" conference in Atlanta, GA from November 27-30, 2007.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA485749
Entities
People
- Kathleen C. Torkko
Organizations
- University of Colorado Health