Research & Evaluation

Human Genetics

• Human Genome Education Model Project II

  Principal Investigator: E. Virginia Lapham, Ph.D.

  Source of Funding: National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute; Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research Program

  This project is a national study of the genetics education of health and human service professionals and the ethical, legal, and social issues related to the Human Genome Project.

• Valproic Acid and Pregnancy

  Principal Investigator: Chahira Kozma, MD

  This is a clinical study of children exposed to seizure medication in utero and the mechanisms of genetic impact and abnormalities.

  Research Example
  "Valproic acid embryopathy: Report of two siblings with further expansion of the phenotypic abnormalities and a review of the literature." Chahira Kozma, M.D. Abstract and full-text on publisher's Web site.

• Clinical Genetic Studies in Collaboration with the National Institutes of Health

  Participating Researcher: Chahira Kozma, MD

  These are a series of clinical studies focusing on the delineation of new syndromes (e.g. premature ovarian failure and Marfenoid Habitus) and the refining of the molecular border of chromosome breakages and genetic rearrangements that lead to children with abnormalities.