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Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc, Said A. Ibrahim, MD, MPH and Stephen B. Thomas, PhD

The authors are with the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Pittsburgh, Pa. Said A. Ibrahim and Stephen B. Thomas are also with the Center for Minority Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (151-C), University Dr C, Bldg 28, 1A102, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 (e-mail: michael.fine@med.va.gov).

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	INTRODUCTION

 
Over the past decade, 2 powerful scientific movements in the United States, population genetics and health disparities research, have re-ignited a contentious debate on the complex relationships between genes, race, and disease.^1–3 The debate is fueled by the Human Genome Project, the increased technological capacity to map the entire human genome (the library of DNA building blocks), and the concerted national efforts to reduce racial disparities in health and health care.

Many scientists believe that an understanding of the unique patterns of genes across patient populations defined by race will help identify populations at risk of developing particular diseases and . . . [Full Text]

	USING A BIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF RACE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH: PROS AND CONS

 
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	ARTICULATING A HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH AGENDA

 

	THE ROLE OF GENETICS IN ADVANCING THE HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH AGENDA

 

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