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                                      AHA Practice Sessions

"A comparison of blood pressure-lowering treatment decisions based on levels of blood pressure, age, and risk”
                                         presented by:
                               Kunal Narendra Karmali
                                    Cardiology fellow

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Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar Seriesis canceled due to the AHA EPI/NPAM Scientific Sessions

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“The eMERGE PGx project: design and implementation”

presented by:
Laura Jarmila Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine

Abstract: The human genome project generated a vision that genetic information could guide clinical care. Despite the identification of many pharmacogenetic variants, there are critical needs both to determine the best application of pharmacogenetic testing in routine clinical care and to learn more about rare variants in pharmacogenes. This talk willl describe the design and implementation of eMERGE-PGx, a multi-site test of the concept that pharmacogenomic sequence information can be coupled to electronic health records (EMRs) for use in healthcare. Nearly 9,000 participants are being enrolled in eMERGE PGx across 10 clinical sites, including 750 at Northwestern University. Details on site-specific project implementation, and anticipated products, including data repositories, novel variant association studies, clinical decision support modules, process outcomes, methods for incidental findings, and patient and clinician education methods, will be discussed with emphasis on the challenges and successes of implementation to date at Northwestern.

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Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar Series-Canceled

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Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar Series

“RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISCRIMINATION AND THE HEALTH OF SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS ”
Presented by:

Sarah Nadimpalli RN, PhD

New York University, College of Nursing

T32 Candidate

Abstract: Exposure to discrimination has well-documented negative effects on the physical and mental health of ethnic minorities. Links between race-based discrimination and anxiety, depression, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity have been found primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Asian Americans, in particular South Asian Americans (SAAs), are underrepresented in these studies. However, SAAs have experienced a historical and social legacy of discrimination. Therefore, the aims of the proposed study were to (1) investigate the relationships between self-reported discrimination (SRD) and mental health among adult SAAs in New York City and (2) investigate the relationships between SRD and physical health (self-reported physical health conditions and direct, physiologic measures ([BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and blood pressure]) of SAAs. Community-based approaches were used to (1) develop and translate a 69 question survey evoking discrimination-related and self-reported health responses and (2) recruit and collect self-reported and physiological health data from 196 SAA participants who attended Sikh gurdwaras (places of worship) in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City. Participants were predominantly immigrants and low–income, and uninsured. As hypothesized, multiple regression analysis supported that discrimination is significantly associated with poorer self-reported mental (B = -.53, p < .001) and physical health (B = -.16, p = .04) while controlling for socioeconomic, acculturation, and social support factors. The study did not support an association between SRD and physiologic measures, or indicators of cardiovascular risk (elevated BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and blood pressure). Similar to links between discrimination and the health of other ethnic minority groups, this study demonstrated that SAAs are also vulnerable to discrimination and related health outcomes. Further longitudinal and subgroup studies are needed. Community-based efforts and anti-discrimination trainings in clinical or community centers are needed to reduce or eliminate discrimination as experienced by SAAs.

Friday, April 11, 2014
11:00am – 12:00pm
Department of Preventive Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Dr, Ste 1400
Stamler Conference Room

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