Overlap between Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease in ABCA7 functional variants
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- Received September 25, 2015
- Accepted in final form November 17, 2015
- First Published January 14, 2016.
Author Disclosures
- Karen Nuytemans, PhD,
- Lizmarie Maldonado, MSPH,
- Aleena Ali, BSc,
- Krista John-Williams, MSc,
- Gary W. Beecham, PhD,
- Eden Martin, PhD,
- William K. Scott, PhD and
- Jeffery M. Vance, MD, PhD
- Karen Nuytemans, PhD,
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(1) NIH, NS071674, postdoctoral researcher, 2010-present (2) NIH, NS039764, postdoctoral researcher, 2010 (3) DOD, W81XWH-14-1-0097, Co-investigator, 2014-present
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(1) National Parkinson Foundation
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- Lizmarie Maldonado, MSPH,
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(1) NIH, NS071674, Sr. Research Analyst, 2013-present
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(1) National Parkinson Foundation
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- Aleena Ali, BSc,
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(1) NIH, NS071674, Research associate, 2015-present
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- Krista John-Williams, MSc,
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(1) NIH, NS071674, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 2015-present
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- Gary W. Beecham, PhD,
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Dr. Beecham receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (R01HL102487, principal investigator; P50NS071674, co-investigator; 5454NS065712, co-investigator; R011NS075764, co-investigator; U01AG032984, co-investigator; R01AG027944, co-investigator) and the Department of Defense (W81XWH-14-1-0097, co-investigator).
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- Eden Martin, PhD,
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Frontiers in Statistical Genetics and Methodology, Associate Editor, Nov. 2010 - present
Invrntor, US Patenet No. 6697739 Test for Linkage and Association in General Pedigrees: The Pedigree Disequilibrium Test
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- William K. Scott, PhD and
1) PSG Scientific Review Committee (2012-present)
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1) Review Editor, Frontiers in the Genetics of Aging, 2011-present. 2) Consulting Editor, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2012-present.
1. Co-inventor of patent regarding use of genetic data for risk assessment in age related macular degeneration, licensed by ArcticDx.
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1) NIH grant R01 NS071674 (core and project PI 2010-present) 2) NIH grant R01 AI068804 (subcontract PI, 2007-present) 3) NIH grant R01 EY12118 (multiple PI, 2000-present) 4) NIH grant R01 EY023164 (co-investigator, 2014-present) 5) NIH rant T32 EY023194 (program director, 2013-present) 4) Florida Biomedical Research Program grant (to G. Wang, co-investigator 2012-present)
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1) American Health Assistance Foundation AMD research grant (co-investigator, 2012-2014)
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- Jeffery M. Vance, MD, PhD
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Served on a NIH grant's internal review for the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Honoraria.
American Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases, editorial board, 2 yearNeurology Genetics, Associate Editor, < 1 year
1) method of detecting Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A 2) TRPC6 involved in glomerulonephritis 3) Methods for identifying an individual at increased risk of developing coronary artery disease
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NIH/NINDS 5P50NS071674 PI, 16y DOD/ W81XWH-14-1-0097 PI, 2y NIH/NINDS 1R25NS090624 PI, 2y
Hussman Foundation
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Royalty, Duke University, 7y for CMT2A with Athena
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- From the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and The Morris K. Udall Parkinson Disease Center of Excellence, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL.
- Correspondence to Dr. Vance: jvance{at}med.miami.edu
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