Population Groups

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A 3-D geometric morphometric study of intraspecific variation in the ontogeny of the temporal bone in modern Homo sapiens. 
  • A dimensional approach to understanding severity estimates and risk correlates of marijuana abuse and dependence in adults. 
  • A framework to evaluate the cultural appropriateness of intervention research. 
  • Biopiracy: conservationists have to rebuild lost trust. 
  • Caring for Alaska Native prostate cancer survivors in primary care: a survey of Alaska Tribal Health System providers. 
  • Characterization of the poly-T variant in the TOMM40 gene in diverse populations. 
  • Deep whole-genome sequencing of 100 southeast Asian Malays. 
  • Examining the role of access to care: Racial/ethnic differences in receipt of resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer among integrated system members and non-members. 
  • Impact of Rare and Common Genetic Variants on Diabetes Diagnosis by Hemoglobin A1c in Multi-Ancestry Cohorts: The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program. 
  • Impact of limited population diversity of genome-wide association studies. 
  • Increasing Primary Care Access Close to Home for Residents of Remote Communities in Northern Alberta. 
  • Integrating common and rare genetic variation in diverse human populations. 
  • Integrating ethics and science in the International HapMap Project. 
  • Interpretation of association signals and identification of causal variants from genome-wide association studies. 
  • Labor force participation and human capital increases in an aging population and implications for U.S. research investment. 
  • Medical comorbidity in women and men with schizophrenia: a population-based controlled study. 
  • Modeling deterministic effects in hematopoietic system caused by chronic exposure to ionizing radiation in large human cohorts. 
  • Morbidity and mortality disparities among colonist and indigenous populations in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 
  • Motivation to control prejudice predicts categorization of multiracials. 
  • Practice and public policy in the era of gene-environment interactions. 
  • Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy and Blindness in Indonesian Adults With Type 2 Diabetes. 
  • Race is an independent predictor of survival in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities. 
  • Race-associated biological differences among luminal A and basal-like breast cancers in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. 
  • Racial/ethnic variations in substance-related disorders among adolescents in the United States. 
  • Rapid changes in the gut microbiome during human evolution. 
  • Reconstructing population exposures to environmental chemicals from biomarkers: challenges and opportunities. 
  • Reducing V3 Antigenicity and Immunogenicity on Soluble, Native-Like HIV-1 Env SOSIP Trimers. 
  • Representativeness of RELAX-AHF clinical trial population in acute heart failure. 
  • Review of Recent Methodological Developments in Group-Randomized Trials: Part 2-Analysis. 
  • Score-based adjustment for confounding by population stratification in genetic association studies. 
  • Survival differences among native-born and foreign-born older adults in the United States. 
  • The Population Reference Sample, POPRES: a resource for population, disease, and pharmacological genetics research. 
  • The eMERGE Network: a consortium of biorepositories linked to electronic medical records data for conducting genomic studies. 
  • The impact of patients' gender, race, and age on health care professionals' pain management decisions: an online survey using virtual human technology. 
  • The politics of assessment: water and sanitation MDGs in the Middle East. 
  • The value of population-based studies in the genomic era. 
  • Why ethnic designation matters for stroke rehabilitation: comparing VA administrative data and clinical records. 
  • Zinc and Vitamin Supplementation in an Under-5 Indigenous Population of Guatemala: Influence of Lay Health Promoters in Decreasing Incidence of Diarrhea. 
  • [Types and frequencies of variants in Amelogenin gene in Chinese population]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Dodge, Kenneth A., William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke Science & Society
  • Dupre, Matthew E., Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
  • Pimm, Stuart L., Doris Duke Distinguished Professor of Conservation Ecology in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke Science & Society
  • Wu, Li-Tzy, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine