NIH R01 · 2025
A Latin American biobank for large-scale genetics research on severe mental illness
PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT This proposed project will develop and make available to the scientific community the Latin American Biobank of Severe Mental Illness (LAB-SMI). This resource, a databank and biobank (including DNA samples and both phenotypic and genotypic data) for 50,000 individuals affected with SMI together with an equal number of controls matched to the cases by age, gender, and geographical location will constitute a major step in reversing the underrepresentation of Latin American populations in psychiatric genetics research. All of the participants will be members of the “Paisa”, a genetically and culturally homogenous population that is the predominant ethnic group in a…
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