Ancestry Matters . . . Even at the Cellular Level

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This year, the theme of Black History Month is Black health and wellness, which makes it an ideal time to learn more about the work of today’s guests on the From Florida podcast. We know that race is a social construct, but we also know that different diseases impact different populations in different ways. Despite this, the samples used for medical research are often not representative of diverse populations.

That disparity is at the heart of the studies being conducted by Dr. Josephine Allen and Dr. Erika Moore. Dr. Allen is an associate professor and the Genzyme Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. And Dr. Moore is the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. Both are faculty members at UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, and both are African American. Dr. Allen and Dr. Moore, thank you for joining us today.

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