Elucidating Cleft Etiology Employing Multiplex and Twin Families (ElCEEMuTF)
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Funding Fogarty Program
Emerging Global Leader
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Elucidating Cleft Etiology Employing Multiplex and Twin Families (ElCEEMuTF)
Principal Institution
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Gowans, Lord Jephthah Joojo
Project Contact Information
Email: ljj.gowans@gmail.com
Year(s) Awarded
2019-2024
Country
Ghana
Collaborators
University of Iowa
NIH Partners
NIDCR
Project Description
The ElCEEMuTF career development training for Dr. Gowans, which will be accomplished through further studies, research and other career development activities, will transition him into an established independent investigator, with the research plan having the potential of revealing novel risk loci for OFCs.
Project funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and Fogarty.
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