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Elucidating Cleft Etiology Employing Multiplex and Twin Families (ElCEEMuTF)

The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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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