RESEARCH

The main goal of this study is to use state of the art approaches to identify relevant genes based on a very large sample of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a common disorder with multiple adverse consequences. It is known that OSA has a genetic basis, but to date no convincing gene variants have been identified. This study uses OSA obtained from multiple institutions in the United States. It is the largest study ever proposed for identifying genes for this common sleep disorder.

This study will examine the role of cruciferous vegetable intake, in conjunction with genetic polymorphisms related to ITC metabolism, in potentially reducing disease recurrence and progression, and increasing the efficacy of intravesical bladder cancer treatment.

This project evaluates KPSC’s systematic hereditary cancer care pathway, including Universal Lynch Syndrome Tumor Screening, Lynch SureNet surveillance, and hereditary cancer genetic testing for colorectal, endometrial, and ovarian cancer patients. Using retrospective cohort analyses, the study will assess testing uptake, adherence to guideline-recommended surveillance and genetic testing, and patient-, tumor-, clinician-, and medical-center-level factors associated with gaps in care.

This application is proposed to call back ~400 individuals in our previous cross-sectional BetaGene cohort study (NIDDK 61628) and re-test them for phenotypes. Analysis will be conducted to determine which genes and how they interact with each other to impact the longitudinal changes in beta-cell function and other T2DM related traits.

This cohort study examines the long-term clinical outcomes of women with breast cancer who are BRCA mutation carriers.

The over-arching goal of this study is to assess the physiologic effect of genetic variation in humans and determine how variation in genes alters physiologic processes to contribute to diabetes pathogenesis.

This project will develop a population-based approach to returning results of genetic testing for these conditions to increase detection and offer risk reducing and early screening options for patients. This project represents an important opportunity for KPSC in implementing broad population-screening.