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Georgia
M. Dunston,
Ph.D.
Chair, Department
of Microbiology
Founding Director,
National Human
Genome Center
and Director
Molecular Genetics,
NHGC
Howard University
Washington,
DC
Education
1965 B.S.
Norfolk State
University,
Norfolk, VA,
Biology
1967 M.S.
Tuskegee University,
Tuskegee, AL
Biology
1972 Ph.D.
University of
Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI
1975 Postdoctoral
National Cancer
Institute, Bethesda,
MD Tumor Immunology
Employment
1972-1978 Assistant
Professor, Department
of Microbiology,
Howard University,
College of Medicine
1976 Member,
Graduate Faculty,
Howard University
1976-1991 Assistant
Professor, Department
of Oncology,
Howard University
College of Medicine
1978-1993 Assistant
Professor, Department
of Microbiology,
Howard University
College of Medicine
1978 Associate
Professor, Department
of Genetics
and Human Genetics
Howard University
1993 Associate
Professor, Department
of Dermatology,
Howard University
College of Medicine
1993 Professor,
Department of
Microbiology,
Howard University
College of Medicine
1994 Interim
Chair, Department
of Microbiology,
Howard University
College of Medicine
1998 Chair,
Department of
Microbiology,
Howard University
College of Medicine
Research
and Professional
Experience
1972
- 1973 Consultant,
Job Corps Sickle
Cell Anemia
Program, Department
of Labor, Manpower
Administration
1975 - 1976 Postdoctoral
Advisor: Ronald
B. Herberman,
M.D., National
Cancer Institute,
NIH Laboratory
of Immunodiagnostics,
Project : In
vitro correlates
of cell-mediated
immunity.
1975-1979 Member,
National Advisory
Council, NIEHS,
NIH
1979-1983 Member,
Genetic Basis
of Disease Review
Committee, National
Institute of
General Medical
Sciences, NIH
1985 Director,
Human Immunogenetics
Laboratory,
Howard University
College of Medicine
1990 Chairman,
Washington Regional
Transplant Consortium
Histocompatibility
Committee
1991-1994 Associate
Director, Division
of Basic Sciences
Howard University
Cancer Center
1991-1996 Research
Committee, National
Kidney Foundation
of the National
Capital Area,
Inc.
1993 Organizer
and Moderator
of Genomic Diversity
and Immunogeneics
Program for
the Third Samuel
L. Kountz Symposium
on Renal Disease
and Transplantation
in Blacks. Crystal
City, VA North
American Committee
of the Human
Genome Diversity
Project
1993 - North
American Committee
of the Human
Genome Diversity
Project
1993-1996 American
Board of Histocompatibility
and Immunogenetics
and Continuing
Commitment to
Improving Health
in the Black
Community, Presented
by Delaware
Valley Transplant
Consortium,
Philadelphia,
PA
1995-1996 Chairman,
Howard University
Provost Search
Advisory Committee
1994-1995 President,
Howard University
Chapter of Sigma
XI, Research
Society of North
America
1996-1997 National
Academy of Sciences
Review Committee
on Human Genome
Diversity Project
1997- Diplomate,
American Board
Histocompatibility
and Immunogenetics
1998- Acting
Director, National
Human Genome
Center at Howard
University
2000- Member,
External Advisory
Committee, F.I.N.D.
Study, NIDDK,
NIH.
Honors
and Awards
1978 Excellence
in Teaching
Award, Howard
University College
of Medicine
Student Council
1986 Invited
Speaker, Eminent
Scholars Program,
Department of
Biology, Norfolk
State University
1989 Recipient
of Award for
Outstanding
Achievement
in Immunogenetics
and Continuing
Commitment
to Improving
Health in the
Black Community,
Presented by
Delaware Valley
Transplant Consortium,
Philadelphia,
PA
1990 Recipient
of the NAACP
Science Achievement
Award, Montgomery
County Chapter
1990 Recipient,
Howard University
College of Medicine,
Outstanding
Research Award
1990 Research
featured in
USA Weekend
Columbus Day
article on “The
New Discover,”
Oct 12th.
1993 Research
featured in
National Center
for Research
Resources RE
PORTER Article
on “Immunogenetic Studies of African Americans”, January/February
1994 Research
featured in
News and Comments,
Science 266:721
1995-1996 Fellowship
Recipient, Visiting
Investigator
Program, National
Cancer for Human
Genome Research,
NIH
1998 Outstanding
Graduate Faculty
Member, HU Graduate
School of Arts
and Sciences
Selected
Publications
Rotimi,
C; Dunston
GM;
Berg K; Akinsete
O; Amoah, A;
Owusu S; Acheampong
J; Boateng K;
Oli J; Okafor
G; Osotimehin
B; (2000) In
Search of Susceptibility
Genes for Type
2 Diabetes in
West Africa:
The Design and
Results of the
First Phase
of the AADM
Study. Annals
of Epidemiology.
(In Press)
Royal
C; Baffoe-Bonnie
A; Kittles R;
Powell I; Bennett
J; Hoke G; Pettaway
C; Weinrich
S; Vijayakumar
S; Ahaghotu
C; Mason T;
Johnson E; Obeikwe
M; Simpson C;
Mejia R; Boykin,
W; Roberson
P; Faison-Smith
L; Meegan C;
Foster N; Furbert-Harris
P; Carpten J;
Bailey-Wilson
J; Trent J;
Berg K; Dunston
GM;
Collins F. (2000)
Recruitment
Experience in
the First Phase
of the African
American Hereditary
Prostate Cancer
(AAHPC) Study.
Annals of Epidemiology,
Berka
N; Bland GN;
Gause DP; Harris
PF; Erabhaoui
LH; Bonar AS;
Okeapu D; and
Dunston
GM.
(2000) Early
Age of Disease
Onset in African
American Type
1 Diabetes Patients
Is Associated
with DQB1*0201
Allele, Human
Immunology 6(8):816-9.
Mefford
HC; Baumbach
L; Panguluri
RCK; Whitfield-Broome
C; Szabo C;
Smith S; King
M-C; Dunston
GM;
Stoppa Lyonnet
D, Arena F (1999)
Evidence for
a BRCA1 Founder
Mutation in
Families of
West African
Ancestry Am
J Hum Genet
65(2):575-8.
Panguluri
RCK; Brody LC;
Modali R; Utley
K; Adams-Campbell
L; Day AA; Whitfield-Broome
C; Dunston
GM. (1999)
BRCA1 Mutations
in African Americans.
Human Genetics.
105(1-2):28-31.
Hill
AVS; Sanchez-Mazas
A, Barbujani
G; Dunston
GM,
Excoffier L;
Hancock J; Klein
J; Meyer UA;
Motulsky AG;
Presciuttini
S; Wishart WL
and Langaney
A (1999) Human
genetic variation
and its impact
on public health
and medicine.
In Evolution
in Health &
Disease (ed)
Stearns SC,
Oxford University
Press, Inc,
New York, NY.
Hizawa
N; Freidhoff
LR; Ehrlich
E; Chiu YF;
Duffy DL; Schou
C; Dunston
GM;
Beaty TH; Marsh
DG; Barnes KC;Huang
SK. (1998) Genetic
influences of
chromosomes
5q31-q33 and
11q13 on specific
IgE responsiveness
to common inhaled
allergens among
African American
families. Collaborative
Study on the
Genetics of
Asthma (CSGA).
J Allergy Clin
Immunol 102(3):449-53.
Hizawa
N; Freidhoff
LR; Chiu YF;
Ehrlich E; Luehr
CA; Anderson
JL; Duffy DL;
Dunston
GM;
Weber JL; Huang
SK; Barnes KC;
Marsh DG; Beaty
TH. (1998) Genetic
regulation of
Dermatophagoides
pteronyssinus-specific
IgE responsiveness:
a genome-wide
multipoint linkage
analysis in
families recruited
through 2 asthmatic
sibs. Collaborative
Study on the
Genetics of
Asthma (CSGA).
J Allergy Clin
Immunol 102(3):436-42.
Agurs-Collins
T; Kim KS; Dunston
GM;
and Adams-Campbell
LL. (1998).
Plasma lipid
alterations
in African American
women with breast
cancer. J Cancer
Res Clin Oncol
124:186-190.
Baskar
PV; Collins
GD; Dorsey-Cooper
BA; Pyle RS;
Nagel JE; Dwyer
D; Dunston
G; Johnson
E; Kendig N;
Israel E; Nalin
DR; Adler WH
(1998) Serum
antibodies to
HIV-1 are produced
post-measles
virus infection:
evidence for
cross-reactivity
with HLA. Clin
Exp Immunol
111 (2):251-6.
Collaborative
Study on the
Genetics of
Asthma (CSGA)
(1997) A Genome-wide
search for asthma
susceptibility
loci in ethnically
diverse populations.
Nature Genetics
15:389-392.
Dunston
GM.
(1997) G-RAP:
A Model HBCU
Genomic Research
and Training
Program in Plain
Talk about the
Human Genome
Project (ed)
Smith E and
Sapp W. Tuskegee
University,
Tuskegee, AL,
pp 105-110.
Bonney
GE, Slater E,
O'Connell P,
Demenais F,
Adams-Campbell
L, and GM
Dunston
(1997) Statistics
in the Genetic
Epidemiology
of Breast Cancer
Among African
American Women.
American Statistical
Assoc. Proceedings
of the Epidemiology
Section, pp
28-32.
Adams-Campbell
LL, Kim KS,
Dunston
GM,
Laing AE, Bonney
G and F Demenais
(1996). The
Relationship
of Body Mass
Index to Reproductive
Factors in Pre-
and Postmenopausal
African-American
Women With and
Without Breast
Cancer Obesity
Res 4 (5):451-456.
Ofosu
MH, Dunston
GM,
Henry L, Ware
D, Cheatham
W, Brembridge
A, Brown C and
Alarif L. (1996)
HLA-DQ-3 Is
Associated with
Graves Disease
in African-Americans.
Immunol Invest:
25 (1&2),
103-110.
Berka
N, Dunston
GM,
Freedman BI,
Gause D, Mcintoch
G, Alim A. (1995)
"Absence
of HLA- DR3,DQ
Polymorphism
in African American
Patients with
End Stage Renal
Disease."
Human Immunol
44(1):79.
Freedman
BI, Spray J,
Dunston
GM and
Heise ER. (1994)
HLA Associations
in End-Stage
Renal Disease
Due to Membranous
Glomerulonephritis:
HLA-DR3 associations
with Progressive
Renal Injury.
Am J Kidney
Diseases 23(6):797-802.
Pottern
LM, Gart JJ,
Nam, J, Dunston
GM,
Wilson J, Greenberg
R, Schoenberg
J, Swanson GM,
Liff J, Schwartz
AG, Fraumeni
JF, Jr. and
Hoover RN. (1992)
HLA and Multiple
Myeloma Among
Black and White
Men: Evidence
of a Genetic
Association.
Cancer Epid
Biomarkers and
Prevention 1:177-182.
Dunston
GM,
Bland G, Furbert-Harris
P, Parish-Gause
D, Berka N,
and Glasgow
A. (1992) Unique
DRB1*0302, DQB1*0402
Haplotype in
African-Americans
Is Associated
with Resistance
to Insulin Dependent
Diabetes Mellitus.
Human Immunol
34(1):36.
Callender
C, Hall L, Yeager
C, Barber J,
Dunston
G, and
Pinn-Wiggins
V. (1991) Organ
Donation in
Blacks: The
Next Frontier
New Eng J Med
325 (6):442:444.
Mohla
S, White S,
Grzegorzewski
K, Nielsen D,
Dunston
G, Dickson
L, Asseffa A
and Olden K.
(1990) Inhibition
of Growth of
Subcutaneous
Xenografts and
Metastasis of
Human Breast
Carcinoma by
Swainsonine:
Modulation of
tumor Cell HLA
class I Antigens
and Host Immune
Effector Mechanisms.
Anticancer Res
10(1):1515-1522.
Dunston
GM,
and Halder RB.(1990)
Vitiligo Is
Associated with
DR4 in American
Blacks. Arch
Derm 126:56-60.
Bonney
GE, Dunston
GM and
J Wilson. (1989).
The Use of Regressive
Logistic Models
for Ordered
and Unordered
Polychotomous
Traits: Application
to Affective
Disorders. Genetics
Epidemiology
6:211-215.
Dunston
GM, Henry
WL, Christian
J, Ofosu M and
CO Callender.
(1989). HLA-DR3-DQ
Heterogeneity
in American
Blacks Is Associated
with Susceptibility
and Resistance
to Insulin Dependent
Diabetes Mellitus.
Tran Proc 21(1):653-655.
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