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Research - 10,000 Families Study

Refers to an observational study by the University of Minnesota that seeks to understand how genetics, the environment and shared habits contribute to the health and disease in families. The 10,000 Families Study will enroll one person per generation (Minimum - 2 generations), and follow them over time. In 2018 the Study was awarded One Million dollars grant by the Masonic Charities Funding to support Cancer research at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center.

About the Study

The University of Minnesota is conducting the 10,000 Families Study because health, diseases and risk factors can run in families. This is a multigenerational study. Studies are often required periodically to reflect evolving population demographics (For instance, increasing diversity, new immigrants), to keep pace with changing exposures in population, and to take advantage of new technology (e.g. microbiome assessment). There has not been a population cohort study established in Minnesota in many years. The study plans to serve as a collaborative platform and ongoing resource from basic, clinical and population scientific disciplines, and to serve the community as wel, to address wide-ranging research questions related to human health and disease.

Research team

Principal Investigator

A principal investigator (PI) is the primary responsible for the preparation, conduction, and administration of a research project. The PI for this project is Logan Spector, PhD, a Pediatrics professor at the University of Minnesota, whose research focuses on the causes of childhood leukemia, hepatoblastoma and osteosarcoma.

Co-Investigator Team

A number of investigators that support the PI work. The co-investigators of this team are:

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