Research at
Gallaudet University
2005 - 2006
Genetic Deafness in Alumni of Gallaudet University
| Status: Ongoing | Begin date: April 15, 2004 | End date: February 28, 2009 |
Description
This project is a collaborative effort between Gallaudet's Department of Biology and the Department of Human Genetics at the Medical College of Virginia designed to extend the 1898 study of deaf families by Professor E.A. Fay, Vice-President of Gallaudet University. The goal is to identify and characterize rare genes that interact to cause deafness. A novel molecular genetic approach to identifying these genes will be used in the deaf offspring of deaf parents.
Investigators
- Arnos, Kathleen S., Biology
- Blanton, Susan H.,
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) - Nance, Walter E.,
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) - Pandya, Arti,
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) - Norris, Virginia, Biology
- Burton, Sarah, Biology
- Marin, Ruth, Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences
- Welch, Katherine O., Biology