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John Blangero

American human geneticist

John Blangero is an American human geneticist who ranks in the top 3000 researchers in the world in terms of scholarly citations. His research has been highly funded by the National Institutes of Health where he is reported to have obtained more than $64 million in direct funding for genetic studies of common diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and psychiatric diseases.²

From Wikipedia’s article on John Blangero (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

About

He is a professor in the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Medicine in Brownsville, Texas, where he is also Director of the Genomics Computing Center at the South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute. In addition, he serves as director of the San Antonio Family Heart Study, and played a major role in organizing the construction of the 11,000-processor computer cluster MEDUSA, which he and his collaborators use for genetic research at UTRGV. Before joining UTRGV, he worked at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research. His research has included a project focused on studying the function and structure of the human brain, for which he collaborated with David Glahn of Yale University. He has also studied the genetic and environmental causes of diabetes and fatty liver disease among the Mexican American population in South Texas.

From Wikipedia’s article on John Blangero, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyBoard member 2015 to now¹¹

Early life and education

1979Youngstown State University Bachelor of Arts; anthropology^{3 4}
1982Case Western Reserve University Master of Arts; biological anthropology^{3 5}
1986Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Philosophy; population genetics^{3 5}

Career

Occupation: university teacher, geneticist.⁸

Since 2015Professor, director, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley^{6 7}
2014 to 2015Worked at University of Texas at Brownsville⁶

Personal life

BornNew Castle⁹
CitizenshipUnited States¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataJohn Blangero on Wikidata
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WikipediaJohn Blangero on Wikipedia
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WikidataJohn Blangero: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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WikidataJohn Blangero: Worked at University of Texas at Brownsville, on Wikidata
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WikidataProfessor, director, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, as reported
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WikidataJohn Blangero: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataJohn Blangero: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataJohn Blangero: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Board member
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Wikimedia CommonsJohn Blangero photo by Jsunking, CC BY-SA 4.0