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SUMMARY:STAGE ISSS: Stephen S. Rich
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for the next instalment of the STAGE International Speaker Seminar Series (ISSS) with\n\n\n\nStephen S. Rich\n\n\n\nDirector, Center for Public Health Genomics,Harrison Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia\n\n\n\nTalk Title:\n\n\n\nThe Search for Genes Associated with Ischemic Stroke through GWAS and Exome Sequencing \n\n\n\nAbstract:\n\n\n\nUnavailable\n\n\n\nSpeaker Profile:\n\n\n\nStephen S. Rich is the University of Virginia Board of Visitors  Distinguished Faculty Scholar, the Harrison Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Public Health Sciences,  Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of the Center for  Public Health Genomics at the University of Virginia. He received  his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from North Carolina  State University (minor in genetics) and graduate degrees (M.S.  and Ph.D.) in Population and Quantitative Genetics from Purdue  University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He conducted postdoctoral  research at Purdue University developing a simulation model of  artificial selection in populations with genetic structure. Dr. Rich  was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota from 1981-1994,  where he rose to the rank of tenured Professor of Laboratory  Medicine & Pathology and contributed to the establishment of  the Institute for Human Genetics. He was on the faculty of Wake  Forest University from 1994-2007 where he served as Vice-Chair  of Public Health Sciences and founded the Center for Genetic  Epidemiology. In 2007, he was appointed founding Director of the  University of Virginia Center for Public Health Genomics. Dr. Rich  has made many important contributions to the understanding of  the genetic epidemiology and molecular basis of type 1 diabetes,  and to the identification of genes and processes associated with  autoimmunity, complications of diabetes, cardiovascular and  cerebrovascular diseases. He was the recipient of the David  Rumbaugh Award for Scientific Achievement from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in 2009.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Poster:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Rich Poster ( https://stage.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ISSS-Poster-Rich-Stephen.pdf )Download\n\n\n\nPhotography Disclosure:\n\n\n\nPhotographs and/or video may be taken of participants at STAGE events. These photos/videos are for the Program’s use only and may appear on its website, in printed brochures, or in other promotional or reporting materials. By attending STAGE events, you accept the possibility that you may be videotaped or photographed. If you have any concerns, please inform us by sending an e-mail to esther.berzunza@utoronto.ca\n
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