John Blangero
Born
New Castle, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYoungstown State University
Case Western Reserve University
Scientific career
FieldsHuman genetics
InstitutionsSouthwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
ThesisPopulation Genetic Approaches to Phenotypic Microevolution in the Jirels of Nepal (1987)

John Blangero is an American human geneticist who ranks in the top 3000 researchers in the world in terms of scholarly citations.[1] 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] 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.[3][4] 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.[5] He has also studied the genetic and environmental causes of diabetes and fatty liver disease among the Mexican American population in South Texas.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  2. ↑ "NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  3. ↑ "John Blangero Ph.D." UTRGV. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. ↑ "South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute Awarded First NIH Grant". UTRGV (Press release). 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. ↑ Allen, Elizabeth (2010-04-01). "Geneticist wants to understand how genes influence disease". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Diabetes Institute At UTRGV Medical School Receives Grant For Fatty Liver Research". KVEO. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  7. ↑ Tyx, Daniel Blue (2015-09-08). "Doctors Bring Diabetes Care to Patients at Valley Flea Markets". Texas Observer. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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