INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS & RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE & RELATED PHENOTYPES IN THE WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE3/29/2014 - 3/28/2015CAN: 14-8470187

Stanford University, Stanford CA

Investigators

Abstract

The contactor will take advantage of the existing large and unique Women?s Health Initiative (WHI) biological resource, which includes bio-banked blood from a large number of postmenopausal women who have been extensively phenotyped over a follow-up period of up to nineteen years. The contractor will carefully profile the DNA and plasma of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) cases, as well as an appropriate set of controls, using two complementary, but well-validated, genomic technologies at baseline. These high throughput genomic technologies are expected to generate high quality and high-resolution genome wide DNA methylation profiles, as well as a comprehensive assessment of circulating microRNA levels in plasma. We will then comprehensively analyze and integrate this genomic data with existing clinical, genetic, and biomarker data using state of the art statistical methodologies developed by members of the investigative team to identify genomic signatures and pathways relevant to CHD and its risk factors.