Wei Qi Wei, a researcher at Vanderbilt, recently used GWAS and PWAS studies to demonstrate residual risk for heart attack due to Lp(a). GWAS stands for Genome-Wide Association Studies. And PWAS stands for Phenome Wide Association Studies. Vanderbilt has a significant advantage in these research techniques due to EMERGE, their coordinated Electronic Medical Record and Genetics research system.
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