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Dr.
Rotimi’s
career
achievements
have been
exceptional
and have
catapulted
him from
his place
of leadership
in the
NHGC
at Howard
University
to a position
of leadership
now at
the National
Institutes
of Health
in Bethesda,
MD, where
he was
selected
as director
to build
an intramural
national
center
for genomics
and health
disparities.During
his time
at the
NHGC,
Dr.
Rotimi
maintained
a stellar
record
of scientific
productivity
making
Genetic
Epidemiology
the largest
and leading
unit in
papers
published
and grants
funded.
Dr. Rotimi
himself
published
over a
hundred
papers
in peer-reviewed
scientific
journals,
with the
majority
of these
since
coming
to Howard
University.
The dollar
amount
of NHGC
grants
and contracts
that Dr.
Rotimi
has attracted
as principal
investigator
total
nearly
twenty
million
in direct
dollars
to Howard
University.
Dr.
Charles
N. Rotimi
proved
to be
an integral
part of
‘history-in-the-making’
at the
NHGC.
His work
on the
genetics
of common
complex
diseases
in African
populations
has provided
an institutional
platform
for the
NHGC
at Howard
University
to build
upon in
its continuing
charge
to provide
leadership
for America
and the
global
community.
The NHGC
and Howard
University
community
acknowledged
Dr.
Rotimi
for his
outstanding
achievements
in science
at a Special
Recognition
Luncheon
in his
honor
at Howard
University
March
13, 2008.
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