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Dr.
Charles
N. Rotimi,
Ph.D.,
director
of the
National
Human
Genome
Center
(NHGC)
since
2005 and
director
of Genetic
Epidemiology
in the
NHGC
since
1999,
resigned
from his
University
position
on March
14, 2008.
Dr.
Charles
N. Rotimi,
a highly
productive
and pioneering
scientist,
continues
to chart
new territories
and open
new vistas
in the
genetics
of complex
diseases
in African
populations
and the
African
Diaspora.
Since
relocating
to Howard
University,
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.
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