COLLABORATIONS
PAST AND CURRENT COLLABORATIONS
Researchers from a variety of public and private universities and institutions have conducted studies with the assistance of MATR participants. Examples of collaborative research approved by the MATR Advisory Committee include the following:
- Female Human Microbiome with VCU
- Stress and Coping with VCU
- Epilepsy with VCU
- Childhood Development with VCU (MCV twin study)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Human Microbiome with New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases
- Type One Diabetes with University of Minnesota
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder with VCU
- Genetic and environmental factors related to skin pigmentation, sun exposure, skin health, and political attitudes with researchers at Columbia University.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- Alcoholism with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Nicotine withdrawal with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Childhood psychopathology with Duke University
- Rheumatoid arthritis with VCU/McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Emory University School of Medicine
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with VCU and the University of Washington
- Epilepsy with VCU; the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; the Norwegian State Epilepsy Hospital; and the Southern University of Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Sleep Deprivation with the University of Pennsylvania
- Factors in Human Aging with VCU
- Matching with the Virginia Cancer Registry to determine genetics prevalence of cancer
- Matching with Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) of Virginia to determine heritability of driving behavior
- Heritability of drug use with National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) including collection of DNA via blood samples
- Remodeling of Chromatin-Based Epigenetic Structures in Development and Aging with the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD)