Faculty

Primary Faculty

Nelson Arboleda

Associate Professor of Professional Practice

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Field of Interest: Global Health Dr. Nelson Arboleda is an Associate Professor of Global Health spearheading courses in our Department of Public Health Sciences that provide students insights into global public health challenges faced primarily in developing countries.  Through his subject matter expertise,...
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Taghrid Asfar

Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences

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Field of Interest: Tobacco Policies & Regulations Taghrid Asfar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, and a full member at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is also a member of the founding team of the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies...
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Raymond R Balise, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

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(305) 243-9694
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Field of Interest: Data Science & Biostatistics Raymond Balise, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami (UM). Prior to joining UM, he worked at Stanford University School of Medicine for 17 years as a Biostatistician and...
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Yuguang Ban

Research Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Computational Statistics and Bioinformatics in Genomics Yuguang (James) Ban, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has collaborated with many cancer...
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Tyler Scott Bartholomew

Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Harm Reduction, HIV, Implementation Science Tyler Bartholomew, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Services Research & Policy at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences. He is the co-Principal Investigator of the UM IDEA Lab whose...
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John C Beier

Professor

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Field of Interest: Vector Biology & Control John C. Beier, Sc.D., is Professor and Director of the Division of Environment and Public Health in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Beier’s research is committed to the ecology and control of vector-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue, Zika, other arboviruses, and...
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Farren Basil Shaw Briggs

Pending Rank at Assoc. Professor

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Farren Briggs, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Briggs will continue to lead and engage in ongoing research, as well as build new collaborations to advance scientific endeavors in the department and in the Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Briggs is a...
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Eric Christopher Brown

Professor of Professional Practice

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Field of Interest: Community-Based & International Prevention Science Dr. Eric C. Brown, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor with the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Prevention Science and Community Health where he directs the Implementation Science track for the...
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Scott C. Brown

Research Associate Professor

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Field of Interest: Built Environment, Behavior & Health Scott C. Brown, Ph.D., is a Research Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He has a secondary appointment at the University of Miami School of Architecture. Previously, he completed postdoctoral fellowships in cognitive aging...
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Alberto Caban-Martinez

Assoc. Professor

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Field of Interest: Occupational Health & Safety Dr. Caban-Martinez is a board-certified osteopathic physician and epidemiologist, and an Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences in the Division of Environment and Public Health of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is the...
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Michele Ceccarelli

Research Professor

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Xi Steven Chen

Professor

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Field of Interest: Statistical Genomics, Biomarker Discovery & Prediction Modeling Xi (Steven) Chen is a Professor of Biostatistics in DPHS at UMMSM. He is also the Director of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Chen’s research interests focus on statistical...
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Daniel A Diaz

Research Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Theoretical Statistics & Population Genetics Daniel Díaz is Research Assistant Professor at the Division of Biostatistics of the University of Miami. He has a PhD in Probability from Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; a BS in Statistics (with minors in Mathematics and Biostatistics) at Universidad...
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Daniel J Feaster, Ph.D.

Professor

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Field of Interest: Hierarchical Linear, Structural Equation Modeling & Longitudinal Analysis Daniel J. Feaster is a tenured Professor of Biostatistics within the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine with over 30 years of experience in design, implementation, and analysis of substance abuse...
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Julio Frenk

President

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A fourth-generation physician whose paternal grandparents fled Germany in the early 1930s to build a new life in Mexico, Julio Frenk catalyzed his deep gratitude for the kindness of strangers into a lifelong mission to improve the health, education, and well-being of people around the world. Dr. Frenk became the sixth...
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Luciano Garofano

Research Asst. Professor

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Dr. Luciano Garofano, our new research assistant professor in the Division of Biostatistics, brings his expertise to advance research on Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), an incurable brain tumor. His impactful research is centered around pioneering and evaluating innovative tools to integrate single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to explore how...
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Yan Guo

Pending Rank at Professor

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Dr. Guo is a newly appointed Professor in the Department of Public Health and Sciences at the University of Miami. He also serves as the Director of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resources (BSSR) for the NCI-designated Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (Sylvester). As Director of BBSR, Dr. Guo works with his team to provide...
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WayWay M. Hlaing

Professor of Professional Practice

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Field of Interest: Chronic Conditions & Health Disparities Dr. WayWay M. Hlaing's education background consists an MBBS (a US Medical Degree equivalent based on the Scottish system of a 6-year medical curriculum), an MS degree in Health Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology. She joined the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) at...
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Viviana E Horigian

Professor, Educator Track

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(305) 243-4305
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Field of Interest: Research Design & Implementation of Treatments for Drug Abuse, MPH & MSPH Programs Viviana E. Horigian, MD, MHA, is a Professor, Educator, in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is currently serving as the Director of Public Health Education and as a...
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Jennifer Hu

Professor

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Field of Interest: Cancer Center & Control Dr. Hu is a Professor in the Departments of Public Health Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Human Genetics and Genomics. She is the Director of the Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Division in the Department of Public Health Sciences. As a trans-disciplinary cancer...
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Hemant Ishwaran

Professor

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Field of Interest: Developing Machine Learning Methods Hemant Ishwaran, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) and is the Director of Statistical Methodology and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Division of Biostatistics.  Dr. Ishwaran is also affiliated with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer...
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Limin Jiang

Research Asst. Professor

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Limin Jiang, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Her primary focus in the department will be dedicated to research endeavors with research based on multi-omics big data and AI technologies – she is at the forefront of harnessing artificial intelligence to advance cancer recognition,...
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Ariana Lea Johnson

Asst. Professor

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Ariana Johnson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Johnson is an epidemiologist with a passion for disease prevention. Her research focuses on how the intersection of implementation science, social networks, and machine learning impacts health disparities particularly as it relates to HIV...
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Mariano Juan Kanamori Nishimura

Associate Professor

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Field of Interest: Latinos, Substance Use Disorders & HIV Studies Dr. Mariano Kanamori is an epidemiologist committed to reducing health disparities in underserved communities. He has over twenty-six years’ experience applying qualitative and quantitative methodologies to global health issues. Dr. Kanamori’s community...
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Felicia Marie Knaul

Professor

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Felicia Marie Knaul, BA (International Development, University of Toronto), MA, PhD (Economics, Harvard University), is internationally recognized for her transformative, translational research in global health, health systems, and health economics focused on reducing inequities. Her research has influenced policy and improved the condition of...
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Tulay Koru-Sengul

Research Professor

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Field of Interest: Statistical Methods for Biological Responses Dr. Tulay Koru-Sengul is an Associate Professor and the graduate program director of Master of Science (MS) in Biostatistics in the Division of Biostatistics and the lead faculty member overseeing the Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) program in the Department of Public...
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Naresh Kumar

Professor

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Field of Interest: Environmental Health Risk Surveillance Naresh Kumar, Ph.D., is Professor of Environmental Health in the Department of Public Health Sciences, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, and Department of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Miami. Dr. Kumar’s research and teaching are dedicated to...
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David J Lee, Ph.D.

Professor

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Field of Interest: Occupational & Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Accreditation & Program Governance David Lee, Ph.D., has been a faculty member in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 1990.  He serves as Department Chair and oversees all graduate programs on the...
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Wendy G. Lichtenthal

Pending Rank at Assoc. Professor

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Wendy Lichtenthal, Ph.D., is an associate professor (pending rank) in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Lichtenthal's impactful research is centered around pioneering and assessing innovative psychosocial interventions tailored for cancer patients and their families. Her work particularly zeroes in on the challenging...
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Howard A. Liddle

Professor

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Field of Interest: Adolescent Substance Abuse Howard Liddle, EdD, ABPP (Family Psychology) is Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, and Director of the Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. A psychologist, Dr. Liddle's research focus is on the...
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Min Lu

Research Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Machine Learning, Causal Inference & Variable Selection Min Lu, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She received her Doctoral degree in Biostatistics from the University of Miami in 2018. Her current work...
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Kathryn McCollister

Professor

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Field of Interest: Economic Evaluation of Evidence-Based Interventions Kathryn E. McCollister, Ph.D., is a Professor and Health Economist in the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.  She is the Director of the Division of Health Services Research and Policy in the DPHS....
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Shari Messinger, Ph.D.

Professor

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Field of Interest: Diabetes, Clinical Trials, Biomarkers & Clinical Biostatistics Dr. Shari Messinger Ph.D. is a Professor and Director of the Division of Biostatistics, as well as Director of the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core, in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She has been a member of the Biostatistics Faculty...
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Patricia I. Moreno, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Cancer Control & Survivorship Patricia I. Moreno, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Lead of Evidence-Based Survivorship Supportive Care at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Moreno received a BA in Psychology...
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Elahe Nezami

Pending Rank Professor Prof. Practice

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Dr. Elahe ("Ellie") Nezami is a Professor on the Educator Track in the Division of Health Services Research & Policy and Director of Online Programs in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Elahe Nezami served as the director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies...
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Ana M. Palacio

Professor of Clinical

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Field of Interest: Minority Health and Health Disparities Dr. Ana M. Palacio is a clinician researcher and epidemiologist who completed the Internal Medicine residency at the University of Miami and a General Medicine Fellowship and Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She joined the University of Miami as faculty in...
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Yue Pan

Research Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Clinical Trials, Data Science, HIV, Mental Health, Substance Use, Cardiovascular Disease, Health Disparities. Yue Pan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami (UM). He has expertise and experience in both...
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Mariya Petrova Petrova

Research Asst. Professor

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Mariya Petrova, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her role. With a remarkable career trajectory, Dr. Petrova stands as a licensed mental health clinician in both Florida...
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Paulo Pinheiro

Research Professor

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Field of Interest: Population-Based Cancer Epidemiology Paulo S. Pinheiro is a Research Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, with over 15 years of experience in population-based cancer epidemiology. He trained as a resident physician in Portugal where he specialized in Public Health, then...
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Isildinha M Reis, Ph.D.

Research Professor

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Field of Interest: Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials & Predictive Models Dr. Isildinha Reis, DrPH, is a Research Professor in the Division of Biostatistics of the Department of Public Health Science (DPHS) and in the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core Shared Resource at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Reis is a member...
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Victor Daniel Rosenthal

Research Associate Professor

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Field of Interest: Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Health Care Associated Infections and Multi Drug Resistant Organisms Dr. Victor D. Rosenthal is a Research Associate Professor at the Division of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences, in the Department of Public Health Sciences, at Leonard M. Miller...
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Cynthia Lyn Rowe, Ph.D.

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice

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Dr. Rowe is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Associate Professor within the UMMSM DPHS, where she has been a faculty member since 2000. She is also Associate Director of MDFT International and serves in the role of Director of Training, as well as a member of the Board of Directors. Her career has focused on refining, testing, and...
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James Shultz

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice

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Field of Interest: Population Health, Disaster Public Health, Complexity Science, Substance Use Dr. James M. Shultz received his MS in Health Behavior Research in 1986 and his PhD in Behavioral Epidemiology in 1988 from the University of Minnesota. He joined the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami,...
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Sara Mijares StGeorge

Asst. Professor

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Field of Interest: Obesity & Chronic Disease Sara M. St. George, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a member of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South...
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Jose Szapocznik, Ph.D.

Professor

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Field of Interest: Brief Strategic Family Therapy José Szapocznik, Ph.D., has received over $120 million in NIH funding.  With over 270 scholarly publications, he is Chair Emeritus of the Department of Public Health Sciences, Director of the Center for Family Studies, and Honorary Founding Director of the University of...
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Leonardo J Tamariz

Professor of Clinical

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Leonardo Tamariz, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Public Health Sciences with an array of knowledge and competence. Dr. Tamariz has been in practice for more than 20 years, specializing in internal medicine and nephrology. He received his M.D. from Universidad Católica Santiago de...
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Lily Wang

Professor

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Field of Interest: Epigenomics Data, Integrative Genomics Analysis & Systems Biology Dr. Wang is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS) at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She is affiliated with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG)....
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