Table 5. Selected list of molecular medical genetics/genomics research that is presently being carried out in Brazil, with an indication of their main contributors.
| Place | Institution | Research | Principal investigatorsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belém, Pará | Federal University of Pará | Genetic susceptibility/resistance to several tropical diseases and cancer pathogenesis | A. K. C. Ribeiro-dos-Santos, J. M. Guerreiro, and S. E. B. Santos |
| Salvador, Bahia | Federal University of Bahia | Genetic epidemiology and inborn errors of metabolism | A. X. Acosta |
| Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais | Federal University of Minas Gerais | Follow-up of several population cohorts and medical genetics in general | E. Tarazona-Santos and S. D. J. Pena |
| Rio de Janeiro | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation | Ecological/medical aspects of Amerindian populations and Latin American Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC) | C. E. A. Coimbra Jr., E. E. Castilla, J. C. Llerena Jr., and R. V. Santos |
| Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | ECLAMC | I. M. Orioli | |
| Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo | University of São Paulo | Mutagenesis, hematological disorders, and cancer | C. S. Takahashi, E. A. Donadi, J. M. Pìna Neto, and W. A. Silva Jr. |
| São Paulo | University of São Paulo | Stem cell research, neurogenetics, syndromic diseases, and genetic counseling | A. M. Vianna-Morgante, C. Rosenberg, M. R. Passos-Bueno, M. Zatz, P. A. Otto, and R. C. Mingroni-Netto |
| Cardiovascular diseases | J. E. Krieger | ||
| Curitiba, Paraná | UFPR | HLA and diseases, especially auto-immune disorders | M. L. Petzl-Erler |
| Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | UFRGS | Psychiatric genetics, hemostatic disorders, immunological diseases, teratogenesis, and genetic epidemiology | C. H. D. Bau, E. Bandinelli, F. M. Salzano, J. A. B. Chies, L. Schüler-Faccini, and M. H. Hutz |
| Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital | Metabolic diseases, especially inborn errors of metabolism (Reference Center for Latin America), neurogenetics, cytogenetics, and familial cancer | I. V. D. Schwartz, L. Jardim, M. L. S. Pereira, M. Riegel, P. A. Prolla, and R. Giugliani | |
| Porto Alegre Health Sciences Federal University | Susceptibility/resistance to different types of pathologies | V. S. Mattevi, M. Fiegenbaum, and S. Almeida |
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Listed in alphabetical order of the first name.