# COBRE Center for Molecular Epidemiology

> **NIH NIH P20** · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · 2020 · $246,000

## Abstract

OVERALL ABSTRACT
As part of our Phase I Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) we created a Center for Molecular
Epidemiology at Dartmouth that supported the recruitment, career development, and research productivity of
talented junior investigators carrying out innovative research in molecular epidemiology. These diverse faculty
shared interests in our Center’s central themes of: (1) applying state-of-the-art scientific discoveries and
technologies to address major health concerns, (2) identifying early indicators of disease pathogenesis and (3)
exploring common pathways of disease etiology and progression. Our members span multiple departments in
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and the Dartmouth College of
Arts and Sciences.
To our knowledge, there are no other academic centers for molecular epidemiology in New England, or
currently funded COBREs focused on molecular epidemiology nationally. As part of the proposed COBRE, we
will supply the critical molecular epidemiology research infrastructure from which innovative methods can be
applied and new discoveries can be translated. This will be achieved through four independent research
projects with tightly interwoven themes along a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary Biorepository Core and strong
Administrative, Career Development, and Research Integration Core. Building on the growing presence of
molecular epidemiology in New Hampshire, we are poised to become an institutional, regional and national
leader in molecular epidemiology research over the next five year with the goals of: 1) stimulating innovative
research and fostering the career development of junior investigators and recruiting new faculty, 2) promoting
translation of emerging technologies and basic research findings on common pathways of disease etiology and
progression, and 3) informing strategies to prevent human disease throughout the lifespan. Thus, our Center
for Molecular Epidemiology supplies the critical molecular epidemiology research infrastructure (e.g., research
design methodology expertise, population risk factor and health outcome data, biologic specimens and assay
results) to which innovative methods can be applied and new discoveries can be translated.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10199566
- **Project number:** 3P20GM104416-08S1
- **Recipient organization:** DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** MARGARET Rita KARAGAS
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $246,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2013-03-01 → 2023-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10199566

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10199566, COBRE Center for Molecular Epidemiology (3P20GM104416-08S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10199566. Licensed CC0.

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