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Elizabeth Cooney is a health reporter for the Worcester Telegram &
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« Four Boston doctors named Howard Hughes investigators | Main | Second Harvard team heading to Congo to help women injured by rape » Thursday, October 11, 2007Boston-Denver team to lead study of COPDA team of researchers from Boston and Denver will lead a large study of genetic factors and biological mechanisms involved in progressive lung diseases. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver are the lead sites for the five-year, 16-center study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The two hospitals have received $37 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The researchers hope to enroll 10,500 participants, including 3,500 African-Americans. COPD is rising among African-Americans but risk factors in this population have not been adequately studied, according to the two hospitals' news release. The Harvard School of Public Health, working with Johns Hopkins University, Brigham and Women's and the University of Colorado, will provide statistical analysis. Posted by Elizabeth Cooney at 02:20 PM
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