UCLA researchers used genetic data from people in Los Angeles to identify different groups’ disease risk and better understand health disparities. In the study published in July, the researchers used data collected as part of the UCLA ATLAS Community Health Initiative – including medical info from patients across LA – to see whether they could understand why certain communities might be more likely to receive certain diagnoses or seek hospital care, said Noah Zaitlen, the paper’s corresponding author. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA Health building is pictured. Researchers, including professors from UCLA, published a study in July analyzing disease risks in different subpopulations based on genetic ancestry, using data sourced from the UCLA ATLAS Community Health Initiative. (Daily Bruin file photo)