Are GWA studies submitted to GEI required to have measures of environmental exposures?
No. Availability of environmental exposures is not required, but will be considered as one of many factors in the evaluation and award process. Because of the connection of the GEI-GWA program with the GEI Exposure Biology Program, higher priority will be given to selecting studies that have evidence for environmental influences on the trait, high-quality data on environmental exposures, and stored biospecimens. Other factors, as outlined in the RFA, will also be considered (public health significance, programmatic balance, population diversity, quality and ease-of-use of the dataset, and quality and quantity of DNA).
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