Boone, Ranashia L.
Whitehead, Briana
Avery, Tyra M.
Lu, Jacky
Francis, Jamisha D.
Guevara, Miriam A.
Moore, Rebecca E.
Chambers, Schuyler A.
Doster, Ryan S.
Manning, Shannon D.
Townsend, Steven D.
Dent, Leon
Marshall, Dana
Gaddy, Jennifer A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2192-4224
Damo, Steven M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (HD090061, MD007586, MD007593, 2T32HL007411-39, 2T32AI112541-06, K08AAI151100, T32GM135131)
National Science Foundation (1547757, 1400969, CHE-1847804)
Article History
Received: 4 October 2020
Accepted: 27 December 2020
First Online: 9 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval to carry out this study was provided by the Meharry Medical College Institutional Review Board (IRB 081204AAH23119). The secondary use of de-identified or coded samples is not considered research involving human subjects under 45 CFR 46. Biospecimens used in this study were de-identified and need for consent was waived by the IRB in accordance with federal regulation (45 CFR 46, Department of Health and Human Services, Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a); 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b)).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The authors declare no competing interests.