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...other labs, was compiled into a set of 3,000 heart attack patients and 3,000 controls. Researchers performed a million tests on each patient’s DNA for a total of 6 billion tests, said O’Donnell. The study used a gene chip developed by Altshuler??s team that can screen simultaneously for single problematic genetic locations and deletions of large chunks of DNA. When the data was processed through the chip, researches found nine single genetic locations, but no large deletions, to be associated with increased risk for early heart attacks. This...
Several GSD professors saw those comments as a sign of Altshuler??s supposed disconnect with members of his own faculty, who were said to be largely critical of Summers. Some faculty members were also concerned by the fact that Altshuler??though a professor of urban policy and planning—was a political scientist by training and had spent much of his academic career at the Kennedy School of Government...
...mail, Altshuler declined to respond to questions asking whether his decision to step down was related to clashes with the faculty. But yesterday, even Altshuler??s critics offered words of support for the outgoing dean...
...thank him for stabilizing the school and launching an initiative for appointing faculty with diverse backgrounds,” Architecture Department Chair Toshiko Mori said in an e-mail. Last spring, Mori was one of several faculty members to call for a vote of no confidence in Altshuler??s leadership, The Crimson reported. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
Interim President Derek C. Bok has been preparing for Altshuler??s departure since at least September, according to an individual close to the interim president. But when asked by The Crimson earlier this month if he had plans to resign, Altshuler replied: “I have not made any such decision. Your sources, I’m afraid, are not reliable...