Caroline V. Andrews

The paper identifies a common BRCA1 founder variant in Rwandan breast cancer patients and estimates its origin to be around 4,000-10,000 years ago.

This study identifies genetic associations and evolutionary factors underlying androgenetic alopecia in African men, showing poor generalization of European genetic predictions and continental differences in allele frequencies.

This study identifies 447 new genetic variants associated with prostate-specific antigen levels across multiple ancestries and shows improved cross-ancestry prediction of PSA, with implications for personalized prostate cancer screening.

The paper develops a genotyping array tailored for African populations to identify cancer risk variants, finding population-specific allele frequency differences and lower prostate cancer risk in Senegal compared to Nigeria.