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Lake Forest, Ill. - Dr. Carole Ober, a world expert on how genes influence complex human diseases like asthma and heart conditions, will deliver a public lecture at Lake Forest College on Monday, March 19, at 4 p.m.

Aimed at a general audience, Dr. Ober's presentation titled "Genetic Studies of Common Diseases in a Founder Population" will be held in Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall. The public is welcome to attend free of charge. A pre-seminar reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. Please call 847-735-6010 for more information.

Dr. Ober is a full professor in the Departments of Human Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a member of Committees on Genetics and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. She received her BA degree in anthropology from George Washington University and PhD in biological anthropology from Northwestern University.

Dr. Ober's laboratory identifies genes that influence complex phenotypes and seeks to understand their evolutionary history, and to elucidate how variation in these genes influences function. She focuses on phenotypes related to fertility and to common diseases, and the work is conducted in a founder population, the Hutterites, and in outbred patient populations. Dr. Ober has written more than 150 journal articles, reviews, letters, and book chapters on this topic.

Among her numerous honors is the Northwestern Obstetrics and Gynecological Society Award (NOGS); the 2005 recipient of the Charles Reed Lectureship from the American Association of Asthma, Allergy, Immunology; the 2003 American Society of Reproductive Medicine Distinguished Scientist Award; and the 1996 J. Christian Herr Award for Excellence in Basic or Applied Research in Reproductive Immunology, American Society of Reproductive Immunology.

The event is sponsored by the Lake Forest College Biology Department, Beta Beta Beta (the national undergraduate biology honorary society), and the Center for Chicago Programs.

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