 Donald
A. Primerano, PhD
WV-INBRE Director of Appalacian Cardiovascular
Research Network (ACoRN)Professor
Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular
Genetics
Director, Marshall University Genomics Core Facility
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of
Medicine
Huntington, WV
(304) 696-7338 /
primeran@marshall.edu /
Website
Dr. Primerano is
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular
Genetics at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
at Marshall University. He received his B.S. degree
from St. Vincent College in 1976 and Ph.D. from Duke
University in 1982. He joined the faculty of the
Marshall University School of Medicine in 1988
following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Michigan
State University,
As Director of the ACoRN, Dr. Primerano oversees
research in the genetic susceptibility to
cardiovascular disease and the training of the team
investigators. Dr. Primerano also serves as the
director of the Marshall University Genomics Core
Facility (http://musom.marshall.edu/genomics)
which provides gene expression profiling, automated
DNA sequencing and genotyping, and real time PCR
instrumentation to WV-INBRE investigators. His
research interests included the genetic basis of
complex traits and methods of DNA damage detection.
Dr. Primerano serves as course director and lecturer
in the School of Medicine Medical Microbiology,
Human Genetics, and Nucleic Acids courses. |
