Credits Offered
1.0 AOA Category 1-A Credit
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
Learning Objectives
1. Develop a narrative understanding of the sodium-deficient interior of West Africa and the historical reasons or this populations vulnerability to the transatlantic slave trade.
2. Learn the basic characteristics of the human APOL1 gene and its 2 pleiotropic gains of function
3. Learn the basic details of Black Americans high susceptibility to APOL1 mediated kidney disease (AMKD), which kills 11,000 blacks per year.