Guido Mazzotti

TL;DR: Evidence is observed of a higher level of diversity and lower level of population structure in western South America compared to eastern South America, a relative lack of differentiation between Mesoamerican and Andean populations, and a partial agreement on a local scale between genetic similarity and the linguistic classification of populations.

TL;DR: An analysis of admixture in thirteen Mestizo populations from seven countries in Latin America based on data for 678 autosomal and 29 X-chromosome microsatellites found extensive variation in Native American and European ancestry among populations and individuals and evidence that admixture across Latin America has often involved predominantly European men and both Native and African women.

TL;DR: A advantage of the strategy is that the map focused on markers distinguishing Native American from other ancestries and restricted it to markers with very similar frequencies in Europeans and Africans, which decreased the number of markers needed and minimized the possibility of false disease associations.

TL;DR: The results of this first ever conducted survey of researchers and stakeholders regarding research priorities in mental health suggest that it should be possible to develop consensus at regional and international levels regarding the research agenda that is necessary to support health system objectives in LAMI countries.

TL;DR: Mental health research capacity is scarce and unequally distributed in low-and-middle-income countries (LAMIC) and global agencies for health research as well as LAMIC with higher concentrations of researchers and scientific output should play a more decisive role in strengthening the capacity of other LAMic enhancing South-South partnerships and networks.