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Dr. Adife Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek is an instructor at the Masonic Medical Research Institute, and Dr. Maria Kontaridis is its executive director. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped the institute’s studies. “It’s very exciting to work in this collaborative environment, not only Dr. Kontaridis, but also other principal investigators,” said Dr. Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek. Ercan-Sencicek is studying if…

Scientists in Utica are studying if there a connection between autism and congenital heart defects. The research is being done thanks to more than $400,000 in grants from the American Heart Association. The Masonic Medical Research Institute’s executive director says that there could be a link. She says almost all of the patients they study…