Diversity Centers for Genome Research

The objectives of the Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium are to carry out innovative, state-of-the-art genomics research studies; enhance institutional genomics research capacity; foster genomics research career development for trainees and investigators at all career levels; and enhance the genomics infrastructure, computational and analytical capabilities of MSIs. 

Diversity Center for Genome Research at Meharry
Principal Investigator: Anil Shanker, Ph.D.  
Co- Principal Investigator: LaMonica Stewart, Ph.D.
Meharry Medical College

Pacific Center for Genome Research
Principal Investigator: Lang Wu Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator:  Youping Deng, Ph.D.
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

UTRGV Center for Genome Research
Principal Investigator: Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D.  
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Carver Genomic Research Center
Principal Investigator: Deepa Bedi, Ph.D.  
Tuskegee University

FIU Diversity Center for Genome Research
Principal Investigator: Xuexia Wang, Ph.D.
Co-Principle Investigator: Stephen M. Black, Ph.D.
Florida International University

Center for Genomic Diversity at Morehouse School of Medicine
Principal Investigator: Melissa B. Davis, Ph.D.  
Morehouse School of Medicine

Workforce Development Working Group

• Chair: Jacob Galan
• Co-Chair: Jon Paul Bingham

Research Collaborative Working Group 

• Chair: Qingguo Wang 
• Co-Chair: Lang Wu 

Community Engagement Working Group 

• Chair: Gladys Maestre 
• Co-Chair: Rajbir Singh Evaluation 

Evaluation Working Group 

• Chair: Angela Sy 
• Co-Chair: Eron Manusov

Steering Committee 

• Chair: Sarah Williams-Blangero Ph.D., UTRGV 
• Co-Chair: Lang Wu Ph.D., UH Mānoa 

Publication Committee 

• Chair: Anil Shanker Ph.D, MMC 
• Co-chair: Sarah Williams-Blangero Ph.D., UTRGV 
• Co-Chair: Lang Wu Ph.D., UH Mānoa

No active funding opportunities.

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley News Release: UTRGV STDOI investigators receive $10M grant to establish an NIH Diversity Center for Genome Research
December 7, 2023

NHGRI Web Feature: NIH establishes new Diversity Centers for Genome Research
December 7, 2023

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: $10.9M to establish UH Pacific Center for Genome Research
October 10, 2023

UTRGV Diversity Center for Genome Research Lunch and Learn: Multivariate Methods for Brain Imaging
November 1, 2024 at 12-1pm CT
Zoom link: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/88546858937

Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Data Analysis Workshop 
Hosted by the FIU-RCMI and FIU-DCGR
Led by Professor Mingyao Li from the University of Pennsylvania
November 4, 2024 9am - 4pm ET
RSVP here: go.fiu.edu/rcmimethods