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

Honoring Henrietta Lacks with Alfred Lacks Carter, Jr.
Hosted by the Pacific Center for Genome Research and UH Cancer Center
December 13, 2024
12 - 1:30 PM HST
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