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Event
Several NIH Institutes, Offices and Centers partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further explore the recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2023 report, Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A New Framework for an Evolving Field, with regards to legacy genomic data. 
The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… postdoctoral fellows, and early career researchers from underrepresented groups, as defined by NIH guidelines . Note … scientific progress, the terms used to describe human populations have remained stuck in the past. Genetics and … reproducibility of research studies and ensure that all populations benefit from genomic advances. The scientific and …
News Release
NIH-backed African scientists are engaged in a global research endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations.
… endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations. But this can only be done by including populations that are the most genetically diverse. … A Global Research Endeavor Studies have shown that African populations contain the oldest and most diverse set of human …
News Release
NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… were developed using data from mostly European ancestry populations, are not effective when used in diverse populations. The new consortium, called PRIMED , will pool … that the scores accurately predict disease across diverse populations. Researchers have used available large-scale …
Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, educating, training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research.
… training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research as defined by the … students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research. … The Diversity …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH facilitates understanding of the relationship between genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution to inform health disparities.
… patterns and determinants of common complex diseases in populations in the United States and around the world. … … dyslipidemia, and kidney diseases, in different human populations with particular attention to African Americans … attention given to the inclusion of scholars from underrepresented populations. … The CRGGH logo was designed …
News Release
NIH-funded research highlights need for diversity in study populations, creates a comprehensive genomic toolkit for scientists
… NIH-funded research highlights need for diversity in study populations, creates a comprehensive genomic toolkit for … cigarette use and chronic kidney disease in diverse populations. The team collected data from 49,839 … variants and specific diseases in European ancestry populations could be detected in African-American, …
News Release
NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations. … National Institutes of Health (NIH) … blood clots, a risk that is the same among diverse human populations that may not traditionally be associated with … or African American, it is not widely studied in other populations, a bias that has led to unintended harm for those …
Diversity Center
Meharry Medical College establishes a Diversity Center for Genome Research (DCGR) that will narrow inequitable representation gaps for underrepresented, disadvantaged minority by realizing their vision to promote African ancestry genomic research through infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational science research teams that are inclusive, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged.
… College (MMC) is committed to bridging the gaps for underrepresented, disadvantaged minority (URM) groups by … supporting academic excellence in genomics research of populations with African ancestry. Promote research … development and making MMC a magnet that attracts other underrepresented minority genomics scholars.  … …
Policies and Guidance
NIH established the Diversity Supplements program to improve the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, post-doctorates, and eligible investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research.
… including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research. This supplement … including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research. … NIH … including those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research. … Policies and …