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Diversity Centers for Genome Research

Diversity Centers for Genome Research

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 resource-limited institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI), Native American Non-Tribal Institutions (NANTI), Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH or ANNHSI), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI). These institutions have 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 as defined by the National Science Foundation. In healthcare, resource-limited institutions include institutions that provide clinical services to medically underserved communities.

Objectives

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 resource-limited institutions. 

Diversity Centers

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

Working Groups

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

Committees

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

Funding Opportunities

No active funding opportunities.

News

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

Upcoming Events

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
Register here

Past Events

University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Bioinformatics Data Science Workshop
Hosted by the Pacific Center for Genome Research
November 18- 20, 2024

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 

UTRGV Diversity Center for Genome Research Lunch and Learn: Multivariate Methods for Brain Imaging
November 1, 2024 

The Jean MacCluer and Bennett Dyke Endowed Lectureship: Applied Artificial Intelligence to Enable Biological Discoveries
Friday, September 13, 2024 

UTRGV Diversity Center for Genome Research Lunch and Learn: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: New Tools and Applications for Basic and Translational Science
Friday, September 6, 2024

UTRGV Diversity Center For Genome Research Lunch and Learn: Environmental Chemistry and Toxicity of Heavy Metals: A Perspective from Plant-Metal Interactions
Friday, June 28, 2024 

UTRGV Diversity Center For Genome Research Lunch and Learn: The Role of the Human Lipidome in Complex Disease
March 22, 2024 

Meharry event
 

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Metagenomics Workshop at Meharry Medical College 
Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology
1011 21st Ave N
Nashville, TN 37208
May 13 – 24, 2024

Diversity Centers for Genome Research Pre-Application Webinar
October 4, 2022

Program Staff

Weini Ogbagiorgis
Weini Ogbagiorgis, B.S.
  • Scientific Program Analyst
  • Division of Genomic Medicine

Last updated: December 12, 2024