Center on Genomics/Social Identity in African Diaspora

描述（由申请人提供）：国家人类基因组中心在霍华德大学寻求建立基因组学和社会认同中心在非洲散居。拟议的CEER的使命是提高对非洲移民社群内社会身份及其与基因组学在改善健康和福祉方面的相互作用的复杂性的理解。具体而言，CEER将侧重于非洲散居不同地区的个人和社区如何概念化社会身份的各个方面，以及这些看法如何影响和/或与遗传学/基因组学和健康相关的解释，态度和行为相互作用。该中心的研究将与基因组/生物医学研究相联系，最终目标是促进改善非洲散居人口以及整个人类的健康和福祉。 然而，在准备P50中心赠款之前，有必要开始建造霍华德收购和维持该中心所需的基础设施。在这个P20探索性赠款中提出的三年规划过程包括内部和外部专家的多学科干部的参与，以提供建议，咨询和协助其实施，导致两年后编写和提交竞争性P50。 本P20提案的具体目标是：1）在霍华德大学建立和准备一个跨学科的研究小组，以开展最先进的ELSI研究和其他活动，重点是将社会认同应用于非洲散居人口的基因组学、健康和福祉; 2）设计P50计划的三个主要组成部分-研究，培训，公共政策和信息传播; 3）确定和/或开始开发核心资源，以支持CEER的活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The National Human Genome Center at Howard University seeks to establish the Center on Genomics and Social Identity in the African Diaspora. The mission of the proposed CEER is to increase understanding of the complexities surrounding social identity within the African Diaspora and its interface with genomics in the improvement of health and well-being. Specifically, the CEER will focus on how individuals and communities within different regions of the African Diaspora conceptualize various aspects of social identity and how these perceptions influence and/or interact with interpretations, attitudes, and behaviors regarding genetics/genomics and health in general. The research of the Center will be linked to genomic/biomedical research with the ultimate goal of facilitating improved health and well-being of African Diaspora populations, in particular, and humanity as a whole. Prior to the preparation of a P50 Center grant, however, it will be necessary to begin to build the infrastructure required for Howard to acquire and sustain the Center. The three-year planning process, presented in this P20 exploratory grant, includes the involvement of a multidisciplinary cadre of internal and external experts to advise, consult, and assist with its implementation, leading to the preparation and submission of a competitive P50 after two years. The Specific Aims of this P20 proposal are to: 1) Establish and prepare an interdisciplinary team of investigators at Howard University to conduct state-of-the-art ELSI research and other activities focused on the application of social identity to genomics, health, and well-being in African Diaspora populations; 2) design the three major components of the P50 program plan - research, training, and public policy and information dissemination; and 3) identify and/or begin to develop core resources to support the activities of the CEER.