Center on Genomics/Social Identity in African Diaspora

描述(申请人提供)：霍华德大学国家人类基因组中心寻求建立非洲侨民基因组和社会认同中心。拟议的经济、社会和文化权利中心的任务是增进对散居海外的非洲人内部社会认同的复杂性及其与基因组学在改善健康和福祉方面的联系的了解。具体而言，CEER将侧重于散居海外的非洲人不同区域内的个人和社区如何将社会认同的各个方面概念化，以及这些观念如何影响关于遗传学/基因组学和一般健康的解释、态度和行为并/或与之相互作用。该中心的研究将与基因组/生物医学研究联系起来，最终目标是促进改善非洲散居人口，特别是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获得和维持该中心所需的基础设施。这份P20试探性赠款提出了为期三年的规划进程，其中包括一支由内部和外部专家组成的多学科骨干队伍，以提供咨询、咨询和协助执行，导致在两年后编写和提交一份有竞争力的P50。 这份P20提案的具体目的是：1)在霍华德大学建立和准备一个跨学科的研究团队，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侨民的基因组学、健康和福祉；2)设计P50计划计划的三个主要组成部分--研究、培训和公共政策与信息传播；以及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.