[Plsgs] FW: Grad student opportunity- NIH NHGRI meeting

[Lambert, Georgina M - (glambert)]

Please see below for an opportunity to meet with a senior advisor to NIH -- tomorrow -- who works at the intersection of genomics, precision medicine, and social justice. It may not directly relate to your projects, but it is sure to inspire thought about the role of (your) science in society.



Best,

Shelley


Michelle McMahon
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona





*         Vence Bonham<https://www.genome.gov/11508940/bonham-group/>, Senior Advisor to the NIH  National Human Genome Research Institute<https://www.genome.gov/> (NHGRI) Director on Genomics and Health Disparities, will be on campus this week and has a window of time to meet with graduate students this Thursday, April 12, from 4-5pm in Keating 109, to discuss NHGRI's mission and work, including trainee opportunities. The Genetics GIDP and the Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine are organizing this meeting, and they would like to open it up to all UA grad students and postdocs who are interested in talking with Mr. Bonham and learning more about the NHGRI. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Shannon Heuberger (heubergs at email.arizona.edu<mailto:heubergs at email.arizona.edu>).



*         Biography for Vence Bonham<https://www.genome.gov/11508940/bonham-group/>

*         Vence Bonham received his bachelor of arts from James Madison College at Michigan State University and his juris doctor degree from the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University.  Mr. Bonham was a fellow in the American Association of Medical Colleges Health Services Research Fellowship Program.  Mr. Bonham was a faculty member at Michigan State University in the Colleges of Medicine and Law. Since 2003, Mr. Bonham has served as an associate investigator in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) within the Division of Intramural Research's Social and Behavioral Research Branch. He leads the Health Disparities Genomics Unit, which conducts research that evaluates approaches to integrating new genomic knowledge and precision medicine into clinical settings without exacerbating inequities in healthcare delivery.

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*         His research focuses primarily on the social influences of new genomic knowledge, particularly in communities of color. He studies how genomics influences the use of the constructs of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and clinical care and the role of genomics in health inequities. The Bonham group has expanded to study sickle cell disease, a condition with a significant health disparity impact both in the United States and globally.

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*         Mr. Bonham also serves as the senior advisor to the NHGRI director on genomics and health disparities.  This role complements Mr. Bonham's research work as it enables him to ask conceptually based research questions grounded in the science of health disparities and genomics.  From 2011 until 2015, Mr. Bonham was the project leader and co-curator for the NHGRI/Smithsonian exhibition "Genome: Unlocking Life's Code."

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*         More on the NHGRI Health Disparities Unit

*         The mission of the Health Disparities Unit within the Social and Behavioral Research Branch is to evaluate approaches to translating new genomic knowledge and precision medicine into clinical settings without exacerbating inequities in healthcare delivery.  The Health Disparities Unit conducts research at the intersection of public policy, health care inequities, and genomics.  Members of the unit study the use of the race and ethnicity constructs in genomics research and clinical care.  The Unit also conducts biopsychosocial research related to diseases with a significant health disparity impact.
















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