Tilting at windmills no longer: a data-driven discussion of DTC DNA ancestry tests.
Wagner JK, Cooper JD, Sterling R, Royal CD, Genet Med. 2012 Mar 1;. Abstract
IGSP Faculty
Charmaine D. M. Royal, PhDCharmaine D. M. Royal, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Charmaine Royal is an Associate Research Professor in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy and the Department of African and African American Studies. Her research and scholarship focus primarily on issues at the intersection of genetics/genomics and concepts of "race", ancestry, ethnicity, and identity. A key objective of her research program is to advance a more holistic approach to understanding and improving human health and well-being through the integration of genetic and genomic research with social, behavioral, and humanities research.
Dr. Royal serves on the Social Issues Committee of the American Society of Human Genetics (chair), National Academies Committee on Framework for Developing a New Taxonomy of Disease, Bioethics Advisory Committee of the March of Dimes Foundation, Editorial Board of the American Journal of Bioethics, Board of Directors for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications) and Samples Working Group of the 1000 Genomes Project, Working Group of the Human Hereditary & Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative, and various other professional committees and boards. She previously served on the Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director's Working Group on Participant and Data Protection for the Genetic Association Information Network.
Dr. Royal received a master's degree in genetic counseling and a doctorate in human genetics from Howard University. She subsequently completed her postgraduate training in the Bioethics and Special Populations Research Program at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and in the Division of Epidemiology and Behavioral Medicine at the Howard University Cancer Center. Prior to joining the Duke faculty in 2007, Dr. Royal was Director of the GenEthics Unit in the National Human Genome Center at Howard University.
Recent Publications
Evaluation findings from genetics and family health history community-based workshops for African Americans.
Manswell Butty JA, Richardson F, Mouton CP, Royal CD, Green RD, Munroe KA, J Community Genet. 2012 Jan;3(1):1-12. Abstract
Living with sickle cell disease: traversing 'race' and identity.
Royal CD, Jonassaint CR, Jonassaint JC, De Castro LM, Ethn Health. 2011 Aug-Oct;16(4-5):389-404. Abstract
Differences between African American and White research volunteers in their attitudes, beliefs and knowledge regarding genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease.
Akinleye I, Roberts JS, Royal CD, Linnenbringer E, Obisesan TO, Fasaye GA, Green RC, J Genet Couns. 2011 Dec;20(6):650-9. Abstract
Grassroots marketing in a global era: more lessons from BiDil.
Rusert BM, Royal CD, J Law Med Ethics. 2011;39(1):79-90. Abstract
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