Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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May 28-29, 2024 - Several National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Offices, and Centers partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop to further explore the recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2023 report, Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A New Framework for an Evolving Field, with regards to legacy genomic data.  This workshop brought together leaders of genomic data science resources, researchers who use legacy data, and other partners to make recommendations regarding the application of population descriptors to existing data. 

Workshop Agenda: genome.gov/event-calendar/population-descriptors-for-legacy-genomic-data-challenges-and-future-directions
NASEM Report: nationalacademies.org/news/2023/03/researchers-need-to-rethink-and-justify-how-and-why-race-ethnicity-and-ancestry-labels-are-used-in-genetics-and-genomics-research-says-new-report

Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome
05:48 - Workshop Purpose and Objectives
12:20 - Population Descriptors in Genomic Legacy Data
34:23 - Introduction to the NASEM Report
53:45 - Lessons learned from the All of Us Research Program