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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 - Breakout Groups Report Back
01:07 - Group 8: Tools for reusability and interoperability of legacy and non-legacy data
03:00 - Group 2: Meta-analysis of legacy plus non-legacy genomic data
05:14 - Group 3: Reference genomic resources
07:56 - Group 4: Necessity of non-genetically-inferred labels
11:17 - Group 5: Prioritizing among multiple population descriptors
13:51 - Group 6: Defining “other”
16:25 - Group 7: Admixed populations
18:19 - Group 9: Technical approaches to assigning population descriptors
20:24 - Group 10: Monitoring diversity
22:36 - Group 11: Avoiding misuse of labels
24:34 - Group 12: Use of legacy data with ambiguous consent
26:11 - Group 13: Changing existing population descriptor labels
28:45 - Group 14: Community preferences
31:44 - Q&A Session
42:43 - End of Day 1 Check-In
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 - Breakout Groups Report Back
01:07 - Group 8: Tools for reusability and interoperability of legacy and non-legacy data
03:00 - Group 2: Meta-analysis of legacy plus non-legacy genomic data
05:14 - Group 3: Reference genomic resources
07:56 - Group 4: Necessity of non-genetically-inferred labels
11:17 - Group 5: Prioritizing among multiple population descriptors
13:51 - Group 6: Defining “other”
16:25 - Group 7: Admixed populations
18:19 - Group 9: Technical approaches to assigning population descriptors
20:24 - Group 10: Monitoring diversity
22:36 - Group 11: Avoiding misuse of labels
24:34 - Group 12: Use of legacy data with ambiguous consent
26:11 - Group 13: Changing existing population descriptor labels
28:45 - Group 14: Community preferences
31:44 - Q&A Session
42:43 - End of Day 1 Check-In
