Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

Publication Date

5-1-2024

Journal

Nature Genetics

DOI

10.1038/s41588-024-01711-z

PMID

38684898

PMCID

PMC11096049

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

5-16-2024

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Humans, Genomics, Health Equity, United States, Genome, Human, National Human Genome Research Institute (U.S.)

Abstract

Health equity is the state in which everyone has fair and just opportunities to attain their highest level of health. The field of human genomics has fallen short in increasing health equity, largely because the diversity of the human population has been inadequately reflected among participants of genomics research. This lack of diversity leads to disparities that can have scientific and clinical consequences. Achieving health equity related to genomics will require greater effort in addressing inequities within the field. As part of the commitment of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to advancing health equity, it convened experts in genomics and health equity research to make recommendations and performed a review of current literature to identify the landscape of gaps and opportunities at the interface between human genomics and health equity research. This Perspective describes these findings and examines health equity within the context of human genomics and genomic medicine.

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