Join us for the next in the series of webinars from the Genomics Theme! For this webinar we welcome Segun Fatumo PhD, FHEA - Professor and Chair of Genomic Diversity, Precision Healthcare University Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London

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Equity in Health and Diverse Genomes: Unveiling Africa's Potential

Abstract:

Since the first human genome was sequenced about twenty years ago, advances in genome technologies have resulted in whole-genome sequencing and microarray-based genotyping of millions of human genomes. However, genetic and genomic research is primarily focused on populations of European ancestry. As of June 2021, for example, the vast majority of genomics studies, including genome-wide association studies (GWAS), had been conducted in people of European descent (86.3%), followed by East Asian (5.9%), and African (1.1%) populations. While the proportion of samples from people of European ancestry has increased from 81% in 2016 to 86% in 2021, the proportion…