Charmaine D. M. Royal, PhD
Associate Research Professor
"It remains to be determined how increasing knowledge about human genetic variation will transform prevailing paradigms of human nature, identity, and health."Charmaine Royal is an Associate Research Professor and IGSP Scholar. She received her MS in Genetic Counseling and PhD in Human Genetics from Howard University. Subsequently, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Bioethics and Special Populations Research Program at the National Human Genome Research Institute, and a Research Associate in the Division of Epidemiology and Behavioral Medicine at the Howard University Cancer Center. Prior to joining the IGSP in 2007 she held positions as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and Director of the GenEthics Unit in the National Human Genome Center at Howard University.
Charmaine's scholarship focuses primarily on the scientific, medical and societal implications of the interface between genetics/genomics and concepts of "racial" and ethnic identity, as well as on issues related to the involvement of historically marginalized groups (African Diaspora populations in particular) in genetic and genomic research. A key objective of her research agenda is to enhance the integration of genetic and genomic research with behavioral, social science, and humanities research, thereby increasing the capacity of genetics and genomics to facilitate (rather than impede) improved health and well-being for all.
Contact Information
Charmaine D. M. Royal
Phone: 919-668-6515
Fax: 919-668-0795
charmaine.royal@duke.edu
Physical Address:
101 Science Drive,
Suite 2121
BOX 3382
Durham, NC 27708