University at Buffalo (UB) 
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Clinical and Translational Science InstituteAdvancing research discoveries to improve health for all
Community of Scholars Seminar Series
The goal of the Community of Scholars (COS) Seminar Series is to provide an opportunity for attendees to learn about topics addressing health disparities and clinical and translational research, which are central components of our Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Attendees from all disciplines including medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, and pharmacy are invited to attend.
The Community of Scholars Workshop Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) series – UB CME Course Code # 0608 is approved for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM.
Upcoming Seminars
Genomics for the World: A Comprehensive Framework for Genetic Studies in Diverse Populations
Assistant Professor
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Cambridge, MA
April 23, 2024, 12:00 PM
LOCATION (Hybrid): Clinical and Translational Research Center - 5019 A+B Murphy Family Seminar Room and online via Zoom.
Genomic studies have matured over the last decade and are poised to improve biomedical outcomes via precision medicine. The primary ethical and scientific obstacle preventing their imminent and routine translation, however, is that they are vastly Eurocentric — current studies would provide systematically greater benefits to European descent populations than to those already most underserved. Moreover, multi-ethnic studies create major scientific opportunities missed by Eurocentric studies. They uniquely inform the extent to which heritable and environmental factors are shared or population specific. To realize equitable benefits of genetics in precision medicine, she is developing analytical methods, tools, community resources, and massive data analyses to facilitate genetic studies across diverse ancestries. In this talk, Dr. Martin will focus on work advancing gene-discovery efforts in globally diverse populations using large-scale meta-analysis across global biobanks. Additionally, she will describe work underway setting up the largest genetic studies of psychiatric phenotypes in underrepresented populations, including over 120,000 participants spanning Latin America and Africa. Lastly, Dr. Martin will describe work evaluating how genetic and exposure risks together predict disease outcomes in diverse populations.
Hosting this seminar is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Jamal B. Williams, PhD. “Dr. Martin is innovating novel tools that consider multi-ethnic populations and rolling back the exclusion of certain ancestral groups in genetic research that diminish precision medicine capabilities,” says Williams. This event is co-sponsored by the Community of Scholars and the departments of Psychiatry and Biochemistry.
For more information, contact scholar1@buffalo.edu or 716-829-4718.
