If we want all people to truly benefit from scientific advancement and the full potential of genomics, we need to use diverse datasets for research and clinical care. But at all stages of genomic research, we see a critical lack of dataset diversity — from research participation and recruitment, to the genomic workforce, to emerging techniques and approaches such as polygenic risk scores and machine learning. Thus, the GA4GH Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS) aims to define concepts that underpin this topic (such as “diversity” and “representation”) and develop actionable recommendations for researchers that can uphold diversity in their research and findings.

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Benefits

• Aims to develop guidance on how to best promote diverse datasets in associated research
• Aims to promote an international lens on meaningful diversity in datasets, a topic which is often limited to national discussion

Target users

Researchers