Dr. Vence Bonham is Senior Advisor to the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Director on Genomics and Health Disparities. Dr. Bonham is also Associate Investigator in the NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch and Head of the Health Disparities Unit. Dr. Bonham’s research interests the translation of genomic findings into the clinic and how that translation impacts health disparities. Dr. Bonham’s research team uses qualitative and quantitative methods to develop measurement tools grounded in theory (race and social cognitive), public health law, law, genomics, and clinical decision-making.
Recent Publications
- Abdallah, K, Amini, K, Ramirez, HC, Keller, M, Seddighi, D, Baffoe-Bonnie, MS, Thomas, S, Bonham, VL, Buscetta, AJ. Measuring (Mis)trust in the age of COVID-19: viewpoints of vaccine clinical trial participation among individuals living with sickle cell disease. BMC Public Health 2025; 25 (1): 1568. PubMed PMID:40295978 PubMed Central PMC12036237.
- Stewart, CA, Abdallah, KE, Buscetta, AJ, Galindo, C, Ramirez, HC, Williams, DR, Bonham, VL. The role of religiosity and spirituality in coping with sickle cell disease clinical severity. J Sick Cell Dis 2025; 2 (1): yoaf004. PubMed PMID:40013058 PubMed Central PMC11863390.
- Persky, S, Hollister, BM, Martingano, AJ, Dolwick, AP, Telaak, SH, Schopp, EM, Bonham, VL. Assessing Bias Toward a Black or White Simulated Patient with Obesity in a Virtual Reality-Based Genomics Encounter. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2024; 27 (11): 815-823. PubMed PMID:39320333 PubMed Central PMC11631797.
- Lin, KH, Granka, JM, Shastri, AJ, Bonham, VL, Naik, RP. Ancestry-independent risk of venous thromboembolism in individuals with sickle cell trait vs factor V Leiden. Blood Adv 2024; 8 (21): 5710-5718. PubMed PMID:39255335 PubMed Central PMC11570785.
- Abdallah, KE, Cooper, KE, Buscetta, AJ, Ramirez, HC, Neighbors, HW, Bonham, VL. An Examination of John Henryism in Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2024; : . PubMed PMID:38977655 PubMed Central PMC11707035.
- Madden, EB, Hindorff, LA, Bonham, VL, Akintobi, TH, Burchard, EG, Baker, KE, Begay, RL, Carpten, JD, Cox, NJ, Di Francesco, V et al.. Advancing genomics to improve health equity. Nat Genet 2024; 56 (5): 752-757. PubMed PMID:38684898 PubMed Central PMC11096049.
- Wossenseged, F, Franklin, K, Gordon, T, Buscetta, A, Wallen, GR, Bonham, VL, Farmer, N. Bidirectional Relationship Between Sickle Cell Disease and Food Insecurity: Scoping Review. Health Equity 2024; 8 (1): 238-248. PubMed PMID:38595934 PubMed Central PMC11002324.
- Conn, CAI, Creary, MS, Desine, S, Bonham, VL. "Resilience?" perspectives from adults living with sickle cell disease. J Natl Med Assoc 2024; 116 (3): 219-227. PubMed PMID:38538428 .
- Jackson, TA, Buscetta, AJ, Ramirez, HC, Bonham, VL Jr, Minniti, CP. Leg ulcers are indicators of systemic dysfunction in individuals with sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol 2024; 99 (4): 767-769. PubMed PMID:38433376 PubMed Central PMC10979399.
- Thomas, SP, Fletcher, FE, Willard, R, Ranson, TM, Bonham, VL. Patient Perceptions on the Advancement of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Sickle Cell Disease among Black Women in the United States. AJOB Empir Bioeth 2024; 15 (2): 154-163. PubMed PMID:38349128 .
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