Symposium Speaker: Vence Bonham, Jr, JD

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

  1. Conn, CAI, Creary, MS, Desine, S, Bonham, VL. "Resilience?" perspectives from adults living with sickle cell disease. J Natl Med Assoc 2024; : . PubMed PMID:38538428 .
  2. 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 .
  3. 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; : 1-10. PubMed PMID:38349128 .
  4. Floyd, KJ, Wossenseged, F, Buscetta, AJ, Fasaye, GA, Bonham, VL. Views of adults living with sickle cell disease on the theoretical return of secondary genomic findings. Genet Med 2024; 26 (1): 100993. PubMed PMID:37811899 PubMed Central PMC10859184.
  5. Okah, E, Cronholm, PF, Crow, B, Persaud, A, Westby, A, Bonham, VL. Race-Based Care and Beliefs Regarding the Etiology of Racial Differences in Health Outcomes. Am J Prev Med 2023; 64 (4): 477-482. PubMed PMID:36935165 PubMed Central PMC10031413.
  6. Adams, AD, Jumah, N, Okun, N, Bonham, VL. Equitable delivery of expanded genetic technologies: Considerations for prenatal and reproductive care. Prenat Diagn 2023; 43 (4): 435-442. PubMed PMID:36825328 .
  7. Hollister, BM, Schopp, EM, Telaak, SH, Buscetta, AJ, Dolwick, AP, Fortney, CJ, Bonham, VL, Persky, S. Educational considerations based on medical student use of polygenic risk information and apparent race in a simulated consultation. Genet Med 2022; 24 (11): 2389-2398. PubMed PMID:36053286 .
  8. Buscetta, AJ, Abdallah, KE, Floyd, KJ, Wossenseged, FS, Conn, CA, Ramirez, HC, Bonham, VL. Examining resilience of individuals living with sickle cell disease in the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Psychol 2022; 10 (1): 156. PubMed PMID:35725582 PubMed Central PMC9207426.
  9. Appelbaum, PS, Burke, W, Parens, E, Zeevi, DA, Arbour, L, Garrison, NA, Bonham, VL, Chung, WK. Is there a way to reduce the inequity in variant interpretation on the basis of ancestry? Am J Hum Genet 2022; 109 (6): 981-988. PubMed PMID:35659933 PubMed Central PMC9247826.
  10. Cooper, KE, Abdallah, KE, Angove, RSM, Gallagher, KD, Bonham, VL. Navigating Access to Cancer Care: Identifying Barriers to Precision Cancer Medicine. Ethn Dis 2022; 32 (1): 39-48. PubMed PMID:35106043 PubMed Central PMC8785861.
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