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The Chavis Chronicles
Dr. Tshaka Cunningham, PhD Molecular Biologist, Co-Founder & CSO, Polaris Genomics, Inc.
Season 5
Episode 519
Geneticist Dr. Tshaka Cunningham talks to Dr. Chavis about the critical need for a broad spectrum of ethnic diversity in genetic research. Dr. Cunningham shares how people of African ancestry have been historically underrepresented in genomic studies and in order to create medicines of the future more people of color need to participate in genetic research.
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