NAS: The Use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research

The National Academies’ Health and Medicine Division announced that they are seeking nominations for 12-15 volunteer experts to participate in the new consensus study tasked with evaluating the current use of the social constructs of race and ethnicity in biomedical research.

The study will assess how racialized group and ethnic categories are currently used, review existing guidance for researchers on the use of race as a variable, and provide recommendations to guide the scientific community in the future use of race and ethnicity.

The nominated experts should be from the following areas:  

• Biomedical research across the spectrum from basic science to translational to clinical
• Health disparities in clinical practice
• Real-world data, including race and ethnicity
• Sociology, including race and ethnicity
• Bioethics and health policy

Submit your nominations by July 15, 2023.