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Workshop and Meetings WORKSHOP Improving Diversity of the Genomics Workforce: A Workshop October 5, 2021 To learn more about this workshop, click here. This workshop discussed challenges and opportunities in improving diversity in the genomics workforce. Workshop participants considered key barriers to diversity, but spent much of their time focusing on the potential solutions. Some of these suggested solutions included providing mentorship, establishing a holistic admissions process to higher education programs, creating internship and shadowing opportunities, and fostering safe spaces. Speakers shared about their own experiences and discussed how we can make the field more inclusive for the next generation. MEETINGS January 28, 2021 The roundtable met virtually to continue the work outlined by Another session featured talks exploring the current landscape the Equity group in its goals from the strategic plan developed in of genetic testing in employer wellness programs. Updates 2020. The January meeting was the second in a series of were shared by the Dialogue group co-facilitators, including a three hosted by the Equity group. This meeting was focused on walk-through of communication materials that members can diversity in the clinical genomics workforce and featured talks use to share information about the roundtable with colleagues exploring barriers to increasing workforce diversity and what and other groups. Leaders in the field of genomics joined the next steps could be taken, by the field of genomics and the roundtable for a discussion highlighting case studies in roundtable, toward possible solutions. innovation. All four working groups had time to meet and discuss their progress and next steps, including plans for fall March 15â16, 2021 2021. Roundtable members discussed the health and medicine priority areas of the new presidential administration and Congress with October 6, 2021 the deputy director of the National Academiesâ Office of The roundtable member meeting kicked off with a session Congressional and Government Affairs. During this meeting, the debriefing the workshop on Improving Diversity of the roundtable held a âlightning round,â a rapid around-the-room, Genomics Workforce followed by lightning round updates information-rich session where members shared news of new from members. Members also invited speakers to explore the and existing projects. Each working group also spent time utility and economic value of polygenic risk scores in clinical sharing its action plans for the year and obtained feedback from care. Finally, all four working groups met to discuss their roundtable members. The Equity group held its third and final accomplishments of 2021, areas for improvement, and what information session featuring members of the roundtable who they plan to focus on in 2022. shared their experiences with workforce diversity within their October 20, 2021 own organizations. A National Academiesâ representative also Roundtable members hosted a community open house as an summarized diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the ancillary event to the American Society of Human Geneticsâ National Academies. 2021 Annual Meeting. During the event, a keynote address July 14â15, 2021 highlighted the importance of accelerating genomic advances The roundtable member meeting included a session for all. Roundtable working group leaders also engaged in a highlighting updates from the roundtable members. dialogue on the topic of how equity can enable adoption and innovation. 2021 Annual Report | 3
