Multiracial adults needed in DC area and Atlanta for important health study
NIH STUDY – Identity, Ancestry and Genetics: Patients' Perspectives
Sponsored by the Social and Behavioral Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Summary: This study will collect the opinions, understandings and personal health care experiences of multiracial persons of African and European ancestry. Understanding multiracial patients' beliefs and experiences about their race, ethnicity, ancestral origin and the genetic components of diseases can provide important data for developing ways to communicate how human genetic variation is related to self-identified race and ethnicity.