Charmaine D. M. Royal, PhD
Associate Research Professor
"It remains to be determined how increasing knowledge about human genetic variation will transform prevailing paradigms of human nature, identity, and health."Charmaine Royal is an Associate Research Professor in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy and the Department of African and African American Studies. She received her BS in Microbiology, MS in Genetic Counseling, and PhD in Human Genetics from Howard University. She subsequently completed her postdoctoral training in the Bioethics and Special Populations Research Program at the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and in the Division of Epidemiology and Behavioral Medicine at the Howard University Cancer Center.
Prior to joining the Duke faculty in 2007 Dr. Royal was Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and Director of the GenEthics Unit in the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. She serves on various professional committees and boards, including the: Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Advisory Committee to the NIH Director's Working Group on Participant and Data Protection for the Genetic Association Information Network; Bioethics Advisory Committee of the March of Dimes Foundation; Social Issues Committee of the American Society of Human Genetics; and the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Bioethics.
Dr. Royal's research and scholarship focus primarily on ethical, psychosocial, societal, and biomedical issues at the intersection of genetics/genomics and concepts of "race", ancestry, ethnicity, and identity. A key objective of her research program is to advance a more wholistic approach to understanding and improving human health and well-being through the integration of genetic and genomic research with behavioral, social science, and humanities research.
Contact Information
Charmaine D. M. Royal
Phone: 919-668-6515
Fax: 919-613-6448
charmaine.royal@duke.edu
Physical Address:
LSRC B-Wing, Room 320B
450 Research Drive
Box 91009
Durham, NC 27708