{"id":46458,"date":"2026-02-26T09:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/?p=46458"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:12:08","slug":"york-u-scholar-supports-national-study-advancing-black-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/2026\/02\/26\/york-u-scholar-supports-national-study-advancing-black-health\/","title":{"rendered":"York U scholar supports national study advancing Black health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><sub><strong>Edited by Ashley Goodfellow Craig February 25, 2026<\/strong><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/doctor-holding-hand-black-doctor-1024x341.jpg\" alt=\"Black female nurse holding the hand of a black patient\" class=\"wp-image-46459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/doctor-holding-hand-black-doctor-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/doctor-holding-hand-black-doctor-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/doctor-holding-hand-black-doctor-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/doctor-holding-hand-black-doctor.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Carl E. James<\/strong>, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora in York University\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty of Education<\/a>, brings his expertise to a four-year Genome Canada research project focused on Canada\u2019s Black population.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Genomic Evidence for Precision Medicine for Selected Chronic Diseases Among Black Peoples in Canada \u2013 developed through collaboration with the Centre for Applied Genomics, at SickKids Hospital and McGill Genome Centre \u2013 is an effort to sequence the genomes of 10,000 Black Canadians to ensure equitable health care for an often-understudied population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By sequencing the nucleotides that make up the participants\u2019 DNA and RNA, researchers will gain a better understanding of how diseases affect Canada\u2019s Black population and develop better precision medicines to target their conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/Carl-James-Scoop-image-e1668025882291-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Carl James\" class=\"wp-image-46460\" style=\"width:214px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/Carl-James-Scoop-image-e1668025882291-edited.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/Carl-James-Scoop-image-e1668025882291-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/Carl-James-Scoop-image-e1668025882291-edited-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub>Carl James<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to encourage these approaches for research, since medical studies often miss the racial diversity of health care recipients,\u201d says James, a renowned sociologist with a research focus on race and ethnic relations. \u201cIn fact, we need to understand differences in all populations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study is led by four prominent medical researchers: Upton Allen, division head at SickKids Hospital\u2019s Infectious Diseases and professor at the University of Toronto; Loydie Jerome-Majewska, McGill University Department of Pediatrics professor and co-founder\/program lead for the Canadian Black Scientists\u2019 Network (CSBN); Juliet Daniel, McMaster University cell biologist and cancer researcher; and OmiSoore Dryden, professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2026\/02\/25\/york-u-scholar-supports-national-study-advancing-black-health\/?utm_source=YFile+subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=d69da960d0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_23_04_23&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-d69da960d0-660460385\">February 25, 2026 issue of Yfile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl E. 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