Join leading Indigenous health leaders and scientists as they discuss the ethical use of Native genetic, microbiome, biological, and cultural data. A one-day virtual symposium featuring a renowned Indigenous keynote speaker, leading Native scientists and health experts, conversation with Tribal leaders, and a Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) event for graduate and undergraduate students. 

You'll learn:

• How a global movement toward data sovereignty is impacting health, science, ancient and ancestral social data and research
• Ethical approaches for working with Southeast tribal communities within a cultural and political context
• Best practices for community-engaged research
• Research needs and data sufficiency issues in Southeast Indian Country

Organizers:
Based at UNC-Chapel Hill, Southeast Native American Health Data (SENAHD) is an initiative to bring information and programming to tribal communities, researchers, and health professionals in the Southeast about the ethical use of Indigenous genetic, microbiome, biological, and cultural data in collaboration with the Native BioData Consortium, the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit research institute led by Indigenous scientists and tribal members in the United States.


UNC Chapel Hill partners:

• UNC American Indian Center
• Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
• Kenan-Flagler Business School, Whole Community Health: Rural Innovation

Can’t attend live? Register! We will send you the recording afterwards.