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Charmaine DM Royal

Charmaine DM Royal

Director of the Duke Center on Genomics, Race, Identity, Difference (GRID)
African & African American Studies
charmaine.royal@duke.edu
Duke Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
234 Friedl Bldg, Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708-0141
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Featured Works

Personal DNA testing in college classrooms: perspectives of students and professors.

Journal article Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers · June 2013 Featured Publication Discourse on the integration of personal genetics and genomics into classrooms is increasing; however, limited data have been collected on the perspectives of students and professors. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of undergraduate and graduate stud ... Full text Open Access Cite

Field of genes: an investigation of sports-related genetic testing.

Journal article Journal of personalized medicine · September 2012 Featured Publication Sports-related genetic testing is a sector of the diverse direct-to-consumer (DTC) industry that has not yet been examined thoroughly by academic scholars. A systematic search was used to identify companies in this sector and content analysis of online inf ... Full text Cite

The serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5HTTLPR) moderates the effect of adolescent environmental conditions on self-esteem in young adulthood: a structural equation modeling approach.

Journal article Biol Psychol · September 2012 Featured Publication Here we examine the effects of both self-reported and independent observer-reported environmental risk indices, the serotonin transporter gene promoter (5HTTLPR) polymorphism, and their interaction on self-esteem. This trait was assessed during early and m ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Tilting at windmills no longer: a data-driven discussion of DTC DNA ancestry tests.

Journal article Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · June 2012 Featured Publication PurposeDiscussions about direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA ancestry tests have to date been based primarily on conjectures, speculation, and anecdotes, despite the industry being more than a decade old. Representative, empirical data on consumer charac ... Full text Cite

Evaluation findings from genetics and family health history community-based workshops for African Americans.

Journal article Journal of community genetics · January 2012 Featured Publication The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation and effectiveness of community education workshops to change genetics and health-related knowledge, intentions, and behavior of urban African Americans. Eight workshops were held and 183 participa ... Full text Cite