Charmaine Royal is Director of the Center on Genomics, Race, Identity, Difference (GRID) at the Social Science Research Institute, Duke University. GRID brings together collaborators and partners to explore issues at the intersection of genetics and race and other descent-related identities such as ancestry, ethnicity, tribe, and geographic and national classifications.

The Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities is a joint research center between Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital that conducts studies at the intersection of genomics, epidemiology, and health disparities research, with a specific focus on the diseases prevalent in populations currently underserved in the healthcare system.