Public Lectures

Georgia M. Dunston, PhD,
Public Health Roundtable, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

Georgia M. Dunston, PhD, is the founding director of the National Human Genome Center and director of the Molecular Genetics Research Program at Howard University in Washington, DC. She is professor and former chair of the Department of Microbiology.

Dr. Dunston is an established investigator, nationally and internationally known for genetic research on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphisms in African Americans. Her research on human genome variation in disease susceptibility has been the vanguard of current efforts at Howard University to build national and international research collaborations focusing on the genetics of diseases common in African Americans and other African Diaspora populations.

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