Vence Bonham, JD

Acting Deputy Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

Vence Bonham, J.D. is the Acting Deputy Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and an associate investigator in National Human Genome Research Institute’s Division of Intramural Research’s Social and Behavioral Research Branch. Before his arrival at National Human Genome Research Institute, Mr. Bonham was a tenured faculty member at Michigan State University with appointments in the Colleges of Medicine and Law.

Mr. Bonham also leads the Health Disparities Unit, which investigates the equitable integration of new genomic knowledge and precision medicine into clinical settings. His research focuses primarily on the social implications of new genomic knowledge, including the role of genomics in exacerbating or ameliorating racial and ethnic health inequities. His research group studies sickle cell disease, a condition that has faced significant health disparity and could be further impacted by disparity in access to emerging curative genomic technologies.

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