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Towards equitable population epigenomics: implications for global health

Published by Nature.com By Sarina Abrishamcar, Charles Agyemang, Habibul Ahsan, Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme, Nicholas E. Banovich, Karisa R. Brina, Andres Cardenas, Elena Carnero-Montoro, Giriraj R. Chandak, Felix P. Chilunga, Shelley A. Cole, Murray P. Cox, Rajesh P. Dikshit, Aicha Djigal, William H. Dow, Hannah R. Elliott, Segun Fatumo, Irene Gallego Romero, Bizu Gelaye, Nicole Gladish, Roberto Gonzalez-Martin, Neil A. Hanchard, Fernando P. Hartwig, Peter Henneman, Anke Huels, Bernardo L. Horta, Prachand Issarapu, Diana L. Juvinao-Quintero, Gloria Kirabo, Michael S. Kobor, Ghattu V. Krishnaveni, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Pradiptajati Kusuma, Gloria T. Larrabure Torrealva, James L. Li, Qing Li, Lilian Linda, Jun Lv, Sohail R. Mansuri, Sharayu S. Mhatre, Josine L. Min, Sinenhlanhla X. H. Mthembu, Ana Navas-Acien, Magatte Ndiaye, Shusuke Numata, Kazutaka Ohi, Omkar D. Patil, Brandon L. Pierce, Marlien Pieters, Luis F. R. Pinto, Elena Povedano, Andrew M. Prentice, David R. Rehkopf, Luis Rosero-Bixby, Sixto E. Sanchez, Jiahui Si, Matt J. Silver, Haotian Tang, Maria Tellez-Plaza, Teresa Tusie-Luna, Andrea Venema, Sarah H. Watkins, Jacqueline S. Womersley, Noha A. Yousri, Lizelle Zandberg, Heather J. Zar · 19 October 2026 at 03:00
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Population epigenomic studies remain heavily skewed towards participants of European genetic ancestries, limiting the discovery and translation of DNA methylation associations across contexts. The Diverse Epigenetic Epidemiology Partnership outlines prioritie…

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