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ELSI Friday Forum is a monthly one-hour seminar series featuring topics on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics and genomics research. Join us from 12:00-1:00 pm ET / 9:00-10:00 am PT on the second Friday of each month for talks and panels on a…
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Genomics and Data Sovereignty: Policy and Deliberative Approaches for Engaging Indigenous Communities
ELSI Friday Forum • May 14, 2021
Nanibaa’ Garrison, PhD, moderates the session with panelists Stephanie Russo Carroll, DrPH, MPH, and Justin Lund…
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Why it is Important to Call Out Racist Language Amongst Our Professional Peers
Recently, on a panel at a conference of a medical professional society, the president of the society used a racist term that is an ethnic slur used…
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A Bigger View: Ingrid Holm on Sharing Research Tools
CERA staff spoke with Ingrid A. Holm, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, in April about two research instruments she deposited…
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Misrepresenting race — The role of medical schools in propagating physician bias
Amutah and colleagues examined the preclinical medical curriculum at one institution and identified five domains in which medical educators misrepresented race.
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Genes do not operate in a vacuum, and neither should our research
Martschenko and Smith call for the genetics community to bring diverse voices into the research process and create a more socially responsible research enterprise.
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Taking an antiracist posture in scientific publications in human genetics and genomics
Brothers, Bennett, and Cho outline eight principles that journals could operationalize to help excise racist assumptions and practices from scientific publishing in genetics and genomics.