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Title: Inclusion of multiracial individuals in genetics and genomics is imperative for equitable research Date: September 16th (9am (PDT), 12pm (EDT) and 6pm (CEST)) Presenters: Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko and Genevieve Wojcik Based on manuscript "Including multiracial individuals is crucial for race, ethnicity and ancestry frameworks in genetics and genomics" (Nat Genet 55, 895–900, 2023) Register in advance here. Bio: Dr. Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko, PhD (she/hers) is an Assistant Professor at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics . Her scholarship identifies novel ways to examine and enhance the ethical and socially responsible conduct, translation, and interpretation of human genetic research. Dr. Martschenko is passionate about fostering public and community engagement with controversial scientific research. She has appeared in the New York Times and on numerous podcasts including Freakonomics Radio. Dr. Martschenko’s work is published in publicly accessible media outlets such as Scientific American and The Conversation. In 2023, she was named one of 10 Scientists to Watch by ScienceNews. Currently, Dr. Martschenko is writing a book with her friend and colleague Sam Trejo, a quantitative social scientist interested in how social and biological factors jointly shape human development across the life-course. In it, they unpack various social, ethical, and policy issues related to the DNA revolution. Dr. Genevieve Wojcik is a genetic epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds a BA in Biology from Cornell University, an MHS in Human Genetics/Genetic Epidemiology and a PhD in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and conducted her postdoctoral training at Stanford University. Her research program focuses on understanding the role of ancestry and environment in genetic risk and developing solutions to address health inequities for diverse and admixed groups. Dr. Wojcik’s work also considers the appropriate framing of genetics with racial and ethnic identity in biomedical research, including as a contributing member of the 2023 NASEM report on the Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in Genomics Research. |