How to Fix Racial Bias in Genetic Databases
Most genetic research involves white Europeans. Are we at risk of missing out on new therapies and precision medicines as a result?
Speakers include:
Professor David van Heel—Professor of Genetics, Queen Mary University London; Chief Investigator at Genes & Health, a study working to analyse the genes of Bangladeshi and Pakistani people.
Dr Janina Jeff—Geneticist, senior bioinformatics scientist with Illumina, and host of In Those Genes, a podcast that uses genetics to uncover the lost identities of African descended Americans.
Ananyo Choudhury—Senior Scientist and Reader for the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Aarathi Prasad (Chair)—Author, biologist and broadcaster; Honorary Research Fellow at University College London’s Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment.
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