The Errol McKellar Foundation and Friends of Caswell Thompson: Prostate cancer awareness
Marie Nugent, Genomics England "The fear of knowing vs. the fear of doing nothing." The Errol McKellar Foundation focuses on giving...
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- Feb 6
- 1 min
Genomic Equity Series: Diversity Analysis of the 100,000 Genomes Project
Thuy Nguyen and Sam Tallman, University College London For the February instalment of the Genomic Equity Series webinar, the Diverse Data...
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Addressing technical and ethical challenges in characterising population structure
There is still a lack of consensus about how to define groups in a way that reflects meaningful genetic relationships, and whether these...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
Genomic Equity Series: The history of eugenics
Dr Adam Rutherford, University College London For this month's Genomic Equity Series webinar, Dr Adam Rutherford speaks about the history...
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Could genomic research shed light on genetic influences in health disparity?
Diksha Srivastava, Dr Prabhu Arumugam, Genomics England “Do diverse populations in genomic research help to facilitate new understanding?...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 8 min
When you find your next patient in the Mosque - challenges faced by British Muslims in genomics
Dr Ataf Sabir, University of Birmingham, Dr Sufyan Dogra, Bradford Institute for Health Research I was sitting in the Mosque offering my...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Genomic Equity Series: Embedding equity in the Canadian genomics ecosystem
A conversation between Diksha Srivastava (Genomics England), Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa, Koko Agborsangaya and Dr. Wesley Oakes from...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 6 min
How I get my community involved in genetic health research: A diary entry
Aman Ali, community organiser I first came across the world of genes and genomics in a meaningful manner during my undergraduate studies...
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
What can we learn about human history using DNA?
James Cook, Genomics England, Dr. Garrett Hellenthal, UCL Genetics Institute (UGI) “It’s incredibly important that we build up reference...
- Sep 1, 2022
- 1 min
The importance of diversity for sickle cell disease
A conversation between Vivienne Parry and Dame Sally Davies, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and former Chief Medical Officer This...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Getting genetic ancestry right for science & society
Dr Anna Lewis, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University This webinar (14th July 2022) features Dr. Anna Lewis, where she...
- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
How can we reduce biases in data-driven technology to make innovations work for all?
Dr Saira Ghafur, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London Saira's talk at the Genomics England Research Summit (4th...
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
The history of race science, the use of language and its implications on genomics
Angela Saini, BBC, Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI & Diksha Srivastava, Genomics England "The vast majority of what we think of as human...
- Jun 20, 2022
- 1 min
The data poet: thinking about health inequity through poetry
Mr Gee, Poet & Radio Presenter Mr Gee performing at the Genomics England Research Summit (4th May 2022) within the 'The superpowers found...
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
Diversity of genomic data & polygenic risk scores
Hilary Martin, Wellcome Sanger Institute “In most countries where there's large scale funding, ethnic minority populations are, by...
- May 30, 2022
- 9 min
Advocating for more women in AI & ensuring every voice is at the table
Tabitha Goldstaub, CogX I’m a huge advocate for getting more women into technology and AI. I care so deeply about ensuring the technology...
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
Ethics and AI
Lyra Nightingale, Genomics England & Jessica Morley, Oxford DataLab “How do we better use big health data, both for the population’s...
- May 16, 2022
- 5 min
Visualisation of data bias within genomic datasets
Stefanie Posavec I’m a designer, artist, and author and I mainly work on creating experimental data design projects. My practice focuses...
- May 9, 2022
- 7 min
Generating insights into disease, patient, and outcome heterogeneity: The Turing-Roche Partnership
Vicky Hellon, Dr Alisha Davies, Dr Robin Mitra, The Alan Turning Institute Background on The Alan Turing Institute Established in 2015,...
- May 2, 2022
- 5 min
Why we need to be mindful of cancer digital data disparities
Dr Penny Kechagioglou, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Digital health and cancer Digital technology adoption and diffusion...
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
A Kitchen Conversation: Why are there so few East Asians in our datasets?
Sophia Luu, Genomics England “[Sophia, at Genomics England], is trying to design new ways to get people of different backgrounds to...
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
Genomics for all: Ensuring equality and diversity in genomic healthcare
Dr Maxine Mackintosh, Dr Dan Rhodes, Dr Natalie Banner, Dr Harpreet Sood & Dr Sufyan Dogra Session recorded at the Genomics England...
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