Mind The Gap:
Stories of Health Data Equity

3 days ago
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...

The history of race science, the use of language and its implications on genomics

Jul 4
1 min

Podcast

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...

Diversity of genomic data & polygenic risk scores

Jun 6
1 min

Podcast

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 23
1 min

Podcast

Ethics and AI

Lyra Nightingale, Genomics England & Jessica Morley, Oxford DataLab “How do we better use big health data, both for the population’s...

A Kitchen Conversation: Why are there so few East Asians in our datasets?

Apr 18
1 min

Podcast

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...

We need commitment and we need leadership

Feb 28
1 min

Podcast

We need commitment and we need leadership

John James, Sickle Cell Society "Here we have a condition that has been known medically for hundreds of years, people have received Nobel...

Genetic diversity and the language of race

Feb 21
1 min

Podcast

Genetic diversity and the language of race

Adam Rutherford, Geneticist/Author/Broadcaster “Today, where we are in the 21st century, genetics, anthropology and evolutionary biology...

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Mind The Gap: Stories of Health Data Equity

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Mind The Gap:
Stories of Health Data Equity