2021 ASHG Invited Session
The US has seen an erosion of public trust throughout the pandemic. This erosion is the result of misinformation, mixed messaging from leaders, and rapid changes in our knowledge of COVID-19. The Nascent Transcript had the opportunity to sit down with PhD Candidate, Markia Smith (she/her) a 4th year PhD Candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she uses integrative genomic approaches to study environmental and epidemiological factors of cancer that lead to health disparities in historically marginalized populations. She is also the co-organizer and current President of Black in Genetics (twitter @BlackInGenetics), an organization that amplifies the voices and work of Black-identifying geneticists. You can follow Markia on Twitter at @MarkiaASmith.
In this week’s A Spotlight On interview, we are joined by the team from Black in Genetics, an organisation dedicated to amplifying voices and work by Black-identifying geneticists across the United States and beyond. In this interview, Alexis Stutzman and Markia Smith discuss their journey to setting up the group and their plans for the future.
2021 ASHG Invited Session
2021 ASHG Invited Session
As part of our Faces of Science: Ambassadors for Equity project, we talk with graduate student Markia Smith about her research in cancer and genetics, understanding health disparities in historically marginalized populations, and why she chose these areas of study
ClinGen is dedicated to building authoritative resources that define the clinical relevance of genes and variants for use in precision medicine and research. As part of our commitment to enhance diversity across clinical genomics, we have created a detailed action plan that organizes specific activities of the ClinGen grants in the format of Domains.
ClinGen is dedicated to building authoritative resources that define the clinical relevance of genes and variants for use in precision medicine and research. As part of our commitment to enhance diversity across clinical genomics, we have created a detailed action plan that organizes specific activities of the ClinGen grants in the format of Domains.
Learn more about the comprehensive -- and evolving -- document, intended to guide individuals struggling to convince their department or company to care about anti-racism initiatives.