Presented By: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)
CBSSM Seminar: “Revisiting the ‘Race’ Issue in Genomics” featuring Barbara Koenig, PhD, UCSF
CBSSM seminar presentation by Barbara Koenig, PhD, Professor of Medical Anthropology & Bioethics Dept. of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF
Summary: Throughout the post-genomic era, efforts to categorize human populations according to geographical ancestry have been contentious. How does genetic variation map on to social categories of difference? How can researchers seeking to understand health disparities—or to interrogate diseases associated with particular genetic variants—pay attention simultaneously to race as social identity, and biological characteristic?
Summary: Throughout the post-genomic era, efforts to categorize human populations according to geographical ancestry have been contentious. How does genetic variation map on to social categories of difference? How can researchers seeking to understand health disparities—or to interrogate diseases associated with particular genetic variants—pay attention simultaneously to race as social identity, and biological characteristic?
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