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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Our annual IAP Science and Society series is designed to help educate and inform department members about the current and
historical intersections of race, gender, and class with scientific research. Specifically, we are interested in exploring this area in terms of how scientific research is conducted, how choices are made about where research efforts and funds are directed,
and who benefits from research. All in the Biology community are welcome to attend this series<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Unfortunately, the following talk has been
<b>canceled </b>due to unforeseen circumstances:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Antentor Hinton</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University “Effective and Ineffective Mentorship: Utilizing the Power of Saying “No” <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, January 9th, 5–6:30pm</span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">KI Luria Auditorium, 76-156</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">However, we still have one Science and Society talk next week! Please join us at 12 pm on 1/16 for the following talk:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Genomics for Indigenous Communities and People: Key Considerations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Krysal Tsosie</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Assistant Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The next discoveries in genomic medicine are likely to be rare or uncovered variation from peoples largely absent in current datasets. Indigenous peoples—who have long-expressed concerns related
to data sharing, privacy, and group risks of re-identification that are unlikely to be resolved in this open data movement—are presented with a catch-22 dilemma. How can Indigenous peoples benefit from clinical genetic testing even though they derive lower
clinical utility and encounter severe structural barriers and inequities to care? How can they also contribute to genomic datasets, if they wanted to, and not be subject to data co-optation and commercialization in innovation pathways that are inaccessible
to Indigenous peoples? Geneticists must realize that simply increasing the inclusion of Indigenous peoples in genomic datasets is not going to solve the health inequity problem. Instead, we need drastic shifts in benefit equity and data-decision equity—via
machine learning, dynamic consent approaches, and Indigenous community data governance models—to change power imbalances commensurate with the fields’ exploitation of Indigenous peoples’ genomes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Tuesday, January 16th, 12–1pm</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<b>68-181</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hallie Dowling-Huppert, M.Ed.,
</span><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">pronouns:</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> She/Her
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Department of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:halliedh@mit.edu"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">halliedh@mit.edu</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">617-715-2448<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office location: 68-323A, working remotely Mondays and Fridays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">In-person Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-1 pm and Thursdays 1-2 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Zoom link: </span>
<a href="https://mit.zoom.us/my/halliedh"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">https://mit.zoom.us/my/halliedh</span></a><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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