no code implementations • 21 Apr 2022 • Madelyn Mauro, Danielle S. Allen, Bege Dauda, Santiago J. Molina, Benjamin M. Neale, Anna C. F. Lewis
The use of population descriptors like race, ethnicity, and ancestry in science, medicine and public health has a long, complicated, and at times dark history, particularly for genetics, given the field's perceived importance for understanding between-group differences.
no code implementations • 12 Oct 2021 • Anna C. F. Lewis, Santiago J. Molina, Paul S Appelbaum, Bege Dauda, Anna Di Rienzo, Agustin Fuentes, Stephanie M. Fullerton, Nanibaa' A. Garrison, Nayanika Ghosh, Evelynn M. Hammonds, David S. Jones, Eimear E. Kenny, Peter Kraft, Sandra S. -J. Lee, Madelyn Mauro, John Novembre, Aaron Panofsky, Mashaal Sohail, Benjamin M. Neale, Danielle S. Allen
There is a scientific and ethical imperative to embrace a multidimensional, continuous view of ancestry and move away from continental ancestry categories
