co-Director of Program in Health Equity and Pop. Health @UMmedschool. Human Evolutionary Geneticist of #BigData! Diversity is a Super Power! 🚷♿️(he/him)
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“I’m disabled, and that’s ok”. This is a mantra I use when I recognize that why I couldn’t finish something is due to the limitations of my physical body. I think another mantra others could use right now is “Its a pandemic, and my work is ok” 1/18
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#Job Alert: #Research Administrator of Grants & Contracts needed for the @UMmedschool Institute for Genome Sciences. Experience from pre-award through implementation of all funding mechanisms. #Baltimore #Grants
Apply: bit.ly/ContGrant
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Join our @NHGRI_Director and Dr. @EichlerEE tomorrow, June 9 at 3p.m. ET as they answer your questions about the human pangenome! Send us your questions using #AskDrGenome
ALT A graphic of colorful sequences surrounding the globe.
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If you're a Black-identifying graduate or undergraduate studying genetics, make sure you check out our BIG fellowship! We're accepting applications through July 3 and we want to support you!!
#blackingenetics
blackingenetics.com/big-fell…
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This @ScienceNews article quotes our @UMmedschool Institute for Genome Sciences' Tim O'Connor @OcOutlier “Having a #pangenome reference allows us to assess that population-specific variation in a much more detailed way.:
sciencenews.org/article/new-…
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Sharing this in case it's useful: I find that students often have a hard time conceptualizing quantitative parameters in genomics and popgen
Here's a cheat-sheet I put together for teaching. It's also part of a textbook I have been writing on human genetics (more on that below)
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Key point being made here (at least the way I understand it) is related to who/what generates hypothesis and how. Traditionally, hypotheses r proposed by humans (usually on a small-scale), often based on domain knowledge -> triggers data generation to verify hypotheses. 1/
Standing with giants!!! The surgery was a success!
ALT Eight people standing in front of a white board smiling.
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Mi gente, Latino Caucus for Public Health is looking to show up and show out at the 2023 APHA Annual Meeting for our 50th Year Anniversary. You have 25 days to submit your abstract! Don't miss out on this celebration of science, practice, and community.
apha.confex.com/apha/2023/lc…
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La Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (Colombia) y el Instituto de Tecnología de Georgia (USA), los invitan al Simposio Internacional: Bioinformática Aplicada a la Salud Humana, 16 de marzo de 2023, 9am – 12pm
@victor_snail @OcOutlier @PrensaUTCH @GTSciences
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The Program Committee of @GeneticsSociety is looking for applications or nominations for next year's committee. It is a 3-year appointment. You can see the list of expertise needed below. Let me know if you are interested.
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Love #DNA, #Genomics, #Sequencing, #science & #research?
We're hiring a Clinical Lab Research Specialist at our @UMmedschool Institute for Genome Sciences' new clinical lab.
Check it out: bit.ly/clinlab
#SciTwitter #MedTwitter #GenomicsJobs
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Such a nice meeting in such a beautiful city #ICHG2023 – at Cape Town, South Africa
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Unfortunately I was unable to join #ICHG2023 in person but I hope you join in mtg room 1.43-1.44 at 3:30pm for Keynote #12 and other great talks in that session to discuss equitable access to genomics around the world.
I will be here if you have any questions or want to discuss!
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🔬DO NOT MISS this article!
✅Diversity within Census groups is REAL & disaggregation unveils hidden disparities to address
@AmerGastroAssn @petersliang @drfolamay
Disaggregating Racial and Ethnic Data: A Step Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion gastrojournal.org/article/S0…