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Alexis Walker

@alexiskwalker

Ethnographer. Social studies of tech, startups, genomics. Asst Prof @Columbia. PhD in science and technology studies @STSCornell

 New York, NY
Joined March 2015
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Even amid financial pressure, universities can’t afford to treat market revenue as their measure of success. If they exist for the public good, they need policies that make public value count. My letter in @Nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0… #PublicInterestScience
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Submit a Comment to DHS in Support of International Scholars. It's quick and easy to make your voice heard: actionnetwork.org/letters/20…
Submit a Comment to DHS in Support of International Scholars

Submit a Comment to DHS in Support of International Scholars

UAW members are mobilizing against a burdensome new rule, the latest in a sequence of xenophobic directives coming from the Trump administration. Recently, the Department of Homeland Security...

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This is a super important thread. Student evals have been to shown to reflect more about prof demographics than pedagogy; the American Sociological Assoc has encouraged unis to cease using student evals in tenure & promotion decisions
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I’ve got a new paper out based on my interviews with genomics company employees!
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New from @alexiskwalker of @ColumbiaEthics: "Diversity, Profit, Control: An Empirical Study of Industry Employees’ Views on Ethics in Private Sector #Genomics." Read it here today: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Diversity, Profit, Control: An Empirical Study of Industry Employees’ Views on Ethics in Private...

Diversity, Profit, Control: An Empirical Study of Industry Employees’ Views on Ethics in Private...

Large amounts of capital are currently being invested in genomics companies across the “bench to clinic pipeline” – companies which are now shaping the future of biomedicine globally. Understanding...

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How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison (Published 2022)

How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison (Published 2022)

The formula, which helps estimate kidney health, has been discarded by many hospitals. But some judges still use it to decide whether to release those potentially endangered by Covid-19.

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No one: Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs
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Join us tomorrow for Ethics Grand Rounds. This month's speaker will be Alexis Walker, PhD (@alexiskwalker). Dr. Walker will be discussing "Interrogating Diversity: Ethics, Science, and Profit in Medicine & Entrepreneurship". Link to this virtual event at amc.edu/bioethics
Image from Alden March Bioethics Institute (@ambioethics)
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A Thread about Ableism, Biotech, and Dwarf Pride: So, a lot of folks are upset about today’s FDA approval of #Vosoritide, a pharmaceutical injected daily into children that uses genetic technology to “shut off” the gene for the most common form of dwarfism, achondroplasia.
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New in @GHJournal! A group of historians, social scientists, & public health officials, including @alexiskwalker of @ColumbiaEthics, propose a future research agenda for the World Bank's influence on global health. globalizationandhealth.biome…
Interrogating the World Bank’s role in global health knowledge production, governance, and finance

Interrogating the World Bank’s role in global health knowledge production, governance, and finance

Globalization and Health - In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Bank has become one of the largest financiers of global health projects and programs,...

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Our new review👇🏼analysing role of @WorldBank in #globalhealth rdcu.be/cx34i An enriching experience working along @JesseBump @marleetichenor @JK_Winters @KStoreng @devisridhar @hellowell_mark @Yrshawar @alexiskwalker @RyanPWhitacre @genevie2587 @felixundstein
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 After years of organizing, the city of Albany just passed NY’s first ever GOOD CAUSE EVICTION law. Goodbye to unjust rent hikes, goodbye to retaliatory evictions. NYS legislature: take notice. This is going Statewide! @citizenactionny @UTAlbany @MayorSheehan
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Fabulous short piece on #biracial identity, colorism, nuance, and solidarity ❤️ @larastapleton thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/07/…
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1 dead, 3 hurt after driver plows into protesters in Uptown Minneapolis

One person was killed and three injured Sunday night after the driver of an SUV drove into a crowd of protesters in the Uptown area of Minneapolis, near the site where Winston Smith was shot by...

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In J. of #Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, @alexiskwalker of @ColumbiaEthics & co-authors identify and systematize the unique issues related to the intersection of #genetics with public health regulations, and the control of transmissible diseases. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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American companies pledged $50 billion to Black communities after the murder of George Floyd. Most of it hasn’t materialized fortune.com/2021/05/06/us-co…
American companies pledged $50 billion to Black communities. Most of it hasn’t materialized |...

American companies pledged $50 billion to Black communities. Most of it hasn’t materialized |...

Most corporate pledges to Black communities haven’t been fulfilled, according to a study by Creative Investment Research.

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NYC Health + Hospitals drops use of two race-based clinical assessments medcitynews.com/2021/05/nyc-…

NYC Health + Hospitals drops use of two race-based clinical assessments - MedCity News

The nation's largest public health system will stop using clinical assessments for kidney function and vaginal delivery after C-sections that use race-based calculations for determining illness...

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It is a moral imperative to put money into hospitals that serve the marginalized. Join me in calling on @NYGovCuomo + @HealthNYGov to stop the closure of Kingsbrook Medical Center in Brooklyn + offering full funding for safety net hospitals #SaveKingsbrook
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Great comments by @NYSenatorRivera, Chair of NY Senate Health Committee, on the importance of universal healthcare. Join our meeting re: labor's role and the NY Health Act, going on right now! actionnetwork.org/events/lab…
Labor Activists For New York Health: Labor's Role in Achieving Guaranteed Universal Healthcare

Labor Activists For New York Health: Labor's Role in Achieving Guaranteed Universal Healthcare

The labor movement has an essential role to play in achieving guaranteed universal health care in New York. Join the lead sponsors of the New York Health Act, labor leaders, and activists as we...

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This week is a big push to pass universal healthcare in NY State! Join me in asking State Senate Majority Leader @AndreaSCousins to add the New York Health Act to the Health committee agenda this week! #PassNYHealth #NYHealthAct
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#NYHealthAct provides single-payer care in NY, which is absolutely essential to covid recovery and just healthcare for the future.
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