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  • Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry

    Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry Social Studies of Science Volume 38, Number 5 (October 2008) pages 759-783 DOI: 10.1177/0306312708091929 Alondra Nelson, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies; Director, Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Columbia University, New York, New York This paper considers the extent to which…

  • Symposium S-H09: Understanding the Dynamics of Beliefs in Genetic and Racial Essences

    Symposium S-H09: Understanding the Dynamics of Beliefs in Genetic and Racial Essences The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 16th Annual Convention Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center Long Beach, California 2015-02-26 through 2015-02-28 Saturday, 2015-02-28, 15:30-16:45 PST (Local Time) Room 202ABC Chair: Franki Kung University of Waterloo Co-Chair: Melody Chao Hong Kong University of…

  • Building a Face, and a Case, on DNA

    Building a Face, and a Case, on DNA The New York Times 2015-02-23 Andrew Pollack The police in Columbia, S.C.,  released this sketch of a possible suspect based on DNA left at the crime scene. Parabon NanoLabs, which made the image, has begun offering DNA phenotyping services to law enforcement agencies. There were no known…

  • Dorothy Roberts: Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race

    Dorothy Roberts: Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race University of California, Los Angeles School of Law 385 Charles E. Young Drive East 1242 Law Building Los Angeles, California 90095 2015-02-19, 17:00-18:30 PST (Local Time) Room: TBD Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner…

  • Connecting the Dots in Suicide Prevention

    Connecting the Dots in Suicide Prevention Vassar Alumnae/i Quarterly Poughkeepsie, New York Spring/Summer 2014 Eric Marcus ’80 Rebecca Hyde ’92 According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), suicide is the 10th leading cause of death for Americans. Christine Yu Moutier ’90 wants to do something about that. Last fall, following two decades of…

  • Evidence-based care eliminates racial disparity in colon cancer survival rates, study finds

    Evidence-based care eliminates racial disparity in colon cancer survival rates, study finds Stanford Medicine News Center 2015-01-26 Lisa Marie Potter Office of Communication & Public Affairs A new study finds that equitable delivery of evidence-based care eliminates the racial disparity in colon-cancer survival rates. For the past two decades, the National Cancer Institute has documented…

  • How Do Integrated Health Care Systems Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colon Cancer?

    How Do Integrated Health Care Systems Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colon Cancer? Journal of Clinical Oncology Published online: 2015-01-26 DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.56.8642 Kim F. Rhoads, Colon and rectal surgeon, Colorectal surgeon, Surgical oncologist; Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford University School of Medicine Manali I. Patel,…

  • Penn PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts to Receive APA’s 2015 Fuller Award

    Penn PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts to Receive APA’s 2015 Fuller Award Penn News University of Pennsylvania 2015-01-23 Jacquie Posey, Media Contact Telephone: 215-898-6460 The American Psychiatric Association has named University of Pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts recipient of the 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award in recognition of her demonstrated leadership and exceptional achievements. The award honors…

  • U.S. to Collect Genetic Data to Hone Care

    U.S. to Collect Genetic Data to Hone Care The New York Times 2015-01-30 Robert Pear, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON — Saying that “the possibilities are boundless,” President Obama on Friday announced a major biomedical research initiative, including plans to collect genetic data on one million Americans so scientists could develop drugs and treatments tailored to the…

  • Aboriginal Identity: Who is ‘Aboriginal’?

    Aboriginal Identity: Who is ‘Aboriginal’? Creative Spirits 2014-12-23 Jens Korff People who identify themselves as ‘Aboriginal’ range from dark-skinned, broad-nosed to blonde-haired, blue-eyed people. Aboriginal people define Aboriginality not by skin colour but by relationships. Light-skinned Aboriginal people often face challenges on their Aboriginal identity because of stereotyping. Ever since white people mixed with Aboriginal…