Category: Health/Medicine/Genetics

  • Tell Me a Story: Genomics vs. Indigenous Origin Narratives GeneWatch Council for Responsible Genetics Volume 26, Number 4, Religion & Genetics (Aug-Oct 2013) pages 11-13 Kim TallBear, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Texas, Austin On April 13, 2005 the Indigenous Peoples’ Council on Biocolonialism issued a press release opposing the Genographic Project, which aimed…

  • New recognition for first black U.S. doctor with medical degree American Medical News 2010-11-08 Kevin B. O’Reilly Dr. James McCune Smith’s descendants unveiled a new headstone in a ceremony to commemorate his achievements as a physician, essayist and abolitionist. The New York City burial site of the nation’s first black medical degree-holder received a new…

  • Is race erased? Decoding race from patterns of neural activity when skin color is not diagnostic of group boundaries Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Volume 8, Issue 7 (October 2013) pages 750-755 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss063 Kyle G. Ratner Department of Psychology New York University Christian Kaul Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science New York…

  • Given evidence of BiDil’s efficacy, but little evidence that race mattered to its efficacy, the FDA should have made one of two decisions: reject the request for race-specific approval or approve BiDil for all heart failure patients, regardless of race. Instead, the FDA put race at the center of its decision, sparking controversy and paving…

  • Discrimination Down to a Science Hyphen Magazine Issue 26, Spring 2013 (The South) Dharushana Muthulingam, Health Editor and a resident physician at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland How genetic data shapes science and medicine and what is being done to change it. In the 1997 science fiction movie Gattaca, set in a future of genetically engineered…

  • Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science University of Minnesota Press September 2013 256 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8166-6586-0 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8166-6585-3 Kim TallBear, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Texas, Austin Who is a Native American? And who gets to decide? From genealogists searching online…

  • Law, Race, and Biotechnology: Toward a Biopolitical and Transdisciplinary Paradigm Annual Review of Law and Social Science Volume 9, Issue 1 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102612-134009 Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights University of Pennsylvania Law influences…

  • Latina/o Healing Practices: Mestizo and Indigenous Perspectives Routledge 2008-05-19 360 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-95420-4 Edited by: Brian McNeill, Professor and director of training for the Counseling Psychology Program Washington State University Joseph M. Cervantes, Professor in the Department of Counseling California State University, Fullerton This edited volume focuses on the role of traditional or indigenous…

  • Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health Wellesly Institute: advancing urban health Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 2012 30 pages Sheryl Nestel, Ph.D. Scope and Purpose of the Review Canada is home to a much-admired system of universal health care, understood as a central pillar of this nation’s overall commitment…

  • Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Best Practices for Clinical Care and Medical Education in the 21st Century University of Texas, Austin 2013-09-23 through 2013-09-24 One of the primary goals of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and many public health programs is the reduction of health disparities in the…