Mind the Gap: How do multiracial individuals fit into health research? - Jennifer Young
When:
Thursday, April 20, 2023
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, 1st floor - Searle room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: FREE - MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM
Contact:
Myria Knox
(312) 503-7962
Group: Medical Humanities & Bioethics Lunchtime Montgomery Lectures
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
Description:
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program
Presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Jennifer Young, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center for Genetic Medicine
Department of Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Mind the Gap:
How do multiracial individuals fit into health research?
The number of people in the United States who identify with more than one racial category has more than doubled in the past decade. Multiracial individuals present methodological and definitional challenges to researchers and clinicians aiming to address racial health disparities. This talk will review discrepancies when measuring variables such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genomics research, and present recommendations for the inclusion of multiracial individuals in a just and equitable framework.
In-person attendance is open to the Northwestern Community: Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 East Superior Street, Chicago Campus). Zoom attendance is open to all (registration required.
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