Thread by @ImogenRCoePhD

Looking for ways to bring discussions of #racism in your #science classes? Some ideas I use in class & in talks e.g. genome-wide sequencing studies, databases are skewed. Must be accounted for when extrapolating these data (e.g. personalized medicine) nature.com/news/genomics-… 1/n

Especially when those findings are used to develop decision #algorithms otherwise #racism gets "baked in" #ArtificialIntelligence is not neutral. Healthcare outcomes reflect societal racism nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Which means that structural #racism can kill #cancer patients "Black patients with breast cancer and other malignancies face historical inequities that are ingrained but not inevitable" acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
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And while we're at - do you know the sex & race of your cultured cells you are using in the lab? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24196532/
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And do your student know the history of #HeLa cells? Do you teach this in #molecular #biology classes? #CellBiology classes? Critical thinking in the biomedical sciences class? @RyersonU @RyersonU
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And perhaps could you discuss the #ethics of #knowledge production? #Knowledge #translation. Who gets to ask questions? Who has privilege in #science ? Can we assume no bias in science research? (Hint: no we can't, we must be vigilant & remove bias)
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What about self-censoring by scientists? The invisible strings? Questions that scientists know should be asked but which are reluctant to thestar.com/news/investiga…
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And perhaps touch on other examples of #racism in #science & research like the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment (perhaps in a #microbiology infectious #disease class?)
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And don't assume that these issues don't apply to us in Canada🇨🇦 because look at this horrific example of dubious #research w/ absent #ethics & shocking #racism in Canada's north "Inuit skin graft experiments"
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And perhaps introduce students to the responsibilities of #research especially if it's tax-payer funded research - by taking at a look at #regulations re: #ethics rcr.ethics.gc.ca/eng/home.htmlh…
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And remind students that historical structural racism against Black medical students existed in Canada long ago & is just now being confronted (more of this please #cdnpse) w/ thnx Edward Thomas @McDonaldInst 4 making this happen @QueensU universityaffairs.ca/features/featu…
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And #science #students interested in #careers in #health shld be aware of #racism & be prepared/trained to challenge it ctvnews.ca/health/train-h…
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#research #scientists in Canada 🇨🇦 who want federal $$ 4 research shld hve core competencies in integration of EDI & SGBA+ into #experimental design, team support. Ignorance/dismissiveness re: #racism #sexism in #science says lots about ur potential 2 do the best science
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Just a few resources I have used that might be helpful to others. We, in #academic #science w/ power & privilege (non-Black ppl incl those, like me who advocate 4 EDI) must make change, educate ourselves, create cultures of care in #science #medicine academic.oup.com/jid/article/22…
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Correct link here re: Culture of Care, Piggot & Cariago-Lo 2019 JID: 220 🙏🏾academic.oup.com/jid/article/22…

Just a few resources I have used that might be helpful to others. We, in #academic #science w/ power & privilege (non-Black ppl incl those, like me who advocate 4 EDI) must make change, educate ourselves, create cultures of care in #science #medicine academic.oup.com/jid/article/22… /fin