InWhites

Twitter feed reporting on biomedical genetics papers that are limited to European populations, when that information is not in the headline or abstract #BLM

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

Most GWAS are done in samples of European descent. The purpose of this page is to highlight that many of the top findings in our field have not expanded to other populations. Inspired by the "In mice" twitter. I will also celebrate work done to correct this (eventually).

[AlexanderSHatoum @AlexanderHatoum]

Preprint alert:
https://t.co/vJGDUO0qc4
TL;DR Biotech practices taking a handful of genetic variants and training a #MachineLearning #ML #AI model are based on unsound science, and will lead to medical discrimination. We demonstrate this with Opioid Dependence (OD)....

[AlexanderSHatoum @AlexanderHatoum]

Do clinical psychology programs next.

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

Let’s just try to get something on the archive and see what reviewers think.

[Meriel @MerielMyers]

Any caption for this?

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

A combined risk score enhances prediction of type 1 diabetes among susceptible children #InWhites
https://t.co/2vchTLZmTd

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer
#InWhites
https://t.co/YKGA6LhLZp

[DiSSECT @dissect_]

Thrilled to share that we received a @PsychScience microgrant to create an open-access, self-audit toolkit for #mentalhealth training programs! It will assess anti-racism & provide recs and resources for actionable change. Thanks @_HGAPS and @EricAYoungstrom for the collaboration

[Alicia Martin @genetisaur]

If you or people you know are interested in helping drive this research forward, embracing the power of diversity, using genetics to better understand the biomedical basis of disease, and analyzing large-scale globally diverse datasets to advance health for all, please reach out!

[Alicia Martin @genetisaur]

I’m delighted to share some exciting personal news! I'll be starting a lab at MGH this fall that will continue to focus on addressing Eurocentric biases in genomics towards the goal of ensuring that genomic technologies can equitably benefit public health for all

[Dr./Prof. Keolu Fox @KeoluFox]

Your move ♟ @AllofUsResearch @NIHDirector #AllOfUS https://t.co/Icz4GAaM9c

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

Cool study. I saw your African American results. ABCD is supposed to be a sample with some diversity: What do we need to do to get prs (or other genetic data) adequately powered in that sample?

[AlexanderSHatoum @AlexanderHatoum]

Hi all, check out our recent work in the ABCD study! We used polygenic risk scores of problematic alcohol use and drinks per week to predict MRI phenotypes in children never exposed to any drug. All results across the whole-brain are made available....
https://t.co/BXuyFhw1oV

[AlexanderSHatoum @AlexanderHatoum]

What if 2020 happened because we all collectivity ignored the warning to switch to Python3 in January? #python

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

Genome-wide associations of human gut microbiome variation and implications for causal inference analyses #InWhites
https://t.co/D3vlLg4Ktr

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure #InWhites
https://t.co/mltOWl5lND

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression #InWhites
https://t.co/cYcFVPvkTA

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

@Joni_Coleman I mean in my own data of course, I thought the speakers did such an excellent job with this.

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

So down for the PGC worldwide meeting on multiethnic genetics #BetterLateThanNever

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

@Joni_Coleman Excited to get this started!

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

@pbb2 I’m glad you are willing to point it out and expand your walk.

[InWhites @EthnicScientist]

@pbb2 Good work! Though! Dbgap has the new release for those other ancestries. Maybe in the future you can extend this work to be not just #inWhites

[Alicia Martin @genetisaur]

We’re very excited to release a Pan-UK Biobank resource of GWAS results today! Building on previous work, this now includes results for 6 diverse ancestry groups, >7,200 phenotypes (+phecodes, +prescriptions), and uses improved methodology. Learn more at https://t.co/a8OJjuCaoD