Alexis Walker

Ethnographer. Social studies of tech, startups, genomics. Asst Prof @Columbia. PhD in science and technology studies @STSCornell

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

Even amid financial pressure, universities can’t afford to treat market revenue as their measure of success.

If they exist for the public good, they need policies that make public value count.

My letter in @Nature: https://t.co/ZAH22Hb690 #PublicInterestScience

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

Submit a Comment to DHS in Support of International Scholars. It's quick and easy to make your voice heard: https://t.co/iuGDRENXT5

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

This is a super important thread. Student evals have been to shown to reflect more about prof demographics than pedagogy; the American Sociological Assoc has encouraged unis to cease using student evals in tenure & promotion decisions

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

I’ve got a new paper out based on my interviews with genomics company employees!

[Columbia Ethics @ColumbiaEthics]

New from @alexiskwalker of @ColumbiaEthics: "Diversity, Profit, Control: An Empirical Study of Industry Employees’ Views on Ethics in Private Sector #Genomics." Read it here today: https://t.co/VM3sWnyOpA

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

Arghhh https://t.co/bPKZrVCvDK

[William D. Lopez @lopez_wd]

No one:
Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs

[Alden March Bioethics Institute @ambioethics]

Join us tomorrow for Ethics Grand Rounds. This month's speaker will be Alexis Walker, PhD (@alexiskwalker). Dr. Walker will be discussing "Interrogating Diversity: Ethics, Science, and Profit in Medicine & Entrepreneurship". Link to this virtual event at https://t.co/DaT8P8GeSe

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

@mos_daf The Golden Child and Bowfinger would def be on my list :)

[Joseph Stramondo - ♿️✒️🤓✊️ @PhilosopherCrip]

A Thread about Ableism, Biotech, and Dwarf Pride: So, a lot of folks are upset about today’s FDA approval of #Vosoritide, a pharmaceutical injected daily into children that uses genetic technology to “shut off” the gene for the most common form of dwarfism, achondroplasia.

[Columbia Ethics @ColumbiaEthics]

New in @GHJournal! A group of historians, social scientists, & public health officials, including @alexiskwalker of @ColumbiaEthics, propose a future research agenda for the World Bank's influence on global health. https://t.co/is4b1lpKgH

[Sumegha Asthana @sumeghaasthana]

Our new review👇🏼analysing role of @WorldBank in #globalhealth

https://t.co/L8042nkLte

An enriching experience working along
@JesseBump @marleetichenor @JK_Winters @KStoreng @devisridhar @hellowell_mark @Yrshawar @alexiskwalker @RyanPWhitacre @genevie2587 @felixundstein

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

After years of organizing, the city of Albany just passed NY’s first ever GOOD CAUSE EVICTION law.

Goodbye to unjust rent hikes, goodbye to retaliatory evictions. NYS legislature: take notice. This is going Statewide!

@citizenactionny @UTAlbany @MayorSheehan

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

Fabulous short piece on #biracial identity, colorism, nuance, and solidarity ❤️ @larastapleton https://t.co/h2eFmvSpGh

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

https://t.co/2CG7j5wBek

[Columbia Ethics @ColumbiaEthics]

In J. of #Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, @alexiskwalker of @ColumbiaEthics & co-authors identify and systematize the unique issues related to the intersection of #genetics with public health regulations, and the control of transmissible diseases. https://t.co/Bu8k31Q31s

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

@Ethnography911 Same here 😭

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

American companies pledged $50 billion to Black communities after the murder of George Floyd. Most of it hasn’t materialized https://t.co/zOxphxMnwy

[Dr. Alison Bateman-House @ABatemanHouse]

NYC Health + Hospitals drops use of two race-based clinical assessments https://t.co/SUGdZofDrM

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

It is a moral imperative to put money into hospitals that serve the marginalized. Join me in calling on @NYGovCuomo + @HealthNYGov to stop the closure of Kingsbrook Medical Center in Brooklyn + offering full funding for safety net hospitals #SaveKingsbrook

[Alexis Walker @alexiskwalker]

Great comments by @NYSenatorRivera, Chair of NY Senate Health Committee, on the importance of universal healthcare. Join our meeting re: labor's role and the NY Health Act, going on right now! https://t.co/Xvv5o91HQF