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Race as a Semiotic Field and the Inherent Contradiction in Translational Precision Medicine

October 25, 2021 - 12:00 pm

Shirley Sun, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

By analyzing qualitative data collected from 45 semi-structured face-to-face interviews with clinicians and clinician-scientists engaged in translational precision medicine in cancer treatment and prevention, this presentation addresses two research questions: (1) when and why race is enacted as a proxy for genetics in translational and precision medicine, and (2) what is the inherent contradiction in such practice?

Seminar on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics

Monday October 25, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

To register for this online presentation and receive the Zoom link, please contact: Janee Frankel: janee.frankel@nyspi.columbia.edu

Center for Research on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic, and Behavioral Genetics