Oct
5
Thu
Center for Population Health Sciences: Seminar Series | Jason Boardman @ Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Room 320
Oct 5 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Center for Population Health Sciences: Seminar Series | Jason Boardman @ Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Room 320 | Palo Alto | California | United States

Presentation: Statistical inconveniences and the re-reification of racial group membership
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Jason Boardman, Professor of Sociology & Director of the Health & Society Program
University of Colorado, Boulder

Recent advances in statistical and population genetics have provided a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the human genome. Results from genome wide association studies (GWAS) have been used to develop polygenic scores (PGS) for a wide range of social, economic, and health related outcomes. For many of these outcomes, the association between the PGS and its corresponding trait is weaker in magnitude among African-American compared to European-American subjects. This has led to recent calls to limit the use of PGSs to the ‘discovery population.’ This presentation will discuss the implications of this and other recommendations regarding the use of racial identities as related to statistical genetics. Specifically, we will discuss the extent to which statistical modeling decisions are incorrectly re-framing our understanding of human difference and these small and otherwise meaningless differences align with the concept of “race.”

Jan
10
Wed
Medicine Grand Rounds: Endovascular Advances in the Treatment of DVT @ LKSC, Berg Hall
Jan 10 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Medicine Grand Rounds: Endovascular Advances in the Treatment of DVT @ LKSC, Berg Hall | Palo Alto | California | United States

Presenter: Rusty Hofmann, MD
Professor of Radiology
Stanford University

Lawrence “Rusty” Hofmann, MD, is a professor at Stanford School of Medicine, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Stanford University Medical Center, and Co-Founder of Grand Rounds, Inc. He has devoted his career to providing state-of-the-art care to patients at either Johns Hopkins, where he practiced for 10 years, or Stanford, where he practiced for 8 years. He has published over 100 scientific articles on minimally invasive treatment of blood clots (DVT) and cancer. In addition, his research has encompassed stem cell therapies as well as gene therapies.