Equity in Biomedicine Seminar
Sex and gender minority inclusion in research
March 16
2:00-3:00 pm
Broad Institute

Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong
Assistant Professor, Herbold Computational Biology Program
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people—including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer communities—are understudied and underrepresented in precision medicine research. In addition to lack of funding and barriers to participation driven by medical mistrust, there are numerous limitations to standard reporting practices which create additional challenges in identifying and serving these in dividuals. These challenges include failing to ask individuals in surveys and the clinic about their sexual orientation and gender; focusing family studies on biological family structures; varying behavioral and identity relationships across ethnicities and cultures; and differentiating and reconciling multiple definitions of sex and gender. We further need more community driven selection and recruitment efforts for individuals holding multiple marginalized identities, particularly queer and trans* people of color (QTPOC). Looking forward, thoughtfully including SGM people in research and improving our oversimplified understanding of sex and gender and can help reduce SGM health disparities.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong is a professor at the Fred Hutch Institute and their work focuses on understanding genotype-phenotype mapping, including mode ling of gene-environment interactions. Nasa focuses much of their work on cardiometabolic and pulmonary diseases, using both computational and experimental methods to address questions around causal mechanism and heterogeneity between individuals.

ABOUT THE EQUITY IN BIOMEDICINE SEMINAR SERIES (EBM)
The Equity in Biomedicine Seminar Series (EBM) is an institute-wide interactive meeting that focuses on critical issues related to equity and representation in biomedical research, especially as it applies to genomics research and precision medicine. Speakers dive into the equal or unequal social implications of their work: Who is affected? How are they affected? Why? The overall goal of this series is to foster discussions about equity and inspire Broad scientists and trainees to reflect on the social impact of their own research.

The EBM series is now sponsored by the Broad Institute IDEA Office.

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