Daphne O. Martschenko, PhD
Assistant Professor @StanfordBioethx #sociogenomics #adversarialcollab; @Cambridge_Uni PhD; Retired @CUBCsquad President; 🐈 Mom to #Sassy; Yogi in training
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- A great day yesterday now that #WhatWeInherit is out in the world! So thankful for all the support!
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- www.thehastingscenter.org/more-and-bet... New piece out with my dear friend @juliaehbrown.bsky.social
- Less than a month before my debut book "What We Inherit" gets released! You can place pre-orders now: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Lucky to have gotten to collaborate (and argue) with Sam Trejo for the last 5+ years on this.
- Reposted by Daphne O. Martschenko, PhDHow do Black and White Americans assess the legitimacy of another person’s racial self-identification? Using a series of survey experiments, authors @marissathompson.bsky.social, Sam Trejo, @ajalvero.bsky.social, and @daphmarts.bsky.social illustrate the characteristics that drive racial conceptions
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- Reposted by Daphne O. Martschenko, PhD"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
- stanforddaily.com/2025/03/03/f... Outstanding piece by Stanford colleague Dr Elliott White Jr
- New research article with Lucas Matthews, Maya Sabatello, and Colby Lewis “Intersectionality in a Sociogenomic World: How do Race, Disability, Socioeconomic Status, and Polygenic Prediction Interact to Impact Perceptions of Educational Trajectories?”: www.gimjournal.org/article/S109...
- One month into my visiting term @ox.ac.uk. The weather has been better than expected, and my prior perception of London as a city with a bad food scene is slowly changing. What a beautiful place to work!!
- It was my pleasure and a great conversation!
- Our paper outlining the design and implementation of ClinGen's action plan for JEDI is out now in the American Journal of Human Genetics: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Have a little new piece in @NatureHumBehav: "Ethics of genomic research on occupational status" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- www.nature.com/articles/s41... "In silico simulations using biobank resources show that the selected embryo would rely substantially on the choice of polygenic score method and randomness in score construction, which raises ethical concerns."
- New Op-Ed with colleague and friend Julia Brown (UCSF): sfstandard.com/opinion/2024...
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- New OpEd in the Hastings Center Bioethics Forum -- my commentary on the Trump campaign's discussion of "genes": www.thehastingscenter.org/the-alarming...
- Join ClinGen for forum on Nov 4th titled "Ethics & Inclusivity in Genetics Education: Challenges and Paths Forward." Among other things, I'll talk about awesome work by @roshnipatel.bsky.social, @raungar.bsky.social & team educating genetics trainees in ethics: clinicalgenome.org/tools/ancest...
- "Incorporating multiracial and multiethnic experiences into genetic counseling practice and research: A necessary opportunity": New paper with Stanford Bioethics' current T32 fellow Chenery Lowe & genetic counselor Justin Gomez-Stafford: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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- Cell Press's 5th Annual Rising Black Scientists Awards, to learn more and apply: www.cell.com/diversity/aw...
- Tomorrow: events.berkeley.edu/kavlicenter/...
- I had a wonderful time at ASBH with colleagues. It was busy, exhausting, and invigorating
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- Christa Ventresca has been an inspiration to work with. I'm so glad that this paper is now out: "The methodological and ethical concerns of genetic studies of same-sex sexual behavior" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Join for "Representation of Race and Ethnicity in Genomics Research" on September 16th 1-2:30PM ET. Registration: nih.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
- Two fascinating days spent in this building learning about law enforcement use of genetic technologies
- National Academics workshop on Law Enforcement use of DNA: www.nationalacademies.org/event/41774_... Join us virtually or in-person in DC March 13 and 14.
- Taking some time to stop and smell all the magnolias blooming in Golden Gate Park this week
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- And: Bay Area folks buy tickets for the Exploratorium's world premier of the live multimedia opera performance "Xeno in Vivo". I will be in conversation with Artist-in-Residence Heather Dewey-Hagborg to discuss genetics, ethics, and xenotransplantation March 8: www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calend...
- ASHG webinar on Scientific and Ethical Frameworks for the Responsible Use of Population Descriptors Feb 21st at 9AM PT. I'll take any excuse to share a stage with @genandgenes.bsky.social ;) Register: learning.ashg.org/products/par...
- ~ A year to the day of first submission – so excited to have received an NOA for an NHGRI funded K01!!! And thankful to my mentorship committee of Mildred Cho, Janet Shim, Julie Harris-Wai and Erik Parens and advisory committee of Aaron Panofsky, Ben Domingue, and Barbara Koenig! Let's get to work.
- "Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can propagate false race-based medical information, according to a new study by Stanford researchers published in Nature." stanforddaily.com/2023/12/07/a...
- Today!
- Delighted to host Dr. Stephanie Balters for the @StanfordBioethx Winter Quarter Team Science Tuesday! Register: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Black Lives Matter, Education and Racial Capitalism: Our first session of the new year is on Thursday 25th January 4-5 pm (GMT). See you there!
- Delighted to host Dr. Stephanie Balters for the @StanfordBioethx Winter Quarter Team Science Tuesday! Register: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- New article with SCBE postdoc Brandy Fox: "Placing Publics in Public Health Genomics": karger.com/phg/article/...
- Finally took the time to learn how to do pour over coffee (I was flying by the seat of my pants before - random amount of coffee, unmeasured pour of water. I'm not a coffee drinker (or wasn't?)). It makes a huge difference....
- Fantastic read - written by one of my PhD cohortmates. Brilliant ethnography of north Philadelphia, poverty, and public education
- In the blink-182 era of writing this week.
- Manifesting a full draft of our book by week's end. There is light at the end of this tunnel!
- I've somehow progressed from multiple tabs open on my browser to multiple window - each with multiple tabs 🥴
- It’s a beautiful day to hold your book chapter in your own two hands.
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