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#2019SACNAS Looking forward to Keynote Speaker Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H. and his presentation today at 8am HT/11am PT

“Find a way to combine personal passion and academic rigor.” Dr. Esteban Buchard. Passionate keynote with a fantastic message! #2019SACNAS #ThinkBigDiversity @sacnas

Great seeing Dr. Melinda Aldrich, MPH, PhD from Vanderbilt University again! Here she is finishing het talk on impact of race on biomedical research at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Esteban Burchard Lab Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H.

New preprint from Esteban Burchard Lab group! We analyzed genomes from African American children and discovered a variant that interacts with air pollution exposure, modulated by the gene KITLG. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Nothing says #WednesdayWisdom like previous keynote speaker Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H., who brought many of us to tears at #2019SACNAS. Help us find more amazing speakers for this year's National Diversity in STEM Conference! Suggest a keynote speaker here >> 2020sacnas.org/suggest-a-keyn…

New preprint from Esteban Burchard Lab led by our two postbacs! We found small but nontrivial nonlinear interaction effects between genetic ancestry, prenatal smoke exposure, and age that influence bronchodilator drug response in African American children with asthma!

An upcoming "birth cohort" study that follows infants from the time they're born could shed light on what causes asthma Esteban Burchard Lab Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H. pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/s…

Why do Puerto Rican youth have the highest #asthma burden in the world? A study by Esteban Burchard Lab Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H. IDs ancestry-specific genetic associations that impact lung inflammation in children, suggesting future #precisionmedicine treatments. bit.ly/2TZm14Q

U.S. health inequities won’t be eliminated by abandoning the use of race and ethnicity in research and clinical practice, since these variables capture key epidemiologic information. But incorporating genetic ancestry, genotypes, or biomarkers requires further study.

Impacts of Race/Ethnicity in Medicine: Read our latest paper NEJM led by Luisa Borrell, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, Jennifer Elhawary, UCSF and Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H., Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, Elad Ziv nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Genes reveal a lot about health. But because race and ethnicity determine so much about how we live, where we live and what kind of health care we get, those factors cannot be ignored. Read more from Luisa N. Borrell @lborrell.bsky.social (CUNY Grad School of Public Health & Health Policy, The Graduate Center) in @nejm sum.cuny.edu/why-race-and-e…

Ideally, race will be replaced with genetic ancestry as a variable in medical research and practice. But until more ancestry data are available, ignoring race and extrapolating research findings from European-ancestry populations to others is neither equitable nor safe.

If you're 65 and over, take advantage of this protected time to get vaccinated before Tier 1B opens up eligibility to more populations. We are open 9am to 3pm in Building 30. No appointment needed.

We're hiring! Looking for a post-doc in human genetics/bioinformatics or statistical genetics. Come work with us. Why? Unique data resource: including 19,000+ whole genomes, 3000+ whole transcriptomes, and 2000+ methylation profiles. If interested see: pharm.ucsf.edu/burchard/join/…

Reference intervals for >50% of lab tests differ based on self-identified race/ethnicity. Minority patients are oftentimes compared to the majority group, resulting in misinterpretation of results. This impacts health outcomes of minorities. academic.oup.com/jalm/article/3…

Highlighting the importance of diverse populations in genetic studies: We identified ancestry-specific variation that controls gene expression and developed improved #TWAS models in a large, diverse cohort in our newest #TOPMed Nature Genetics paper bit.ly/3BWyMTq

🧵 1/ What’s at stake with race-based equations for lung function? Clinical, occupational, and financial reclassifications for millions of patients. I’m delighted to share this labor of love, published today in NEJM and unveiled at #ATS2024. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Special Article: Implications of Race Adjustment in Lung-Function Equations nej.md/44K5TaC Editorial: Beyond Diagnostics — Removing Race from Lung-Function Test Interpretation nej.md/3yssagU #ATS2024 American Thoracic Society (ATS)