Explaining Health Inequities - The Enduring Legacy of Historical Biases.
Jones DS, Hammonds E, Gone JP, Williams D.
N Engl J Med. 2024 Feb 01. 390(5):389-395. PMID: 38284897
Secondary Faculty
Evelynn M. Hammonds
Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Other Positions
Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies
History of Science -Sr. Faculty
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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A discussion on the use of race in biomedical fields.
Hammonds EM.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jan 16. 121(3):e2322147121. PMID: 38198523
Slavery and the Journal - Reckoning with History and Complicity.
Jones DS, Podolsky SH, Bannon Kerr M, Hammonds E.
N Engl J Med. 2023 Dec 07. 389(23):2117-2123. PMID: 38055250
Pangenomics: prioritize diversity in collaborations.
Cho MK, Fullerton SM, Hammonds EM, Lee SS, Panofsky A, Reardon J.
Nature. 2023 Jul. 619(7971):698. PMID: 37491393
Wrestling with Social and Behavioral Genomics: Risks, Potential Benefits, and Ethical Responsibility.
Meyer MN, Appelbaum PS, Benjamin DJ, Callier SL, Comfort N, Conley D, Freese J, Garrison NA, Hammonds EM, Harden KP, Lee SS, Martin AR, Martschenko DO, Neale BM, Palmer RHC, Tabery J, Turkheimer E, Turley P, Parens E.
Hastings Cent Rep. 2023 03. 53 Suppl 1:S2-S49. PMID: 37078667
Trustworthiness matters: Building equitable and ethical science.
Reardon J, Lee SS, Goering S, Fullerton SM, Cho MK, Panofsky A, Hammonds EM.
Cell. 2023 03 02. 186(5):894-898. PMID: 36724788
An Ethical Framework for Research Using Genetic Ancestry.
Lewis ACF, Molina SJ, Appelbaum PS, Dauda B, Fuentes A, Fullerton SM, Garrison NA, Ghosh N, Green RC, Hammonds EM, Jeff JM, Jones DS, Kenny EE, Kraft P, Mauro M, Ori APS, Panofsky A, Sohail M, Neale BM, Allen DS.
Perspect Biol Med. 2023. 66(2):225-248. PMID: 37755714
Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society.
Lewis ACF, Molina SJ, Appelbaum PS, Dauda B, Di Rienzo A, Fuentes A, Fullerton SM, Garrison NA, Ghosh N, Hammonds EM, Jones DS, Kenny EE, Kraft P, Lee SS, Mauro M, Novembre J, Panofsky A, Sohail M, Neale BM, Allen DS.
Science. 2022 04 15. 376(6590):250-252. PMID: 35420968
Problems with Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos.
Turley P, Meyer MN, Wang N, Cesarini D, Hammonds E, Martin AR, Neale BM, Rehm HL, Wilkins-Haug L, Benjamin DJ, Hyman S, Laibson D, Visscher PM.
N Engl J Med. 2021 07 01. 385(1):78-86. PMID: 34192436
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