Jayati Sharma, PhD, ScM
@jayatirsharma.bsky.social
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📊 epidemiologist 🧬 genetics, envt, & public health in diverse pops 💻 Postdoc @ NCI 📚✅ PhD JHU Genetic Epi 📝 Editor @genebites.org | AAAS MMF alum pronounced “JAY-uh-tea” views my own
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In a time when diversity 🌍, equity ⚖️, inclusion 🤝, and accessibility ♿ (DEIA) are under attack, GeneBites writer @amandan-weiss.bsky.social discusses how DEIA affects how LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 students evaluate and experience genetic counseling programs.

Check it out here: genebites.org/2025/03/03/c...
Commitment to DEIA is critical for supporting LGBTQIA+ graduate students
Image by Maicon Fonseca Zanco from Pixabay During a time when diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives are under attack by the presidential administration in the United St…
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Whoops, wrong hashtag.

If you are going to #ASHG25, check out the line-up!

This is perfect if you are a trainee who needs to network but has no idea how to do it. Instead of trying to corner someone at the posters (which is stressful!), schedule a slot and sit down for 15 minutes to chat!
Are you going to #ASHG2025 next week in Boston? Interested in getting some mentorship from leading figures in the field (and me)?

Check out our speed mentoring event on Thursday! Sign-ups are online so reserve a spot ASAP.

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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

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jane goodall made me believe i could just go up and hug any wild animal
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📢 Join us this Friday at 2pm ET for our next Genomics Preprint Club meeting! Chia-Hsuan Chou and Sonali Gupta will discuss two exciting preprints about disease etiology and risk prediction 🧬📊🔬
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Today is #WorldDenseBreastDay! Educate yourself and those you love about the higher risks of missed cancer on mammograms and of developing breast cancer. Great resources @densebreastinfo.bsky.social @densebreastscanada.bsky.social. Thank you @bcrfcure.bsky.social for supporting our research!
📻 Healthcare providers! ICYMI: DBI’s Chief Scientific Advisor, @drwendieberg.bsky.social, joined Dr. Miriam Green on SiriusXM to cover #DenseBreasts, supplemental screening, and insurance coverage. Don’t miss these insights!

Catch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVG9...

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Dr. Berg Discusses Dense Breasts, Supplemental Screening, and Insurance Issues on Sirius XM
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Excited to share that I’ll be starting a postdoc at NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics this month with Pete Kraft as an iCURE fellow! 🎉
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Why did American geneticists not speak out more frequently and forcefully against eugenics in the 1920s and 30s?

1. The legacy of the influential Galton
2. They were absorbed in their own science
3. They viewed eugenicists as a "lunatic fringe of no long-term consequence"
Geneticists Embattled: Their Stand against Rampant Eugenics and Racism in America during the 1920s and 1930s on JSTOR
Bentley Glass, Geneticists Embattled: Their Stand against Rampant Eugenics and Racism in America during the 1920s and 1930s, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 130, No. 1 (Mar., 1...
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yayyyyy! official congrats Roshni! 🤠🥂
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What the article DIDN’T mention is the Slack has a name! I’m so lucky to be a part of a team of passionate science communicators and advocates in @snapcoalition.bsky.social
“Bridging science and society is a problem everywhere...As someone passionate about science and society, I want the scientific workforce to reflect the diversity of the country, and these executive orders are going to stop that.” @jpflores.rbind.io

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JP Flores brings science home, connecting science to community with op-eds | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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the best baby scooby doo boy! 🥹
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Here’s what you’ll gain from @jayatirsharma.bsky.social & @genandgenes.bsky.social in the 8/13 Journal Club:
✅How genetic ancestry affects BMI PGS
✅Why pooled analyses can mask key gene–environment interactions
✅Why precision medicine needs diverse data for equitable care

Dive in: bit.ly/45mQC02
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These embryo-selection startups are clearly feeding into an alt-right ecosystem that revels in techno-futurism much as such movements have in the past. GWAS participants & parents navigating IVF deserve better than being used as tools to attract the attention of edge lords.
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🚨New webinar just announced = August Journal Club with @jayatirsharma.bsky.social & @genandgenes.bsky.social!
On August 13, they'll investigate the role of genetic ancestry & sociocultural factors in considering the genetic risk for BMI in a Hispanic/Latino cohort. Register: bit.ly/44RvgsK #ASHG
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🚨 For everyone who uses All of Us Workbench 🚨

Apparently, if the creator of a workspace no longer has access, *the entire workspace gets deleted*.

Ask me how I know this. 🫠

It doesn't matter who the owners are. Make sure to back up all your work in a workspace with a PI as a creator!
a young boy is sitting in front of a shelf with toys and says `` let 's see where were we ? ''
Alt: A young boy is sitting in bed in front of a shelf with toys in the Princess Bride. Grandpa says "Let's see...where were we? Oh yes. In the Pit of Despair."
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📣 Hello Bluesky! We’re hosting our June Genomics Preprint Club meeting this Friday, June 27 from 3–4pm EST!

📩 Contact us to join!

🗣️ Presenters:
- Krzysiek Gogolewski: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Arnav Wadhawan: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Informational flyer for next GPC meeting on Friday, June 27 from 3-4pm EST.
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👀 🧬 Curious how to respectfully, robustly, and flexibly use population descriptors in genomic research, and align with @nationalacademies.org recommendations?

Check out this work from the NIH-funded PRIMED Consortium @prsdiversity.bsky.social, co-led by Alyna Khan and Stephanie Gogarten
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Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5...
flyer advertising the survey for human genetics trainees
This survey was put together by several fellow trainees and friends who are dedicated to the ethical conduct of human genetics research. Tagging some below! @christacaggiano.bsky.social @roshnipatel.bsky.social @raungar.bsky.social @dianexue.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io
Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5...
Do you work with human computational genetic/genomics data? Are you a trainee or early career scientist? Take our survey! And participate in our research study on how you use population descriptors in your work 

Survey link and QR Code are in the flyer
Thanks @johnshopkinsepi.bsky.social for this honor!!
Congratulations to @jayatirsharma.bsky.social, the 2025 recipient of the Mary B. Meyer Memorial Fund. This award identifies exceptional students who demonstrate academic excellence, and who hold the promise of future contribution to the field of epidemiology.
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Congratulations to @jayatirsharma.bsky.social, the 2025 recipient of the Mary B. Meyer Memorial Fund. This award identifies exceptional students who demonstrate academic excellence, and who hold the promise of future contribution to the field of epidemiology.