Anna C. F. Lewis

Research Associate,
Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
New article from Genetics, Ethics & Society impact team

The American Journal of Human Genetics has published an article by Justice, Health & Democracy Impact Initiative (JHD) researchers Anna Lewis, Maddie Mauro, and Director, Danielle Allen, among others. The article offers a scoping review of 121 published articles on the use of population descriptors including race, ethnicity, and ancestry in biomedicine.
Getting Genetic Ancestry Right for Science & Society

In this white paper, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and JHD Initiative Fellow, Anna Lewis, and her co-authors, examine the pitfalls of using categories of genetic ancestry in biomedicine.