Assistant Professor @StanfordBioethx #genomics #adversarialcollab; Author of What We Inherit (PUP, 2026); 🐈 Mom to #Sassy; Yogi in training
Joined September 2012
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If you're interested in learning more, check out our book! #WhatWeInherit: press.princeton.edu/books/ha…
We also published an accompanying op-ed on PGT-P (polygenic embryo selection) discussing the need for regulation:
livescience.com/health/genet…
Sam and I sat down with Nicoletta Lanese at
@LiveScience to discuss our book, What We Inherit, and emerging genomic technologies.
livescience.com/health/genet…
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We recently celebrated the launch of What We Inherit by Daphne Martschenko, co-authored with Sam Trejo, at Stanford. A thoughtful conversation on the social & ethical implications of emerging genetic technologies.
📘Now available: shorturl.at/JBdVU
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Upcoming Events!
Ethical Challenges in Data Sharing with Dr. Maya Sabatello.
March 11th | 11 am PT
🔗 Register (stanford.zoom.us/meeting/reg…)
Panel on aging & dementia care for people with IDD.
March 14th | 9 am PT
🔗 Register: (bit.ly/iddpolicy)
#IDD #TeamScience
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Join us on February 14 at 12pm ET for the next 🧬 ELSI Friday Forum: Building Infrastructures to Enhance Community Engagement Work, co-hosted by @broadinstitute's Equity in Biomedicine Seminar.
🗓️ Register here: ow.ly/QbzU50UGYGI
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On the dangers and ethical issues of embryo human genome editing, including multiple variants at once
Editorial @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
@NatureNV nature.com/articles/d41586-0… @ShaiCarmi @HankGreelyLSJU @WiringTheBrain
Paper: Modeling for several diseases that lays out the potential consequences nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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2025 is here! I am so excited for Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins to be in readers' hands in just a few weeks. We have work to do, and I truly hope this book will help us move forward together. 🧬✊🏾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Have a little new piece in @NatureHumBehav: "Ethics of genomic research on occupational status" nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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"Orchid calculates each embryo’s likelihood of...suffering from...more than 1,200 diseases & conditions about which we currently have (anywhere from rock-solid to...vague & extrapolative) genetic info. Who knows what it will calculate in the future." 🤨 buff.ly/4aGBnzz
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combined with similar results recently published in the context of polygenic embryo screening, this suggests the need for clear reporting standards for PRS implementation
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Parents and kids are under too much pressure. Screening embryos for complex, polygenic conditions won't help! @daphmarts and I explain some ethical and social implications of Superbaby tech with the help of our great local newsroom @sfstandard sfstandard.com/opinion/2024/…
YES! These rockstars @raungar @RoshniAPatel
In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Roshni Patel (@RoshniAPatel) & Dr. Rachel Ungar (@raungar), former students (now postdocs!) that developed the course "Introduction to Genetics, Ethics, & Society" @Stanford. I'm so lucky to learn from and know them!
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The outpouring of grief, sadness, love, reflection, hope and determination in the wake of @arif_naveed's death is simultaneously heart-warming and heart-wrenching. In death, as in life, Arif keeps bringing out the best in us, our gentle yet powerful humanity, as we wrestle (1/10)
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Genetic Discrimination Is Coming for Us All
theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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For more, see: Potential corporate uses of polygenic indexes: Starting a conversation about the associated ethics and policy issues - By Michelle Meyer, Nicholas Papageorge, Erik Parens, Alan Regenberg, Jeremy Sugarman, Kevin Thom | AJHG pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
They Were Denied Insurance After a DNA Test: Insurers are refusing to cover Americans whose DNA reveals health risks. It’s perfectly legal | The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Arif Naveed, a cherished member of the BAICE community and former student representative. Arif was an outstanding academic whose work and warmth touched many lives, as captured in this tribute by @PSutoris..(1/2) shorturl.at/RYgVK
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As many of us are at #ASHG24, a reminder that what we do is political, whether intended or not.
Eugenics never left and is now on the rise, backed by all branches of the US gov't. It is our responsibility to fight against a movement that uses our work to do real harm to people.
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"The former president’s...comments about immigrants bringing 'bad genes' into the US are part of a longer, racialized history in which claims about genetic difference have been used to further social divisions, explain social inequalities, & justify racial violence." @daphmarts
As the U.S. heads towards one of its most polarizing elections, new Hastings Bioethics Forum essay by @daphmarts explores the past and present comments of leaders that link “bad genes” to immigrants and violent crime, perpetuating social harm.😱 bit.ly/489PHBg
