Student Activism Changed Racial Testing Bias

11 April 2023

Naomi Nkinisi is a medical student and activist who graduated with a BS in Cellular Molecular Biology and a BS in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle interdisciplinary honors. She led the movement to eliminate race-based clinical practices in healthcare; particularly regarding algorithms used to calculate kidney function. Her activism resulted in national guideline changes removing race-based corrections of kidney calculations from clinical practice; reported on NPR (https://www.npr.org/transcripts/954966269), CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/health/race-correction-in-medicine-history-refocused/index.html), NBC (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/medical-treatment-often-comes-racial-bias-here-s-how-some-n1231477), and STAT (https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/17/egfr-race-kidney-test/). Naomi chats with Illumina bioinformatician and scientist Dr. Janina Jeff about being a medical student of color, activist, and Naomi’s plan in serving the community as a family practice physician. Subscribe to the Illumina video channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=IlluminaInc A global genomics leader, Illumina provides comprehensive next-generation sequencing solutions to the research, clinical, and applied markets. Illumina technology is responsible for generating more than 90% of the world’s sequencing data.* Through collaborative innovation, Illumina is fueling groundbreaking advancements in oncology, reproductive health, genetic disease, microbiology, agriculture, forensic science, and beyond. *Data calculations on file. Illumina, Inc., 2015. View customer spotlight videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlajfheLzgbI4S7xBn7IDbt79 View Illumina webinars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlahpXlnrrXlQw9itVJ8yHwUZ View Illumina product videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlaj6YuZmkfxZcT9twqDgP2Xd View Illumina support videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlajbm2KGsICWb-JOnusJfYvM Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illuminainc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/illu... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/illuminainc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/illumina #HumanHealth #Genomics #GenomeEra #Illumina #HealthcareActivist #DEI #RacialTestBias #IGF #IlluminaGenomicsForum #LightboxConversations

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