The Genomic Equity Series is a monthly online series hosted by the Diverse Data initiative at Genomics England, in collaboration with the Data Science for Health Equity community, which aims to share the latest experiences, projects and research of those working to improve equity in genomic medicine across the world.

For the July instalment of the Genomic Equity series, we are delighted to host Daniel Malawsky.

Daniel Malawsky is a PhD student with Dr. Hilary Martin at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, where he is studying the contribution of common and rare genetic variation to human health and cognitive development. He previously completed a MPhil with Dr. Martin and attained his undergraduate degrees in mathematics and biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining Hilary’s group, he worked with Prof. Timothy Gershon, researching therapeutic approaches to medulloblastoma treatment using single cell transcriptomics.

Abstract:

Parental relatedness (i.e.…