rion pendergrass

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Our hearts are with the families of the AAPI women slain yesterday. Hatred is infectious and cumulative - it begins w pejoratives about race and evolves into acts of unspeakable violence. We must do more than condemn. Our responsibility is to protect and defend. By word and deed.

Combined, KXL, Line 3, and DAPL will have catastrophic effects on Indigenous communities, sacred waters & lands, and our global climate. Indigenous women leaders calling on @JoeBiden to take action now to halt these pipelines and #BuildBackFossilFree bit.ly/2KazSUa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Water Protectors Lock Down Inside Line 3 Pipeline to #StopLine3 (Backus, MN) Thursday morning, water protectors locked to each other inside a Line 3 pipe segment, halting construction at an Enbridge worksite as dozens more held space.

Chris Bauer, staff scientist in my lab, did a fantastic talk yesterday at ASHG. Yes, he is impossible to see in such a big room!

Algorithmic fairness is more complex and difficult than it sounds: youtube.com/watch?v=jIXIuY… nature.com/articles/d4158…

Our biggest PheWAS to date is out! cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/…

Rare variants in drug target genes contributing to complex diseases, phenome-wide published! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Make a call and help save graduate school, innovation, research, and diversity in academics, through preventing changes to the current tax benefits for students ashg.org/policy/call_co…

Big changes at Geisinger! clinicalomics.com/articles/geisi…

Please share, the impact of tax changes for graduate students - get the word out and CALL. phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1…

#NoConfederate x.com/ReignOfApril/s…

Characterizing and managing missing data in the #EHR A collaboration with Geisinger and Penn @beaulieujones biorxiv.org/content/early/…

I had such a great trip to Dartmouth and opportunity to speak as a Grad Alum, really thankful for the opportunity! x.com/DartGRAD/statu…

I'm in a March today where people can exercise their freedom to protest, but many can't say where they work due to risking job loss

This march brought to you by science #marchforscience

Make America Scientific Again #marchforscience

100 days of false or misleading claims by @realDonaldTrump since he became President. #Trump #dataviz washingtonpost.com/graphics/polit…