✨ Vernie Leigh (she/her)

"Indigenous-led research also requires addressing the well-documented institutional barriers that limit full participation and visibility of Indigenous worldviews. Certain embedded protocols may be at odds with Indigenous ethics, values, and processes." science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

So privileged to be playing a role in doing the hard and necessary work of pushing the genetic health equity agenda in 🇨🇦 with the Bombard Lab!: oicr.on.ca/working-with-r…

@Matt_Tschirgi Great q- in my program & placements I was taught "where in the world is your family from before immigrating to X"; which deals with geographical ancestry & isn't all that helpful clinically (w/ obvious exceptions). Pts reply to that q in diff ways too, sometimes w/ ethnicity.

Stolen from LinkedIn b/c of Twit(X)ter’s character limit. #GeneChat

Today is #StomachCancer Awareness Day! Here's a pic of my pup enjoying the #PowerofPeriwinkle CN tower during our walk. So incredibly lucky to collaborate and work with @mygutfeelingca on multiple research projects at the @YvonneBombard lab💜✨

@cinemagenes The yearly diagnosis 😂

Fb memories brought back this gem. Brb, calling my friends to tell them how grateful I am: "Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people."

@mixing808 I've virtually attended ELSIcon (mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/6th-elsi-congr…) and thought the presentations were great!

@Charlene_Preys Yes absolutely! I’ll connect over DM :)

Come talk about equitable research practices with me at PB2391 ✨ #ASHG2023

@LesbianLynchie Ugh, I absolutely feel you. 😵‍💫

Received my official transcript and am graduating with distinction 🥳 closing a chapter with @cardiffuni; grateful for a remote GC program; and cautiously optimistic about what the future brings. ✨

“Thanks everyone for comments on the draft, here it is revised with all your edits.”

First it was sex traits, genitals, then gonads, then chromosomes, then the SRY gene. For decades, the medical industry has tried to chase down & determine the "true sex" of #intersex people—to be assigned a sex & mutilated to fit it. Stop the hunt for "true sex." Let us exist.

Sending good luck and calm vibes to friends writing the ABGC/ CAGC board exam today! ✨❤️ #GeneChat

Pride month this year holds an extra special place in my heart. To the difficult work it's taken to get here, and the radical acceptance that is still a work in progress- there's a lot to celebrate. #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #Pride2023

@MegaRedd @nkrberman Thank you!

@verleigh_ @nkrberman has experience in a primary care setting, I believe!

#GeneChat are there folks who have introduced GC to diff hospital units (eg. MFM, neuro) & particularly w/i primary care that wouldn't mind chatting with me? 😊

What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians? 8 more examples:

Envisioning Indigenous people shouting on a global conference call to biomedical researchers: 🧬 Happy DNA Day!