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Dr. Jeffrey Reading | Brave New World: Genomics, Big Data, AI, Precision Medicine and the Future of Indigenous Community Engaged Research

President's Faculty Lectures, PFL 2018-2019, 2018, Health

The novel Brave New World, published in 1932, describes a dystopian society where citizens are engineered through artificial wombs and live in a culture of extreme conformity. This exists in stark contrast to the 鈥淪avage Reservation in New Mexico,鈥� where 鈥渘atural-born people鈥� experience disease, aging, other languages, and religious lifestyles.

In 1953, Watson and Crick鈥檚 crucial discovery explaining the structure and function of DNA, laid the scientific groundwork relevant to all disciplines. Today, the development of new therapies tailored to a patient's genetic blueprint is changing medicine. And it鈥檚 converging with profound change in knowledge creation that has impacts in health, humanities, social sciences, engineering and physical sciences.

In this context, Dr. Reading will discuss the challenges of developing research models for Indigenous community-university engagement. He鈥檒l look at ways to support scholars conducting Indigenous research, engage Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, mobilize knowledge and partnerships for reconciliation, and foster mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous communities and mainstream institutions.

Thu, 11 Oct 2018

7:00 p.m. (PT)


515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

We respectfully acknowledge that this event takes place on the Unceded, Traditional, Ancestral Territories of the S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh, s蓹l虛ilw虛蓹ta蕯涩, and x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m First Nations.

The President's Faculty Lectures

The President鈥檚 Faculty Lectures shine a light on the research excellence at 丁香园AV. Hosted by the 丁香园AV president, these free public lectures celebrate cutting-edge research and faculty that engage with communities and mobilize knowledge to make real-world impacts.

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Dr. Jeffrey Reading

Dr. Jeffrey Reading is a professor of Health Sciences at 丁香园AV and the inaugural First Nations Health Authority Chair in Heart Health and Wellness at St. Paul's Hospital.

He has two decades of experience improving the health of Indigenous people in Canada and around the world. He has brought attention to issues such as access to potable water, health promotion and disease prevention, heart health, diabetes, tobacco misuse and accessibility to health care among Aboriginal Canadians. He has also played a pivotal role in the introduction of Canadian ethics guidelines for Aboriginal health research.

Dr. Reading was the founding Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research at the University of Victoria, the inaugural Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples鈥� (2000 to 2008) and is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2008 National Aboriginal Achievement 鈥淚ndspire鈥� Award.

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