Krystal Tsosie

INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON TREE OF LIFE
My PhD student Jocelyn Cheé-Santiago (Binnizá) is leading an online survey on scientific practices re: biodiversity, biocollections, conservation. If you work in these areas, we'd appreciate your insights. 10-15 mins. Details
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Professor creates 'a safe harbor' for Indigenous data | ASU News Among Indigenous populations in the U.S., there is a history of personal data being used without consent. Now, a new digital repository hopes to change both who benefits from biomedical data and who g...

When Indigenous peoples build our own #Tribal #data repositories, we self-direct #health #research & create #education resources to train next-gen of #Indigenous science

From PhD student, Karina Hernandez-Hernandez (P’urhépecha) it is “hope-giving” news.asu.edu/20250917-sci...
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A preview of cool emerging #genomics and #Indigenous #science media… but this is my second interview of the day in this blue blazer! 🎥

The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy Congress and other lawmakers must act to robustly protect direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens into the future

Is "consumer genetics privacy" an oxymoron?
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"A databank [23andMe] of this type and magnitude requires heightened protection for privacy and security."

If you are attending the ASHG Annual Meeting in Boston this year, and you would like to hear about advances in Indigenous digital sovereignty and Tribal Nation-led health research, please sign up for our limited seating engagement on Friday, Oct 17th. Lunch provided: tinyurl.com/5aj9544f

In my Bio & Soc class, UGs act as reviewers/editors as a mock peer review. They see
-difficulty finding responsive reviewers (& w/o COI)
-variable quality reviews
-issues matching reviewers to article

Goal is to unveil realities of science evaluation (& hopefully train better reviewers). This helps

Agree to all. Funneling between reviewers accepting papers that cite them often starts with editors’ invite to review. As a guest editor, I also see compounding that, due to time, many reviewers recommend accepting w/o seemingly in-depth review. Many factors contribute to the observed outcome

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🌟 Exciting! I’m presenting at the Featured Symposium entitled "Authentic Engagement Beyond the Lab: Engaging Communities in the Future of #Genetic #Medicine" #ASHG25! October 15 in Boston! Plus two of my students are presenting posters! See you then! Register: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

British Sir Francis Galton rocking a Canadian tuxedo for American Eagle.

He wants you to know that he, too, has great jeans.

(Yes, this was the result of five minutes with an #AI image generator.)

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This pretty much sums up a lot of my time on too many committees related to policy, ethics, equity, innovation, research, and healthcare in governmental and academic settings: #Indigenous #academia #policy

Faculty want to be helpful to students, but our time is split, and we must prioritize students in which we have a prior (and formalized) commitment.

(And yes, I as an early career researcher am learning new ways to be more protective of my time, too. So this serves as a self-reminder, too.)

#PhD students: pls don't make heavy asks of faculty time/expertise for your dissertation if you cannot include them on your committee. Use your existing committee, drop unhelpful members, or ask someone with service commitment (DGS). Heavy asks can be disproportionate to untenured faculty, esp. WOC.

😆 "Fun" epidemiology and "slightly less fun" epidemiology! Obviously, topics like John Snow would be the former

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How does an #Indigenous scientist organize her bookshelf? With these FUN category labels (magnetic)!
- Anthropologists We Actually Like
- Dismantling Power Paradigms (data #feminist, #science communication, #decolonizing works)
- SH*# Non-Natives Say About Native #DNA
- On Race, Racism, and Racists

Science Girl Summer from the D4I team!!!

#Datasovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Data

We are Fine AF!

We are grateful to all who made our IndigiData #Indigenous #data #science workshop on "Indigenous #Health & #Artificial #Intelligence" a reality! This was our largest workshop yet. Held on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Tribal Nation in central Arizona. @d4itdr.bsky.social @nativebio.bsky.social

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Dr. @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social spoke to our IndigiData #Indigenous data and informatics workshop on wastewater epidemiology and the Pathogen Data Network, held at the Ak-Chin Water Reclamation Facility in central AZ. @nativebio.bsky.social @d4itdr.bsky.social

Meet the PI’s!

Krystal Tsosie (Diné/Navajo Nation) is a professor at Arizona State University and a co-founder of NativeBio Data Consortium. Her work incorporates community engaged models to produce equitable research that directly benefits Tribal communities.

⏳Only 4 days left to nominate! Do you know someone who has contributed through research, mentoring, advocacy, or leadership to the field? Give them the recognition they deserve! Nominate them for our professional awards before May 9! 🏆👉 www.ashg.org/membership/a... #ASHG

American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG

ASHG is concerned about the research cuts in the proposed U.S. FY26 budget, forecasting substantial reductions to the NIH and other agencies. We urge the U.S. Congress to reject this proposal and maintain support for life-saving biomedical research. Read More: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG

Happy to give my talk, “Considerations for precision oncology and artificial intelligence for #Indigenous #genomic #data #sovereignty and #health disparities” at the American Association for #Cancer Research #aacr25 in Chicago! #ai

Just an OKC airport sign advertising “Elemental Coffee” at Gate 8. White background with orange and black design components.

As a scientist, I appreciate the effort in signage/marketing. But I also wish the coffee shop was at Gate 27 instead. (Or even 58 for atomic weight, or 2 or 3 for valence…)

At OKC airport.

For those concerned about DNA ownership by corporations like 23andMe BUT do not understand impacts of funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health:

Absent NIH funds, researchers will have to seek industry $$ to conduct research. Even more of your genomic data will be co-opted by corporations.

I love my BIO498/598 Biological Data Policy, Ethics, and Governance students!! We just wrapped up some amazing discussions on ‘who should build data ethics frameworks’ and now intellectual property and law!

With permission, here is one group’s renderings on ‘who should share in IP’?

YouTube video by Native BioData Consortium The Future of Human Scientific INQUIRY! INDIGIDATA

Indigidata, the brainchild of @kstsosie.bsky.social & Matt Anderson (UW), launched & helped position us as an independent, Indigenous Institute. It proves that we can function w/out federal aid or Tribal resources to serve people w/ the utmost honesty & transparency www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hd...

Standing in front of Memorial Union, a red brick building, at Oregon State University

It was so great to speak with ~100 undergraduate students today as their keynote for the Pacific Northwest LSAMP Conference at Oregon State University! These students will go far in STEM! Thanks also for letting me cross off the 49th of 50 states visited. lsamp.oregonstate.edu/conference

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I am full of thanks to the Full Circle Symposium and @willowcoyote.bsky.social for creating a scientific space for futuristic and forward-thinking minds. It was a great way to reconnect. Also, thanks to @cheadlelab.bsky.social who snapped this picture: