Keolu Fox
Keolu Fox is an American anthropologist. He is an assistant professor in the anthropology department at the University of California, San Diego.[1] He studies genomics, with a focus on Indigenous data sovereignty and benefit sharing for biomedical research.[2] Fox is himself Native Hawaiian.[2]
Research
Fox has studied the introduction of leprosy to Oceania.[3] He has also worked to empower Native American communities with technologies for mobile genome sequencing.[4]
Professional Activities
Fox is a board member of the Native BioData Consortium.[5] Fox has also served as a faculty advisor to UC San Diego's Black Surf Week program, which combines athletic training in surfing with the study of Black people's relationships to water.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rubalcava, Amanda (28 September 2023). "Black Surf Week: Catching Waves and Building Community". UC San Diego Today. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sofia, Maddie (12 November 2020). "A Call For Equity In Genomics Research". Short Wave. NPR. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ↑ Hutchison, Natalie (12 May 2022). "Keolu Fox: Decoding the past to build a better future". Impact. The National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cram, Stephanie (10 April 2016). "New era of genetic research must include more indigenous people, says Keolu Fox". CBC News. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ↑ Liverpool, Layal (10 May 2023). "First human 'pangenome' aims to catalogue genetic diversity". Nature. 617 (7961): 444–445. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01576-y. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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