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Race, Genetics, and Society

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Éadaoin Harney
23andMe (United States)
2
Aaron P. Ragsdale
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3
Akinyemi Oni‐Orisan
University of California, San Francisco
4
Eirini Skourtanioti
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
5
Samuel A. Lambert
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
6
Oswaldo Santos Baquero
Universidade de São Paulo
7
Stephen Molldrem
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
8
Tina Saupe
Uppsala University
9
Shamam Waldman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10
Travis J. De Wolfe
University of Pittsburgh

Rising Stars Papers

1
Recent advances in polygenic scores: translation, equitability, methods and FAIR tools
Genome Medicine|2024
91 cit.
2
Enhancing the Polygenic Score Catalog with tools for score calculation and ancestry normalization
Nature Genetics|2024
90 cit.
3
<i>SLCO1B1</i> Functional Variants, Bilirubin, Statin‐Induced Myotoxicity, and Recent Sub‐Saharan African Ancestry: A Precision Medicine Health Equity Study
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics|2025
6 cit.
4
Archaic introgression and the distribution of shared variation under stabilizing selection
PLoS Genetics|2025
6 cit.
5
Implementing TeamMAPPS: Formative qualitative findings from the dissemination and implementation study of a new evidence-based team science intervention
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science|2025
3 cit.
6
What to do with the new molecular publics: the vernacularization of pathogen genomics and the future of infectious disease biosocialities
BioSocieties|2024
2 cit.
7
Metrics Producing Science
Science & Technology Studies|2025
2 cit.
8
Epidemiological surveillance of neglected tropical diseases in silent areas: the case of zoonotic sporotrichosis
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva|2025
1 cit.
9
HIV Data and Public Health Ethics
Public Health Ethics|2025
1 cit.
10
The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus from the Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages: 5,000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility
Cell|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Holly M. Mortensen
University of Maryland, College Park
2
Shane McCarthy
Wellcome Sanger Institute
3
Ruoyun Hui
University of Cambridge
4
Qiaomei Fu
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
5
Helena Malmström
Uppsala University
6
Natasha Dow Schüll
New York University
7
Simon Gravel
McGill University
8
Torsten Günther
Uppsala University
9
Kim TallBear
University of Alberta
10
Elizabeth Sawchuk
Stony Brook University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads
BMC Bioinformatics|2023
1.8k cit.
2
A weakly structured stem for human origins in Africa
Nature|2023
157 cit.
3
Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history
Science|2022
107 cit.
4
Human genetic history on the Tibetan Plateau in the past 5100 years
Science Advances|2023
96 cit.
5
READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics
Genome biology|2024
58 cit.
6
Evolving ancient DNA techniques and the future of human history
Cell|2022
53 cit.
7
On the genes, genealogies, and geographies of Quebec
Science|2023
48 cit.
8
Genetic history of Cambridgeshire before and after the Black Death
Science Advances|2024
42 cit.
9
Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the &gt;146,000-year-old Harbin cranium
Cell|2025
40 cit.
10
Indigenous Genocide and Reanimation, Settler Apocalypse and Hope
aboriginal policy studies|2023
34 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
David Reich
Broad Institute
2
Marcus W. Feldman
Stanford University
3
Eske Willerslev
University of Copenhagen
4
Scott M. Williams
Case Western Reserve University
5
Neil Risch
University of California, San Francisco
6
Sarah A. Tishkoff
California University of Pennsylvania
7
Stefan Helmreich
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8
Mark Stoneking
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
9
Lalji Singh
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
10
David S. Jones
Harvard University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
Nature Genetics|2006
10.7k cit.
2
Population Structure and Eigenanalysis
PLoS Genetics|2006
5.7k cit.
3
The Future of Genetic Studies of Complex Human Diseases
Science|1996
5.4k cit.
4
Ancient Admixture in Human History
Genetics|2012
3.2k cit.
5
Genetic Structure of Human Populations
Science|2002
3.1k cit.
6
THE EMERGENCE OF MULTISPECIES ETHNOGRAPHY
Cultural Anthropology|2010
2.2k cit.
7
Environmental DNA – An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity
Biological Conservation|2014
2.1k cit.
8
Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe
Nature|2015
2k cit.
9
Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia
Nature|2010
2k cit.
10
Towards next‐generation biodiversity assessment using DNA metabarcoding
Molecular Ecology|2012
2k cit.

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