Azure Hermes

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Alma materAustralian National University
Occupationgenomics and indigenous community

Azure Hermes is a Gimuy Walubara Yidinji woman[1] who works at the intersection of genomics and indigenous community engagement, and the deputy director of the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG) at Australian National University.

Career

Hermes previously held the post of Indigenous community engagement coordinator at the organization,[2] and was responsible for informing communities about the existence of blood samples that had been held without consent at Australian National University.[3] She retroactively sought consent from the communities from which samples were taken.

References

  1. Lewis, Dyani (23 December 2019). "Australian biobank repatriates hundreds of 'legacy' Indigenous blood samples". Nature. 577 (7788): 11–12. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03906-5. PMID 31871327.
  2. "Will Indigenous Australia lead the way in ethical genetic research?". NITV. SBS. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. Isabella Higgins; Kirstie Wellauer (26 May 2021). "'Today is really monumental': How a community is reclaiming DNA that was taken more than 50 years ago". ABC News. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

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