Nienke Groskamp

Spent the day in Providence, RI to see some archives at Brown University! And then went for dinner with none other than Linda Gordon back in Boston!!! Lucky days

The Role of Gender in Understanding Adverse Drug Events YouTube video by GenderSci Lab

We’re excited to announce our latest video explainer, which summarizes our work to date on gender and sex disparities in Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCym...

All planes in and out of Boston are cancelled today. I'm in Chicago for archives, so I guess I'll stay a little longer! Anyone also in or near Chicago and wants to say hello?

I saw ‘the Testament of Ann Lee’ last night (in New England no less) and I am completely obsessed. the childbirth scenes, the music, the filming, the acting, the drawings. Absolute banger

GSL Paper Explainer: Using simulations to demonstrate the importance of considering variation within sexes in genetics — GenderSci Lab In a new paper in the American Journal of Human Biology by Mia Miyagi, Sarah Richardson, and Emilia Huerta-Sánchez from the Center for Computational Molecular Biology at Brown, we explore the effe...

In this work, we use population genetic simulations to show that when sex interacts with geography or other factors, modeling individuals of the same sex as interchangeable can change common genomic signals of historical migration. Check out our explainer blog! www.genderscilab.org/blog/gsl-pap...

Big Grump is trying to get to me with more fatigue and cold symptoms but I shall persevere

Every day at Harvard so far has been filled brilliant and kind people, gorgeous little walks, and inspiration to write!

Algorithmic futures for women’s health? YouTube video by GenderSci Lab

As explained in our short video, we found that these algorithms risk perpetuating “crude ontologies of sex and gender that undermine both scientific validity and health justice” (p. 1).

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My colleagues at the GenderSci Lab just published a paper on sex-specific algorithms in Alzheimer's research, along with a plain-language blog post and video. A helpful teaching tool and an important provocation for current conversations about health and data. I'm honored to be a part of this lab!

Somebody, think of the Harvard Krokodiloes!!

pictured: two layers of thermal leggings two dresses one sweater two cardigans two scarves one pair of gloves one pair of thrifted snow boots ($5)

Boston is chilly

Took a little work break today to go see "The Medium is the Message" at the College of Psychic Studies in Kensington, London. They have mediumistic art (including ova!), channeled messages, and spirit photographs and spanning the 19th to 21st centuries. It's only on display for a few more weeks!

Interested students are always welcome to contact me to chat about life at Cambridge HPS. It's an incredibly welcoming and supportive research community, with a reputation in Cambridge as being notoriously wholesome. We have pet tortoises in the courtyard and an annual fungus hunt in the forest.

If anyone’s been wondering what on earth I'm doing these days: the Cambridge History and Philosophy of Science department gave me a couple of minutes to yap about it!
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after a month of intermittent flu symptoms I am very happy to be in the library again, even if that library literally inspired Orwell's 1984 Ministry of Truth

Early radio broadcasting for women in the BBC’s Women’s Hour 1923-4 – Kate Murphy Many readers will know of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which has been broadcast on the BBC for more than 75 years. Far less well known is an earlier programme called Women’s Hour, which first appeared 1…

On #PublicRadioBroadcastingDay, a look back to the BBC’s first daytime Women’s Hour (1923–24), when women on air discussed everything from infant welfare to journalism.

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#WomensHistory #RadioHistory #GenderHist

mind blowing how cost of therapy has increased in recent years

*me nodding seriously* “indeed. shrinkflation.”

I guess a cabin bag may not do and I should add hold luggage to my booking

Less than a week until I'm relocating to Boston for three months. It's only suddenly dawning in that that's longer than "just a research trip" and may constitute "living elsewhere" for the duration of a season.

Consumerism is always the answer

I regret to report that getting proper flat white cups did, in fact, magically upgrade my barista skills

Who does the algorithm think I am

In just under a month, I’ll be leaving Cambridge for the other Cambridge. For three months, I’ll be a visiting scholar at Harvard’s History of Science Department, and I’m so excited! If you’re around between late January and late April, please reach out.

OK thanks I'll read the thesis in 2125 I guess

Met this guy in an archive. 1852

Spotted Arthur der Weduwen and Andrew Pettegree's new book in the giftshop! I had the honour of speaking at the conference they organised 1.5yrs ago in St Andrews.

Study spot of the week

"Op het overlijdensbericht van Betsy liet de familie een foto van haar als achttienjarig meisje afdrukken." – Adèle Yon. 

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