Epigenetics and Indigenous Australia

该项目旨在调查表观遗传学是如何被澳大利亚土著居民接受的，并确定生物社会损害的叙述所带来的潜在风险和机会。表观遗传学是一门发展迅速的科学，研究创伤或压力等生活经历如何改变DNA并传递给子女(可能还有孙辈)的健康和发育。该项目将提供对土著健康和表观遗传学之间关系的理解，这将有助于土著研究人员、政策制定者和政府机构就这一新科学的应用和方向做出明智的决定。这项研究将对理解生物学、种族和社会的相互作用如何在不同知识体系的交汇处和技术进步的前沿展开做出重大贡献。

This project aims to investigate how epigenetics is being received by Indigenous Australians, and to identify the potential risks and opportunities that narratives of biosocial damage entail. Epigenetics is a rapidly evolving science concerned with how life experiences, such as trauma or stress, can modify DNA and be passed on to negatively affect children's (and possibly grandchildren's) health and development. This project will offer an understanding of the relationships between Indigenous health and epigenetics that will help Indigenous researchers, policymakers, and government bodies make well-informed decisions about the application and direction of this new science. The research will make a significant contribution to understanding how the interplay of biology, race, and society unfold at the intersection of different knowledge systems and at the forefront of technological progress.