Professor Martin Levermore: HDR UK’s Black Internship Programme

"It's so important to have companies that represent [black]
people. Because if you see people like you, who look like you,
you're gonna feel like they have your best intentions."


On Today's episode of The G Word, Sophia, the Design Researcher
for our Diverse Data team, is joined by Professor Martin
Levermore, hub member and pioneer of the programme, alongside two
of the programme's interns, Samuel and Mbasan. 


They discuss the need for black talents in genomics and how the
Black Internship Programme is breaking barriers to enable the
diversification process. They also discuss the importance of
representation when asking for sensitive information from
unrepresented communities, breaking the distrust to gain a
broader insight into our genomic data.