**link23 is a global open source and community-driven initiative reduce inequalities in genomic research and medicine through better tools and a community wrapped around it all.**
This page gives an overview for potential partners wanting to get involved.
This initiative is:
The initiative aims to involve and support a diverse community of contributors to make genomics and personalised medicine work for all. Its goal is to provide the resources that researchers, community leaders, clinicians and decision-makers in academia, industry and the public sector need to ensure that the genomic projects they work on are as equity-enhancing as possible.
The overrepresentation of populations from ‘WEIRD’ societies (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic) in genomic databases has resulted in misdiagnoses, poor understanding of conditions and inconsistent delivery of care, as well as mistrust amongst excluded communities on the collection and use of their genetic data.
This initiative is dedicated to making collaborative, equitable and open work in genomic data diversity “too easy to avoid”. That means centring the conversation on the importance of equity in genomic medicine, and investing in the “soft”🍦 and “hard”🧱 skills required to work in a team; to build something more significant than any individual or organisation could deliver alone.