PROJECT NARRATIVE More efficient ways for people to make decisions about having genetic testing are needed. We will compare use of a chatbot to standard genetic counseling in helping healthy adults in a primary care setting make informed choices. If similar, this intervention can expand access to genetic testing to achieve greater equity.
The incorporation of genetics and genomics into medical care and the public domain raises new challenges for how we understand privacy and identity, concepts that have long been closely linked in American discourse.
PROJECT NARRATIVE The goal of the proposed research is to investigate how clinical genomic sequencing impacts families of pediatric patients. This research will develop an empirically informed framework of normative values important to families of pediatric patients, including ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI), which will then be used to elicit preferences for features of sequencing from a nationally representative sample of parents in the US.
PROJECT NARRATIVE Investigative genetic genealogy, a technique used by law enforcement to generate leads in criminal cases through searches of genetic genealogy databases, raises important privacy concerns for database participants and their families. This project will measure public preferences related to law enforcement participation in genetic genealogy databases and develop best practices for investigative genetic genealogy that operationalize these preferences by engaging experts and relevant constituencies.
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The dream of open science for genomics is hindered by concerns about genomic data re-identification and the resulting restrictive data access protocols. The long-term goal is to create a technical ecosystem that can facilitate more open scientific practices for genomic research.
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Substantial resources have been devoted to policy evaluation of clinical genomic sequencing that hinge on the conceptualization and measurement of utility. However, most evaluations fail to capture the full utility of genomic sequencing because they do not account for impact on family members.
PROJECT NARRATIVE Families with children who have identified deficits in speech and/or sensory or musculoskeletal impairments without a known cause may be referred for genetic testing to find out whether there is a genetic cause. However, there is little research into how parents and caregivers use this diagnosis to inform decisions about therapeutic services, access to school services, or how a genomic diagnosis informs the practice of the community professionals who provide these services.
PROJECT NARRATIVE The proposed K01 Award?'Evaluating the Risks and Benefits of the Next Generation of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests??will enable the candidate to acquire the academic background, research experience, and professional skills to become an independent ELSI investigator exploring the risks and benefits of current and emerging direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests.
Project Narrative This proposal seeks to investigate the ethical, social, and policy implications of a new kind of genetic information currently available to the public: polygenic scores for educational attainment (EA-PGS).