SESSION 2 - May 6: Utility of Population Descriptors in Clinical Genetics
Question: What is the most important information, conceptually, for clinical genetics professionals to do their jobs well? Is the information always necessary; if not, when is it critical vs. extraneous? When is it potentially harmful?
Goal: Distill the most relevant information among population descriptors that serves a purpose in the clinical curation pipeline, or other clinical genetics work
Speakers:
SESSION 1 - April 29: Shedding Light on the Use of Population Descriptors in Clinical Genetics
Question: How is information about patient race, ethnicity, and ancestry on clinical laboratory requisition forms used in your work? In clinical genetics more broadly?
Goal: Understand context for race, ethnicity, and ancestry on clinical lab requisition forms
Speakers:
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Julia Gimbernat-Mayol, MEng
Date: May 6, 2022
Question: What is the most important information, conceptually, for clinical genetics professionals to do their jobs well? Is the information always necessary; if not, when is it critical vs. extraneous? When is it potentially harmful?
Goal: Distill the most relevant information among population descriptors that serves a purpose in the clinical curation pipeline, or other clinical genetics work
Alice Popejoy, PhD
Date: April 29, 2022
Question: How is information about patient race, ethnicity, and ancestry on clinical laboratory requisition forms used in your work? In clinical genetics more broadly?
Goal: Understand context for race, ethnicity, and ancestry on clinical lab requisition forms
Hannah Wand, MS, CGC
Date: April 29, 2022
Question: How is information about patient race, ethnicity, and ancestry on clinical laboratory requisition forms used in your work? In clinical genetics more broadly?
Goal: Understand context for race, ethnicity, and ancestry on clinical lab requisition forms