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As genomic sequence data are being produced faster and at lower cost, the most significant challenge in clinical genetic testing today is variant classification. Currently, there are marked…

Candidate: Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD, MBE, is an attorney and medical ethicist focused on the governance of secondary research use of human specimens and genetic data. Her long-term career goal is to…

Stephanie Kraft, JD, is an Acting Instructor in the Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. She has a background in law and economics and has…

The application of new computerized methods of data analysis to vast collections of medical, biological, and other data is emerging as a central feature of a broad vision of precision medicine (PM)…

A large and highly heterogeneous group of individuals conducts genetic and genomic research outside of traditional corporate and academic settings. They can be an important source of innovation, but…

The proposed project is a qualitative study of recruitment and retention into the All of Us Research Program (AoURP) at a federally qualified health center (FQHC). A key component of the NIH's…

The state of knowledge regarding the human microbiome is advancing rapidly and a burgeoning new area of research and development is microbiome-based diagnostics. There is much that is not yet known…

ELSI.hub (a National Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis) is a collaboration between Stanford University, Columbia University and partners at the Hastings Center and Harvard University, whose…

Great strides are being made in identifying early signs that put people in a 'high risk state' for illnesses, enabling identification during what has been called a 'high risk state…

Human genome editing is a powerful tool for creating precise changes to the genome, an organism+D6s complete set of genetic material. With these advances has come an explosion of interest in the…