Weighing the Benefits, Harms, and Limitations of Genetic Testing in the Workplace

ELSIcon2024 • Panel • June 12, 2024 

Authors:

Corresponding Author: Scott Roberts, PhD (he/him/his) - University of Michigan

Moderator: Wendy Uhlmann - University of Michigan 

Panelist: Drew Blasco, PhD (she/her/hers) - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Panelist: Elizabeth J. Charnysh, MS, CGC (she/her/hers) - The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

Panelist: Anya Prince - University of Iowa

Many employers now offer workplace genetic testing (WGT) as a health and wellness benefit. Such services could provide employees with valuable personal health information, but they also raise ELSI concerns. This panel examines potential WGT benefits, harms, and limitations from multiple stakeholder perspectives. It features an interdisciplinary team—representing fields including genetic counseling, law, public policy, public health, ethics, and health psychology—actively collaborating on a large NIH-funded WGT research project. 

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