Seminar on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genetics

Center for Research on Ethical/Legal/Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics

Department of Psychiatry

Columbia University Medical Center

 

Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00-1:00pm

Rm. 10-405A&B, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

10th Floor, Presbyterian Hospital (PH) Building, 622 W. 168th Street 

 

Obtaining Consent, Educating and Disclosing Results from Genomic Sequencing: A Genetic Counselor’s Perspective

 

Julia Wynn, MS, CGC

Senior Genetic Counselor and Clinical Research Manager,

Columbia University Medical Center

Co-Chair, Genetic Counseling Working Group,

Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium

 

Ms. Wynn will present findings from the Technologies for Exome Education and Health (TEEcH) study, which she led, examining the patient experience of diagnostic exome sequencing and a video educational tool to augment the genetic counseling session. She will also discuss findings from the NHGRI-funded Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) consortium, which evaluated the integration of genomic sequencing into clinical practice. Finally, she will share her evolution as a genetic counselor in the genomic era and reflect on the roles of genetic counselors as genomic sequencing is increasingly integrated into healthcare.

 

 

Upcoming Presentations

May 15th – Catherine Bliss, PhD, Dept. of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing,

UCSF

June 12th – R. Alta Charo, JD, Law School & Dept. of Medical History & Bioethics, Univ. of

Wisconsin
For further information or to convey suggestions about future speakers, contact Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, Director, Center for Research on Ethical/Legal/Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, at 646-774-8630 or psa21@columbia.edu.