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Opposite to a Halo Effect? Impacts of Variants of Uncertain Significance on Parental Perceptions of Children after Prenatal Chromosome Microarray Testing

September 17, 2018 - 12:00 pm

Catherine Monk, PhD

Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology), Columbia University Medical Center, Research Scientist, NYS Psychiatric Institute

This presentation will summarize recent findings from a study of the impact of prenatal genetic testing results on parental views of their children’s development at one and three years of age.

Seminar on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genetics

Columbia University Medical Center, Rm. 10-405A&B, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, 10th Floor, Presbyterian Hospital (PH) Building, 622 W. 168th Street 

Upcoming Presentations 

October 22nd – Sharon Schwartz, PhD & Lisa Bates, PhD, Dept. of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

November 8th – Jeffrey Botkin, MD, Utah Center of Excellence in ELSI Research, and Dept. of Pediatrics, Univ. of Utah (Note: Thursday at 3p, joint session with Precision Medicine Resource, Irving Institute, CUMC)

December 17th – Eric Juengst, PhD, Dept. of Social Medicine, and Center for Bioethics, Univ. of North Carolina

January 14th – Michelle Meyer, PhD, JD, Center for Translational Bioethics and Health Care Policy, Geisinger Health System

February 11th – Steven Joffe, MD, MPH, Division of Medical Ethics, and Dept. of Pediatrics, Univ. of Pennsylvania

March 18th – Bartha Knoppers, PhD, Centre of Genomics & Policy, McGill University

April 15th – Gabriel Lazaro Munoz, PhD, JD, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

May 9th – Wylie Burke, MD, PhD, Dept. of Bioethics & Humanities, Univ. of Washington (Note: Thursday at 3p, joint session with Precision Medicine Resource, Irving Institute, CUMC)

June 17th – Tatiana Foroud, PhD, Dept. of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana Univ.

 

 

For additional 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.