Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
October 18, 2023 - This seminar features speakers Katrina A.B. Goddard, Ph.D., Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute and Jason L. Vassy, M.D., MPH, M.S., Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinician-Investigator; Founding Member of Precision Population Health at the Harvard Medical School; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
They present on evaluating polygenic risk scoring in primary care with clinical trials. Chris Gunter, Ph.D., NHGRI's senior advisor to the director for genomics engagement, introduces the speakers. Robb Rowley, M.D., program director in NHGRI's Division of Genomic Medicine, moderates the discussion after the presentations.
About the Genomic Innovator Seminar Series:
The Genomic Innovator Seminar Series is based on its Genomic Innovator Award Program, which supports innovative work by early-career genomics investigators who are part of consortia or other team-science efforts. Each seminar focuses on a specific topic of genomic research by pairing an early-career researcher funded under NHGRI’s Genomic Innovator Award Program with a more senior researcher whose work relates to the research area.
More: genome.gov/event-calendar/genomic-innovator-seminar-series
October 18, 2023 - This seminar features speakers Katrina A.B. Goddard, Ph.D., Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute and Jason L. Vassy, M.D., MPH, M.S., Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinician-Investigator; Founding Member of Precision Population Health at the Harvard Medical School; Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
They present on evaluating polygenic risk scoring in primary care with clinical trials. Chris Gunter, Ph.D., NHGRI's senior advisor to the director for genomics engagement, introduces the speakers. Robb Rowley, M.D., program director in NHGRI's Division of Genomic Medicine, moderates the discussion after the presentations.
About the Genomic Innovator Seminar Series:
The Genomic Innovator Seminar Series is based on its Genomic Innovator Award Program, which supports innovative work by early-career genomics investigators who are part of consortia or other team-science efforts. Each seminar focuses on a specific topic of genomic research by pairing an early-career researcher funded under NHGRI’s Genomic Innovator Award Program with a more senior researcher whose work relates to the research area.
More: genome.gov/event-calendar/genomic-innovator-seminar-series
