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SUMMARY:What people talk about when they talk about genomes - Dr Saskia Sa
 nderson
DTSTART:20160526T110000Z
DTEND:20160526T120000Z
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CONTACT:Dr James Hadfield
DESCRIPTION:Genome sequencing has the potential to dramatically change the
  medical landscape by improving disease diagnosis\, treatment and preventi
 on.  Today\, thousands of NHS patients are already having their genomes se
 quenced as part of the 100\,000 Genomes Project.  Outside the research and
  clinical contexts\, hundreds of thousands of individuals have also purcha
 sed direct-to-consumer genetic and genomic tests that provide not only hea
 lth-related information\, but also non-health-related information such as 
 ancestry.  The rapid developments in genomic sequencing technologies and c
 orresponding increases in availability raise challenges as well as opportu
 nities.  The psychosocial challenges include how to: facilitate informed d
 ecision-making at scale\; communicate results to individuals in ways that 
 are understandable and not overwhelming\; and avoid psychological harms su
 ch as anxiety\, confusion and false reassurance.  In this seminar\, I will
  address the psychological benefits and risks of genome sequencing\, and h
 ow social science research can help answer questions about the value of pe
 rsonal genomics for individuals.  I will draw particularly on findings fro
 m the HealthSeq project\, a longitudinal cohort study in which ostensibly 
 healthy individuals received personal results from genome sequencing and c
 ompleted multiple questionnaires and in-depth qualitative interviews along
  the way.  
LOCATION:CRUK Cambridge Institute room 009\, Li Ka Shing Centre\, Robinson
  Way\, Cambridge CB2 0RE
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