Episode 127
Episode 125: Dr Heidi Rehm - Genomics and Pathology, and the Precision Health Meeting
August 29, 202242m 49s
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Show Notes
Today my guest is Genomic Medicine Researcher Dr Heidi Rehm
What we discuss with Dr Rehm:
- How she became interested in biology and genomics
- Studying the genetic basis of hearing loss, and why she thinks the cochlea is a thing of beauty
- How she got involved with the Broad Institute, and her work there
- Some of the barriers to the use of genetics in medicine
- Her thoughts on free data exchange among genomics researchers
- Matchmaker Exchange, and how it is important for genomics research
- The role of genomics in pathology, both now and in the future
- The Precision Health Meeting, and how she became involved
- How meetings such as this help promote technological advances in genomics
Links for this episode:
Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School
Dr Heidi Rehm on Twitter
Program for Medical and Population Genetics
“Matching” consent to purpose: The example of the Matchmaker Exchange
Matchmaker Exchange in Human Genetics
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