Expert panel discussion – accelerating precision medicine with low-cost whole-genome sequencing

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) will have a dramatic impact on healthcare in the next decade. But what are the real benefits of this trend for patients, healthcare systems, and other stakeholders?

Learn more in this article, which summarizes a roundtable discussion between a panel of experts moderated by Robert Green, a medical geneticist and a physician-researcher at Mass General Brigham, the Broad Institute, Ariadne Labs, and Harvard Medical School.

The expert panel:

  • Mark Gardner, Senior Vice President of Molecular Genomics and Oncology, Quest Diagnostics
  • Alisa Gaskell, Director of the Precision Diagnostics Laboratory and Scientific Director, Children’s Colorado Precision Medicine Institute
  • Niall Lennon, Senior Director of Translational Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and CSO and Chair of the Board of Managers of Broad’s Clinical Testing Laboratory
  • Aleksandar Rajkovic, Chief Genomics Officer, Professor of Pathology, Medical Director, and Chief of the Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Health System
  • Sean Hofherr, Chief Operating Officer and Clinical Director, Fabric Genomics
  • Ryan Taft, Vice President of Scientific Research, Illumina

Expert panel discussion – accelerating precision medicine with low-cost whole-genome sequencing

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Last updated: Sep 7, 2023 at 10:11 AM

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