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Are there privacy risks inherent in sharing your genetic data? In our fast-paced, digital and technological era how do we manage the data-driven wealth of healthcare-related human information without compromising privacy? Tap the experts in this informative and fascinating panel discussion on genetic data privacy to learn more about the issues that surround the sharing of our genetic information in a digital age.

A Panel Discussion with Featured Panelists:

Jonathan Heusel, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and of Genetics; Director, Clinical and Translational Genomics, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; Co-Director, The Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine and Law, Washington University in St. Louis

Suzanne Mahon, DNSc, RN, AOCN, AGN-BC, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Cellular Therapy, Saint Louis University and SLUCare Cancer Center, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

Elizabeth Pendo, JD, Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law, Center for Health Law Studies and the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law, Saint Louis University School of Law

Neil Richards, JD, Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law; Director, The Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine and Law, Washington University in St. Louis

Protecting Genetic Data is an Ethics in Science Series partnership presentation of The Ethical Society of St. Louis and The Academy of Science St. Louis.

presented in collaboration with

Evenings on Genetics and Genomics Series of The Academy of Science - St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Siteman Cancer Center, and the Children's Discovery Institute of St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.