Health Disparities in Implementation of Genomic Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities

Rapid advances in genomic technologies are providing emerging opportunities for improving health and preventing disease. However, concerns remain that genomic medicine could widen health disparities by not reaching medically underserved communities. Public health approaches are needed to ensure equitable access to genomic medicine for people of all races and ethnicities, socioeconomic levels, and geographic areas (e.g., rural vs urban).

In this seminar, presenters will discuss the state of science on health disparities in the implementation of genomic medicine and how public health can address these disparities:

• Dr. Pal will discuss health disparities in genetic testing and services
  related to hereditary breast and ovarian cancers.
• Dr. Roberts will review health disparities in the implementation of
  cascade screening for hereditary cancers and heart disease.
• Dr. Roberts will describe how implementation science approaches
  can be used to address health disparities.