Description:

“eMERGE-PGx: The Northwestern Experience”

This talk willl describe the design and implementation of eMERGE-PGx, a multi-site test of the concept that pharmacogenomic sequence information can be coupled to electronic health records (EMRs) for use in healthcare. Nearly 9,000 participants are being enrolled in eMERGE PGx across 10 clinical sites, including 750 at Northwestern University. Details on site-specific project implementation, and anticipated products, including data repositories, novel variant association studies, clinical decision support modules, process outcomes, methods for incidental findings, and patient and clinician education methods, will be discussed with emphasis on the challenges and successes of implementation to date at Northwestern.

Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD, MPH, FAHA
Assistant Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
Center for Genetic Medicine

Friday, March 13, 2015
11:00am – 12:00pm
Department of Preventive Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Dr., Ste. 1400
Stamler Conference Room
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