Virtual Webinar https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Li3T_5AdQ3alvj5J6EsBLg In traditional predictive genetic testing, single gene variants are analyzed to determine whether individuals are at high risk of developing disease. The vast majority of diseases, however, are polygenic - caused by many different genes. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) hold promise to predict risk for complex diseases like heart disease or diabetes … Read more
Please join the Bullitt History of Medicine Club for its November lecture: Title: History of Chagas Disease: Science and Health in Brazil Speaker: Simone Kropf Professor of History of Sciences and Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UuFB5v3ZSoepiFQVfMjSaQ Lecture information: This lecture will explore the history of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), discovered by the physician Carlos Chagas in 1909 in a poor, rural area … Read more
Speakers: Martha Gershun, Writer, Consultant, Living Organ Donor Dr. John Lantos, Director, Bioethics Center Children’s Mercy Hospital In Kidneys to Share the authors describe the experience of donating experience a kidney to a stranger to illustrate the medical, financial, and psychosocial barriers that make it difficult to donate and that may exacerbate health disparities. Zoom … Read more
