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Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine will lead an interdisciplinary, multi-institution study of the ethical, legal and social implications of workplace genomic testing in the United States. The study is funded through a four-year $3.3 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health.  Charles Lee, professor and scientific director of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and CBSSM's Scott Roberts are co-principal investigtors. CBSSM's Kayte Spector-Bagdady and Wendy Uhlmann are also collaborating on this project.

CBSSM's Lesly Dossett was recently named one of the 2020 Association for Academic Surgery Publications Committee Reviewers of the Year.

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CBSSM was well represented at the 42nd annual Society for Medical Decision Making conference held virtually in October 2020. Paper presentations included CBSSM's Brian Zikmund-Fisher, Tanner Caverly, Stephanie Kukora, Michele Heisler, Darin Zahuranec, Lewis Morgenstern, and Mattthew Corriere.

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CBSSM's Scott Roberts recently received the 2020 Outstanding Research Award from the America Public Health Association (APHA) Genomics Forum. Dr. Roberts' research addresses ethical and psychosocial issues involved in disclosing genetic test information. He has studied participants’ motivations and interests in genetic testing, the psychological impact of providing risk disclosure, and health behavior changes prompted by risk assessment. His work in this area has focused primarily on genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease and hereditary cancer syndromes.

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