Use of Genomics in Newborn Screening Programs: The Opportunities and Challenges

Co-Moderator(s)

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  Jianling Ji, MD, MS, FACMG

  Assistant professor, assistant director
  Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, California, United States

Co-Moderator (Early Career)(s)

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  Elan Hahn, MD FRCPC

  Head and Neck and Molecular Pathologist
  Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto
  Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM MST

  Newborn Screening by Genomic Sequencing: Opportunities and Challenges
  

  Speaker: Wendy Chung, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
• 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM MST

  Adding Genomic Sequencing and Genetic Risk Scores to the Early Check Newborn Screening Study
  

  Speaker: Katerina S. Kucera, PhD – RTI International
• 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM MST

  Exploring Whole Genome Sequencing for Newborn Screening: Lessons from the BabySeq Project
  

  Speaker: Matthew Lebo, PhD (he/him/his) – Lab for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine