Seminar Series

"A Journey Through the Genome: Genetic Testing and Counseling in the Age of Precision Medicine"
 

PRECISION MEDICINE SEMINAR SERIES

May 4, 2018 | 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. | 5-125 Moos Tower

Heather Zierhut is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development and the Associate Director of the Genetic Counseling Program at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Zierhut researches the integration of genetics into primary care and public health with a particular interest in pharmacogenetics and familial hypercholesterolemia. She is also interested in the psychosocial and public implications involved with the provision of precision medicine services. She seeks to increase access to genetic counseling in diverse communities, increased early detection of preventable health conditions, and ultimately hopes to decrease genetics-related healthcare disparities.

"Making Complex Cancer Genomics Data Accessible and Interpretable"
 

PRECISION MEDICINE SEMINAR SERIES

Nikolaus Schultz is an Associate Attending in the Computational Oncology Service in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His research focuses on identifying the genomic alterations that underlie different types of cancer. He is involved in several projects of The Cancer Genome Atlas and is an investigator in the Stand Up To Cancer Prostate Cancer Dream Team.

He is also the Head of Knowledge Systems in the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology. Here, he leads the development of the cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics, a popular resource for the visualization and analysis of large-scale cancer genomics data sets, as well as OncoKB, a knowledge base for precision oncology.