NSIGHT Final Public Session
Event Details
As the National Institutes of Health’s Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program comes to a close, the NSIGHT program holds a public webinar on June 24, 2019, during its final steering committee meeting.
Agenda
Viewers of the public session can submit their questions to NSIGHT@nih.gov.
- NSIGHT Public Session (30-min talks, 1-hour panel discussion)
- 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. - Introduction to NSIGHT
Anastasia Wise, NHGRI
Melissa Parisi, NICHD
Video - 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. - Is Sequencing Helpful in Population Screening for Metabolic Disorders?
Jennifer Puck, University of California, San Francisco
Video - 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. - Introduction to NC Nexus, the Decision Aid and Parental Decision Making about Whole Exome Sequencing – NC Nexus
Cynthia Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ryan Pacquin, RTI International
Video (Powell)
Video (Pacquin) - 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. - The case for preventive genomics - BabySeq
Robert Green, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Video - 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. - Break
- 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. - What has NSIGHT taught us about genomic medicine for infants in intensive care units? – Rady NSIGHT2
Stephen Kingsmore, Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine
Video - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Panel Discussion
- For disorders currently screened for in newborns, how can genomic sequencing replicate or augment known newborn screening results?
- What knowledge could genomic sequencing provide about conditions not currently screened for in newborns?
- What additional clinical information could be learned from genomic sequencing relevant to the clinical care of newborns?
Alan Beggs, Boston Children’s Hospital
David Dimmock, Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine
Cynthia Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Puck and Renata Gallagher, University of California, San Francisco
Video - 5:00 - 5:15 p.m. - Closing
Anastasia Wise, NHGRI
Melissa Parisi, NICHD
Last updated: June 24, 2019