Department of Biostatistics Seminar/Workshop Series

BioVU -- what are the issues?

Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD

Rosalind E. Franklin Professor of Genetics and Health Policy, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Law, Director-Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
VUMC

Wednesday, January 21, 1:30-2:55pm, MRBIII Conference Room 1220

Intended Audience: Persons interested in applied statistics, statistical theory, epidemiology, health services research, clinical trials methodology, statistical computing, statistical graphics, R users or potential users

Vanderbilt has developed a unique resource for biomedical research involving the creation of a synthetic derivative of the electronic medical record which can then be interrogated by itself or in combination with DNA collected from left over blood samples from adults. Consideration is being given to collecting DNA from children as well. In this talk, we will discuss some of the array of ethical and policy challenges and benefits presented by this approach.