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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

Public Session Summary

 

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