Five Questions for Kathy Hudson, Director, Genetics and Public Policy Center
Kathy Hudson is the former Assistant Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, the 13-year effort coordinated by the federal government to map human DNA. In 2002, she founded the center, which is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and located at Johns Hopkins University, to focus on public policy issues raised by genetic research.
Q: What's your hope when the new law against genetic-based discrimination takes effect (1- 1 ½ years from now)?
A. My hope is that patients and prospective research participants will be able to make informed decisions about whether to participate in research or whether to have a genetic test unencumbered by concerns that their genetic test results or their participation in research could come back and bite them.
Kathy Hudson is the former Assistant Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, the 13-year effort coordinated by the federal government to map human DNA. In 2002, she founded the center, which is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and located at Johns Hopkins University, to focus on public policy issues raised by genetic research.
Q: What's your hope when the new law against genetic-based discrimination takes effect (1- 1 ½ years from now)?
A. My hope is that patients and prospective research participants will be able to make informed decisions about whether to participate in research or whether to have a genetic test unencumbered by concerns that their genetic test results or their participation in research could come back and bite them.
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