Public Speaking and Outreach

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Regional and National Service

  • NIH Special Emphasis Panel / Scientific Review Group 2022/05 ZRG1 SEIR-H (80) (2022)
  • NIH Special Emphasis Panel / Scientific Review Group 2022/05 ZRG1 BBBP-H (56)
  • State of WA Health Care Authority, Emerging Therapies Workgroup (2019- 2020)
  • Regional Disaster and Emergency Healthcare Coalition (2021- Present)
  • Eastern Washington Crisis Standards of Care Regional Triage Team (2021- Present)
  • Spokane County Disaster Clinical Advisory Committee (2021- Present)

Non-Academic Public Speaking Events

  • Washington Academy of Family Medicine (February 2021)
    Education on communication and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine safety
  • Huntsville, AL Community Elders Group. (Oct. 2021)
    CRISPR, Genetic Testing, and Genetic Manipulation
  • Families with Children from China (501c3 Nonprofit Organization), (February 2021)
    Public Workshop on Privacy and Ancestry DNA databases
  • Rudd Adoption Research Program (April 2021)
    Public Webinar on DNA Testing and Adoptees
  • ARCS Foundation, Seattle Chapter (December 2019)
    Genetic Testing to Mitigate Lack of Family Health History
  • State of Alabama Bicentennial Commission. (February 2019)
    Public Event, Keynote Speaker: Family History Gaps: DNA for Health and Heritage
  • Kaiser Permanente National Ethics Symposium (Portland, Oct 2019)
    CRISPR and Ethical Considerations in Genetic Manipulation

Media Interviews

  • Daily Mail (England)
  • STAT News Service
  • Business Insider
  • The Independent (England)
  • New York Magazine
  • Seattle Times
  • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine
  • Les Echo (French Financial Newspaper)
  • SELF Magazine
  • AL.com news
  • CUNY-TV (COVID New Vaccine Information)
  • Inlander News
  • Clinical Informatics News
  • WSU Magazine
  • BreakingMED News
  • Podcast: National Society of Genetic Counseling
  • KNKX Radio (Tacoma) “All Things Considered”

Academic Conferences and Colloquia Presentations

  • Ethical Issues of the SARS-COV-2 Outbreak in East and Central Europe
  • NIH CSER2 Consortium Meeting
  • Children’s Hospital of Minnesota
  • Harvard PeopleSeq Consortium
  • National Society for Genetic Counseling
  • American Society for Human Genetics
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  • American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  • Adrian College, Adrian Michigan
  • Tennessee Wesleyan University Ethics Symposium
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Case Western Reserve University