The Duke Precision Medicine Program Forum Series features speakers from Duke and beyond working on innovative research in clinical, translational, and basic sciences.
If you have questions or would like to recommend a future speaker, please email Susanne Haga, faculty lead for the forum series.
Currently, the forum series takes place on Zoom. Forum sessions take place the on the first Thursday every month during the fall and spring from 12 - 1 p.m. EST.
Thank you to the Snyderman Fund for supporting the Precision Medicine Program Forum Series
2024 Winter/Spring Schedule
Thurs, May 9, 2024
Speaker: Amy Curry Sturm, MS, CGC
Director, Genomic Health Programs and Medical Affairs, 23andMe
Title: "Ensuring Benefit from Access: The Future of Consumer Genomics"
Thurs, Apr 4
Speaker: Heidi Rehm, PhD, FACMG
Director, Genomic Medicine Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, MGH
Chief Genomics Officer, Department of Medicine, MGH
Co-Director, Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute
Medical and Clinical Lab Director, Broad Clinical Labs
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Title: "Advancing Genomic Medicine through Global Collaboration"
Thurs, Mar 7, 2024
Speaker: Megan Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Implementation Science in Precision Health & Society
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Title: "Achieving the Promise of Precision Prevention through Implementation Science: Examples from Population Genetic Screening"
Thurs, Feb 1, 2024
Speaker: Lori Orlando, MD, MHS, MMCI
Professor of Medicine
Director, Program in Precision Medicine
Duke Executive Health Program
Title: Genome Medicine - the Time is Now
2023 Winter/Spring Schedule
Thurs., Jan. 12, 2023
Speaker: Sara Imhof, PhD
Senior Director, Precision Health and Focused Initiatives
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Title: NC Leadership in Precision Health: Highlights in and around RTP
Thurs., Jan. 26, 2023
Speaker: Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
Mary and Deryl Hart Distinguished Professor of Surgical Oncology and Radiology
Vice Chair of Research and Director of the Breast Oncology Program
Duke Cancer Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Title: Precision Medicine and Care Redesign for Screen-Detected Breast Cancers (Note: Session will not be recorded)
Thurs., Feb. 9, 2023
Speaker: Michael Olivier, PhD
Director, Center for Precision Medicine
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Section of Molecular Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Center for Precision Medicine
Title: New Approaches in Precision Medicine: Integrated Multi-Omics Studies of Aging
Thurs., Feb. 23, 2023
Michael J. Kelley, MD
Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Duke Department of Medicine
Chief, Hematology and Oncology
Durham VA Medical Center
Title: VA Precision Oncology
Thurs., March 9, 2023
Christina Silcox, PhD
Research Director for Digital Health
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Title: Regulating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Thurs., March 23, 2023 - No Forum Session
Thurs., April 13, 2023
Kevin Shah, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Duke Department of Medicine
Title: Implementation and Impact of a Risk Stratified Prostate Cancer Screening Algorithm in Duke Primary Care
Thurs., April 27, 2023
Michael Pencina, PhD
Vice Dean for Data Science
Duke University School of Medicine
Title: How do we make sure that health AI algorithms are in the service of humanity?”
Thurs., May 11, 2023
Olivia Dong, PhD
Senior Research Health Economist
RTI Health Solutions
Title: How Are Genetic Tests Evaluated for Clinical Use in the UK?
Thurs., May 25, 2023
Katherine Collins, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Precision Medicine Program T32
Title: Factors predicting who will stick with a lifestyle intervention: Utilizing precision medicine to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors