“Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing” was presented by Kimberly A. Quaid, Ph.D on Wednesday May 27, 2009 in the Riley Outpatient Center Auditorium. Dr. Quaid identified different types of genetic testing, ethical issues associated with genetic testing, and larger social issues that have an impact on the utilization of genetic testing.
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Dr. Kimberly Quaid is a Faculty Investigator for the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and a Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is also the Co-Director of the Masters Program in Genetic Counseling in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics as well as the Director of the Predictive Testing Program. Dr. Quaid received her B.A. with Honors in Psychology from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology with a concentration in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Quaid came to Indiana University in 1990 from Johns Hopkins where she was the coordinator of one of the first programs in the world to offer presymptomatic genetic testing for Huntington Disease. As Director of the Predictive Testing Program, she now provides genetic counseling and testing for individuals with and at risk for Huntington Disease, early onset Alzheimer Disease and Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease as well as other late-onset autosomal dominant disorders. Dr. Quaid currently teaches a campus-wide course in research ethics. She chaired the IUPUI Ethics in Research Committee charged with investigating allegations of scientific misconduct from 1998-2003 and was a member of the IUPUI/Clarian IRB from 2002-2006 and well as a member of review board of the General Clinical Research Center at IU School of Medicine. She served as Chair of the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Study Section of the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH from 2005-2007. She has authored or co-authored over 35 books, book chapters and peer reviewed publications.