Assistant Professor
Northwestern University, United States
Dr. Jennifer Young is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Science at Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Young is a trained Marriage and Family Therapist and a researcher specializing in the Ethical, Legal, Social Implications (ELSI) of genetics and genomics. She has a PhD in Family Science from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health. She also holds master's degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland and in East Asian Languages and Literature from The Ohio State University. During her PhD program, Dr. Young completed a predoctoral fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the National Cancer Institute after which she went to Stanford University for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
Currently, Dr. Young is a member of the Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern and the lead Psychosocial Researcher/Educator for the Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling. Her research program focuses on communication of genetic risk within culturally diverse families, cascade genetic testing, increasing access to genetic services, and intra-family relationships related to genetics and psychosocial outcomes.
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10- Engaging Multiracial Community in Genomics Research: What Does it Mean?
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
The ELSI of Engagement: Benefits and Challenges to Achieving a Just Genomics
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET