Thinking Outside the Box: Navigating Ethnicity in Genomic Medicine
Join us for a panel discussion with experts from across healthcare and policy landscapes to explore how ethnicity is currently approached in genomic medicine and how it might be reimagined for the future.
Within NHS England’s Genomic Medicine Service, patient identity information is currently documented using ‘ethnicity’ categories, which largely reflect geopolitical classifications. These categories often do not capture the sociocultural, historical, and biological dimensions of one’s identity that may be relevant to medical investigations.
The panel will reflect and respond to a set of co-created, forward-looking questions developed during a participatory workshop held earlier in the day with patient support groups and representatives.
This is an in-person event, please only sign up if you can attend the event at St Anne’s College. The panel discussion will be followed by a drinks reception until 18:30.
If you are interested in taking part in the workshop, as a patient and/or representative of a patient support organisation, please contact cpm@well.ox.ac.uk for more information.
Date: 30 June 2025, 16:00
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Speakers: Professor Anneke Lucassen (University of Oxford), Maxine Mackintosh (One HealthTech), Zeshan Qureshi, Trupti Patel (Genomics England), Elizabeth Young (West Midlands Genomics Laboratory)
Organising department: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Organiser contact email address: cpm@well.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1329417987989?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Thea Perry