Bio-IT World May 19, 2021
Genomic technologies are expected to be a mainstay of medicine within the next decade, but it is not entirely clear how to bring the resulting information into clinical care. The Institute for Genomic Health was established at Mount Sinai Health System two years ago to bridge that gap, says Founding Director Eimear Kenny, Ph.D., professor of medicine, and genetics and genomic sciences in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The idea is to launch pilot programs in the clinic based on discoveries from genomic research to evaluate their real-world utility, says Kenny. Where genomics data proves useful, the necessary infrastructure then gets built in terms of educating medical professionals and creating navigational paths for patients to bring that...
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