IBL Center Spring 2022 Speaker Series: The Legal and Social Implications of Genetic Technologies
March 21, BLB 235, 12:45-1:45 p.m.
“Genetic Counseling and Public Policy: How an Idea Can Become a Law”
As integration of genomic medicine becomes integrated into routine medical care, new laws are necessary to ensure appropriate use and equitable access to genomic medicine. This presentation will describe the process of how the idea to license genetic counselors in Iowa became a state law. It will also compare and contrast the process of passing a state licensure law to advocating for a federal CMS recognition of genetic counselors law.
Colleen A. Campbell, PhD, MS, LGC
Licensed, Certified Genetic Counselor
Assistant Director, Iowa Institute of Human Genetics
UIHC Director of Genetic Counseling Operations
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
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