Press Releases
Study explores impact of workplace genetic testing on employee health behaviors
Genomic Testing in the US Workplace
Genetic Testing: Employee Perk or Privacy Hazard?
Jackson Laboratory Wins $3.4M NHGRI Grant to Study Workplace Genomic Testing
Publications
Charnysh E, Pal S, Reader JM, Uhlmann WR, McCain S, Sanghavi K, Blasco D, Brandt R, Feero WG, Ferber R, Giri VN, Hendy K, Prince AER, Lee C, Roberts JS for the INSIGHT @ Work Consortium. Health care utilization and behavior changes after workplace genetic testing at a large US health care system. Genetics in Medicine. 2024 May 7:101160. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101160. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38733246.
Willard L, Uhlmann W, Prince AER, Blasco D, Pal S, Roberts, JS for the INSIGHT @ Work Consortium. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and workplace genetic testing: Knowledge and perceptions of employed adults in the United States. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 2024 July 22: 00, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1945.
Cohn, B., Ryan, K. A., Hendy, K., Callahan, K., Roberts, J. S., Spector-Bagdady, K., Mathews, D. J. H., & INSIGHT @ Work Consortium. Genomic testing in voluntary workplace wellness programs in the US: Evidence and challenges. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 2023.
Sanghavi K, Cohn B, Prince A, Feero WG, Ryan K, Spector-Bagdady K, Uhlmann W, Lee C, Roberts JS and Mathews, D. Voluntary workplace genomic testing: wellness benefit or Pandora's box?. npj Genomic Medicine. 2022.
Sanghavi, K., Feero, W. G., Mathews, D., Prince, A., Price, L. L., Liu, E. T., Brothers, K. B., Roberts, J. S., & Lee, C. Employees' Views and Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Assessment of Voluntary Workplace Genomic Testing. Frontiers in Genetics. 2021.
Presentations
Charnysh, E. Genetic Testing in Workplace Wellness Programs: Perk or Pitfall?. University of Connecticut Genetics Seminar. Farmington, CT [Invited Talk]. 2024.
McClellan, A., Charnysh, E., Hendy, K., Ryan, K.A., Prince, A.E.R., Feero, W.G., McCain, S., Lee, C., Roberts, J.S., K. Sanghavi and W.R. Uhlmann. Genetic Counselor's Perspectives on Workplace Genetic Testing: Could This Be Another Avenue for Population Screening?. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2024. [Poster]. 2024.
Sanghavi, K., Charnysh, E., Mathews, D.J.H., Uhlmann, W.R and Roberts, J.S.. Promise and Perils of Voluntary Workplace Genetic Testing. ACMG Webinar Series: “Advancements in Genomic Medicine: Navigating Health and Equity.” [Webinar]. 2024.
Charnysh, E., Sanghavi, K., Hendy, K., Prince, A.E.R., Feero, W.G., and Uhlmann, W.R. Work Perk or Pitfall? ELSI and Practice Considerations of Workplace Genetic Testing. National Society of Genetic Counselors Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA [Featured Plenary Session]. 2024.
Charnysh, E., Pal, S., Reader, J.M., McCain, S., Hendy, K., Sanghavi, K., Uhlmann, W.R., Feero, W.G., Prince, A.E.R., Brandt, R., Ferber, R., Giri, V.N., Lee, C. and J.S. Roberts . Employees' views and healthcare utilization following employer-sponsored pharmacogenomic testing at a large US healthcare system. American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada [Poster]. 2024.
Roberts JS, Prince AER, Blasco D, Charnysh E, and Uhlmann W. Weighing the Benefits, Harms, and Limitations of Genetic Testing in the Workplace. The 6th ELSI Congress. 2024.
Sanghavi, K. Voluntary workplace genomic testing [Invited Talk]. New England Regional Genetics Network (NERGN) Annual Meeting. 2023.
E. Charnysh , A. Vogle, W. Uhlmann, A. Prince, R. Ferber, S. McCain, K. Sanghavi, W. Feero, C. Lee, J. S. Roberts. Voluntary workplace genetic testing in a large healthcare system: Does testing prompt employee health behavior changes or use of health services? [Poster]. American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting. 2023.
D. Blasco, W. Uhlmann, A. Prince, S. Pal, & J. S. Roberts, for The INSIGHT @ Work Consortium. Workplace Genetic Testing Uptake, Interest, and Perceptions: Findings from a National Survey of Employed U.S. Adults [Poster, Lightning Talk]. NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting. 2023.
Mathews, D., Prince, A., Uhlmann, W., and Roberts, J. S. Voluntary Genetic Testing in the Workplace: An ELSI Analysis [Panel Discussion] . The 5th ELSI Congress. 2022.
Sanghavi, K. Voluntary workplace genomic testing. New England Regional Genetics Network (NERGN) Annual Meeting. 2023.
Lee, C.. Workplace Genetic Testing in Employer Wellness Programs [Invited Talk]. Board on Health Sciences Policy Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021.
Vogle, A., Cohn, B., Ferber, R., Ryan, K., Feero, G., Mathews, D., Prince, A., Spector-Bagdady, K., Sanghavi, K., Uhlmann, W., Lee., C., and Roberts, J. S. INSIGHT @ Work: An Interdisciplinary Study on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Voluntary Workplace Genomic Testing [Poster]. The 5th ELSI Congress. 2022.