Wendy Chung is a clinical and molecular geneticist who directs theclinical genetics program at Columbia University and performs humangenetic research. She received her B.A. in biochemistry andeconomics from Cornell University, her M.D. from Cornell UniversityMedical College, and her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University ingenetics. She directs research programs in human genetics ofcomplex traits such as obesity, diabetes, breast cancer, andcongenital heart disease. The goal of her research is to identify newgenes for susceptibility to complex genetic traits to developindividualized risk assessment, prevention, and therapeuticinterventions for these disorders. Clinically, she directs programs inrisk assessment for oncogenetics, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, anddiabetes and develops novel molecular diagnostic methods toimprove genetic testing including preimplantation genetic diagnosis.She enjoys the challenges of genetics as a rapidly changing field ofmedicine and the ethical issues posed by research in humangenetics. She lectures and writes often on the legal and social issuesraised by genetic testing in asymptomatic individuals, disparities isaccess to genetic care, confidentiality and privacy of geneticinformation, and defining conditions for which prenatal genetic testingis or is not appropriate. She is a recipient of the American Academyof Pediatrics Young Investigator Award and is currently the HerbertIrving assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine. She strives tofacilitate the integration of genetic medicine into all areas of healthcare in a medically, scientifically, and ethnically sound, accessible, and cost effective manner.
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