NHGRI DIR Seminar Series - Noura Abul-Husn

Seminar Title: Population Genomic Screening and Preventive Health

Dr. Noura S. Abul-Husn, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Her expertise lies in genomic medicine and personalized healthcare. Dr. Abul-Husn is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics. As a physician-scientist, she focuses on understanding the clinical impact of human genetic variation in diverse populations and advocates for the equitable implementation of genomic medicine. Dr. Abul-Husn’s scientific contributions include pioneering genome-first approaches to provide novel clinical insights and inform therapeutic discovery. She is an expert at leveraging large-scale genomic data linked to electronic health records, and her work has been published in leading journals, including Science, Cell, and the New England Journal of Medicine. As a principal investigator in the NIH/NHGRI-funded eMERGE (electronic Medical Records and Genomics) Network, she is leading efforts to integrate genomic risk information into clinical care for diverse patient populations.

About the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Division of Intramural Research (DIR) Seminar Series: The NHGRI DIR Seminar Series sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics research. Speakers are selected by NHGRI intramural faculty and trainees and cover research topics of interest to a wide audience.

Relevant Links:
DIR Seminar Series: https://www.genome.gov/dir/seminars
Noura Abul-Husn (Mt. Sinai): https://profiles.mountsinai.org/noura...