#108 Dr. Becky Winslow on Pharmacogenomics

On this episode Dr. Becky Winslow, a Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy, shares her insight about pharmacogenomics. She is a Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium Member, a Registered Pharmacogenomics Education Provider and a pharmacogenomics implementation specialist as the owner of inGENEious RX, LLC.

On This Episode We Discuss:

Pharmacogenomics vs Pharmacogenetics

Current Understanding of Pharmacogenomics

Testing Available

General Population Testing

Areas of Healthcare Ultized

Precision Medicine Approach to Prescriptions

Mental Health, Cancer etc.

Roadblock to Widespread Use

Physicians Ability to Translate Test Results

Genetic Counselors Potential Role

Future of Pharmacogenomics

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