June 17, 2009 7:30 AM to 9:00 AMRoyal Mayfair Golf and Country Club, Edmonton, Alberta
Format:
In Person
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE USELESS?: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing ----
Timothy Caulfield will discuss the recent emergence of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, including Google's 23andme.com, and its potential effects on healthcare in Canada. Will your employees want this in your company's benefits plan? Will pension plan members make elections based on information from these tests?
Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, holds the Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy, and is the Senior Health Scholar, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, a Professor of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute.