Bioethics Series: Christopher H. Contag

Bioethics Series: Christopher H. Contag

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When:
October 11, 2017 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2017-10-11T12:00:00-04:00
2017-10-11T13:00:00-04:00
Where:
C102 East Fee Hall
East Fee Hall
965 Fee Rd, East Lansing, MI 48825
USA
Cost:
Free
Bioethics Series: Christopher H. Contag @ C102 East Fee Hall | East Lansing | Michigan | United States

This event is presented by the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences.

Professor Christopher H. Contag, Director of the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University.

Crossing the Biology to Pathobiology Threshold: Distinguishing Precision Health from Precision Medicine

Diseases have long been defined by their symptoms, and therefore patients have typically been treated when they are symptomatic. New tools and innovations will enable a transition from Precision Medicine where the molecular etiology is determined after symptoms appear, to Precision Health in which the molecular etiology of diseases can be anticipated and symptoms averted. However, is it ethical to treat “asymptomatic disease” and at what cost to the healthcare system? What level of risk will be tolerated for interventions that are developed for treating “pre-diseased” patients? Since many of these assays will predict likelihood of disease and not absolute progression to disease, what level of certainty is needed to intervene at all?