Past Tuesday Talks — Your Baby’s Genome: The Radical Promise of Early DNA Testing

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Presented by Seema Kumar, CEO, Cure

How can we safely and ethically unlock the potential of genomics to transforming healthcare and extend human longevity? Harvard professor Robert Green, M.D., M.P.H., an internationally acclaimed physician-scientist and expert at genomic population screening discussed how his groundbreaking BabySeq Project is pioneering a new digital healthcare platform to help families and pediatricians responsibly utilize genomics to save children’s lives, and to catalyze advancements in gene and cell therapy.

Tuesday Talks — Your Baby’s Genome: The Radical Promise of Early DNA Testing

When: Tuesday, January 16 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Where: Cure, 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010

Topic: A fireside chat to talk how we can safely and ethically unlock the potential of genomics to transforming healthcare and extend human longevity, and more.

Speakers: Robert C. Green, M.D., M.P.H., Director at Genomes to People and Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. Moderated by Seema Kumar, CEO of Cure.

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About Robert C. Green, M.D. M.P.H.

Robert C. Green, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine (Genetics) at Harvard Medical School and a physician-scientist who directs the G2P Research Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Broad Institute and Ariadne Labs. Dr. Green is internationally recognized for research and policy efforts accelerating the implementation of genomic/precision medicine.

About Seema Kumar

Seema joined Cure Experience in 2022 as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Cure, Ms. Kumar spent nearly 20 years at Johnson & Johnson in senior leadership roles, including most recently as the Global Head, Office of Innovation, Global Health and Scientific Engagement, and served on J&J’s Innovation Strategy, Public health leadership and the COVID-19 vaccine steering committee, where she led the company’s external affairs efforts and public education program on COVID and vaccine literacy. Before her tenure at J&J, Ms. Kumar was the Chief of Staff to Dr. Eric Lander and the Chief Communications Officer at the Whitehead Institute/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Genome Research where she played a leadership role in the Human Genome Project. She also has held leadership positions at the U.S. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the National Institutes of Health, and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ms. Kumar holds an M.S. in Science Journalism and Communications from the University of Maryland.