Bessie Young, MD, MPH Professor, Division of Nephrology
Vice Dean, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Office of Health Care Equity
Medical Director, Office of Health Care Equity
Director, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Center for Transformational Research
University of Washington Medical Center Objectives:
- Review causes of health inequities in chronic kidney disease (CKD) for African Americans and Blacks.
- Describe how the link between Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) and kidney disease was made.
- Reflect on the ethics of APOL1 genetic testing and kidney disease
Speaker disclosures:
Dr. Bessie Young discloses a financial relationship with Choud Foundation (grant) & Kuni Foundation (research grant) within the past 24 months.All conflicts of interest have been mitigated.
Live streamed via Zoom*: https://www.zoom.us/j/414978331 *Online sign-in is required to obtain CME and CE credit: https://tinyurl.com/signin-gr. All attendees are encouraged to sign in in order to provide evaluation feedback for the presenters and to help us track accurate attendance. Thank you! Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds runs most Wednesdays during term in fall, winter and spring quarters from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in Health Sciences room D209.
Online only via Zoom. *The live streaming and sign-in/evaluation form URLs remain the same from week to week. Grant Acknowledgment: None
Planning Committee Disclosures:
The following members have not had any financial relationships with any ineligible entities in the past 24 months: Lindsey Durowoju, MD; Ashley Eckel, MD, PhD; Susan Fink, MD, PhD; Noah Hoffman, MD, PhD; Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD; Andrew Laitman, MD, PhD; and Cate Paschal, PhD. The following members disclose financial relations with ineligible entities within the past 24 months: Sean Murphy, MD, PhD Sound Vaccines Inc. (Co-founder/equity); Daniel Sabath, MD RareCyte, Inc (Research support); Brian Shirts, MD PhD Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (consulting); Hamilton Tsang, MD Pfizer, Roche, Johnson and Johnson, CRISPR therapeutics (stock holder). All relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
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