This study will provide rigorous evaluation of implementing a virtual genome center into community clinical settings without highly specialized resources, thereby offering generalizable insights as to how best to implement genomic medicine at scale and for other age groups. This intervention has great potential to address disparities in genomic medicine among low-income and underrepresented minority (URM) populations and will enhance capacity for providers and health systems to utilize highly specialized genomic techniques in their communities. The goal of this study is to achieve equitable access to state-of-the-art genomic medical care to sick newborns in community centers that predominately care for low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations through the creation of a virtual genome center (VIGOR). VIGOR will provide a venue for physician and family education, genomic expert consultation, reanalysis of unsolved sequencing data, and access to cutting edge therapeutic innovation, thereby facilitating institutionalization of genomic best practices in community settings, and not just highly specialized referral centers.
Genetics Disease, Genetics/Birth Defects, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
This study will provide rigorous evaluation of implementing a virtual genome center into community clinical settings without highly specialized resources, thereby offering generalizable insights as to how best to implement genomic medicine at scale and for other age groups. This intervention has great potential to address disparities in genomic medicine among low-income and underrepresented minority (URM) populations and will enhance capacity for providers and health systems to utilize highly specialized genomic techniques in their communities. The goal of this study is to achieve equitable access to state-of-the-art genomic medical care to sick newborns in community centers that predominately care for low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations through the creation of a virtual genome center (VIGOR). VIGOR will provide a venue for physician and family education, genomic expert consultation, reanalysis of unsolved sequencing data, and access to cutting edge therapeutic innovation, thereby facilitating institutionalization of genomic best practices in community settings, and not just highly specialized referral centers.
VIGOR: Virtual Genome Center for Infant Health
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USA Children's and Women's Hospital, Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36604
Holtz Children's Hospital at Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01199
UMass Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01605
Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, United States, 08103
The Women's Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, Texas, United States, 78539
The Hospitals of Providence, El Paso, Texas, United States, 79938
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555
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0 Days to 99 Years
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Boston Children's Hospital,
Timothy Yu, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Boston Children's Hospital
2027-03-01