Thinking Outside the Box: Navigating Ethnicity in Genomic Medicine  

Join us for a panel discussion with experts from across healthcare and policy landscapes to explore how ethnicity is currently approached in genomic medicine and how it might be reimagined for the future.  

Within NHS England’s Genomic Medicine Service, patient identity information is currently documented using ‘ethnicity’ categories, which largely reflect geopolitical classifications. These categories often do not capture the sociocultural, historical, and biological dimensions of one’s identity that may be relevant to medical investigations.  

The panel will reflect and respond to a set of co-created, forward-looking questions developed during a participatory workshop held earlier in the day with patient support groups and representatives.   

This is an in-person event, please only sign up here if you can attend the event at St Anne’s College. The panel discussion will be followed by a drinks reception until 18:30.  

If you are interested in taking part in the workshop, as a patient and/or representative of a patient support organisation, please contact cpm@well.ox.ac.uk for more information.