Wylie Burke
Professor
Bioethics and Humanities
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Rearch Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Wylie Burke is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical History and Ethics at the University of Washington. She is also Principal Investigator of the University of Washington Center for Genomics and Healthcare Equality, an NIH-funded Center of Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research. Dr. Burke received a Ph.D. in Genetics and an M.D. from the University of Washington and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington. She was a Medical Genetics Fellow at the University of Washington from 1981 to 1982.
Research Interest
Evaluation of the ethical, legal, and policy implications of genetics in medicine and public health, including: Policy and ethics issues associated with human genetics research Use and privacy of genetic information Federal legislation and protection of patient rights (i.e., access quality genetic services, counseling and care) IRB and HIPAA (patient privacy policies and standards of care) issues associated with human genetics research
Publications
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Bowen, D. J., Hay, J. L., Harris-Wai, J. N., Meischke, H., & Burke, W. (2017). All in the family? Communication of cancer survivors with their families. Familial Cancer, 1-7.
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Burke, W. (2016). Commentary to “My Identical Twin Sequenced Our Genomeâ€: Cautionary Genomics.
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West, K. M., Burke, W., & Korngiebel, D. M. (2017). Identifying [ldquo] ownership [rdquo] through role descriptions to support implementing universal colorectal cancer tumor screening for Lynch syndrome. GENETICS in MEDICINE.
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Janssens, A. C. J., Bunnik, E. M., Burke, W., & Schermer, M. H. (2017). Uninformed consent in nutrigenomic research. European Journal of Human Genetics.
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Fohner, A. E., Nanibaa’A, G., Austin, M. A., & Burke, W. (2017). Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A P479L and infant death: policy implications of emerging data. Genetics in Medicine.
