During the interview, Susan Murphy mentions this idea of personal vs societal prediction especially within the field of healthcare. For the Gened 1112 final project, I'm looking at predictive genetic testing as my predictive system and throughout my research on the topic I have found that it is relatively easy to detect the presence, absence, or mutation of genes. However, it is comparatively more difficult to look at the predictive possibility of the expression of these genes to lead to a disease. However, one prime reason of this predictive system is to use this data to be able to better predict the expression of the disease within at risk family members. So I would like to ask Susan Murphy about how to draw the line between personal and societal prediction within genetic testing and if it is even possible given the inherent nature of genes?
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This was a great post. I watched the same video, and thought it was very cool how you drew parallels between the interview and your project on predictive genetic testing. I think the similarities between the topics of mobile health that Susan Murphy talks about and your topic of interest are intriguing and worth exploring. I think you did a great job providing a unique viewpoint to the discussion of this interview.
Hi Julie! What an interesting topic to focus on. I think that you made a great connection to what Susan Murphy said in the interview about personal vs societal prediction. It is interesting to think about the intersections between genetic testing predictions and basic health predictions like stress that Murphy mentions in the interview. I think that you provide some great insight into this conversation and I am excited to learn more about your project!