ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Providing Polygenic Risk Scores Influences Providers’ Responses Toward Black and White Virtual Patients with Obesity.
- Alison Jane Martingano
The National Institutes of Health - Emma Schopp
The National Institutes of Health - Sydney Telaak
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health - Brittany Hollister
University of Florida - Alex Dolwick
The National Institutes of Health - Chris Fortney
The National Institutes of Health - Susan Persky
National Human Genome Research Institute
Abstract
A randomized control trial assessed how genetic-risk information and race influences providers’ interactions with a virtual patient with obesity. To our surprise, a white patient prompted more negative responses than a Black patient when no genetic risk information was presented. When this information was provided this racial difference was attenuated.
Racism and Discrimination
