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Fred Hutch biostatistician Dr. Ruth Etzioni received a seven-year Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) from the National Cancer Institute to look at multi-cancer early detection tests, commonly referred to as liquid biopsies, and other novel diagnostic technologies..
Democratizing DNA-based health risk scores Hutch-led consortium receives $9.8M grant to improve genetic risk prediction for cardiovascular disease in racially and ethnically diverse populations December 10, 2020 • By Diane Mapes / Fred Hutch News Service Photo illustration by Getty Images For more than a decade, scientists with the PAGE consortium (Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology) have been focused on developing polygenic risk scores — those statistical estimates of a person’s risk for disease based on their genes â€...