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December 13, 2023
The intersection of public health genetics and the environment on Alzheimer’s disease risk
Medical Genetics PhD student, Diane Xue, is featured in a Q&A on her research in public health genetics.
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Diane Xue is a PhD candidate working with Dr. Elizabeth Blue, associate professor in the Division of Medical Genetics, in the UW School of Public Health's Institute for Public Health Genetics (IPHG) program.
“Many universities have human genetics and medical genetics programs, but IPHG focuses on bringing a public health perspective to genetics research,” Xue said. “I really wanted to study at an institution that prioritizes how research actually affects people.”
In this Q&A, Xue describes why she chose UW SPH for graduate school, her research on Alzheimer’s disease risk and the impact she hopes it will have, and how we improve health equity when it comes to public health genetics.