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MGI 2024: Lars Fritsche

A U-M symposium talk by Lars Fritsche examines a decade of genetics research linked to electronic health records, with examples from PheWeb and PRSweb.

A talk screen connects genetics and health records in the Michigan Genomics Initiative. A talk screen connects genetics and health records in the Michigan Genomics Initiative.
Conceptual illustration of the genetics and health record research discussed in the MGI symposium talk.

This talk explores how electronic health records can be used to define research phenotypes and connect them with genetic data. Examples from PheWeb and PRSweb illustrate the importance of careful phenotype definitions, comparisons across settings, and results that other researchers can inspect.