Engagement from the Trenches & Benches

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1 Engagement from the Trenches & Benches Individuals and participation in research: sharing, controlling, collaborating Greg Biggers

2 Network of over 10,000 organizations 1200 advocacy organizations Devoted to improving health through collaboration, organizational culture, and openness

3 Gene Discovery BioBank Testing Clinical Diagnostic Test Development via FDA & CLIA Regulatory Strategies Licensing & Intellectual Property Management Human Clinical Trials Drug Screening & Development Approaches Therapeutics Small Molecules Nonsense mutants

4 Because success will depend on earning the public s trust, scientists must also trust the public.

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7 Genetic Alliance Registry & BioBank Tissue samples + clinical records Cross-Disease Trust Community Based on Local (Global) Community Trusted Agent BioBank.org

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9 n = they n = me n = we

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11 Health Studies Beta

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13 Enlarging Patient Roles Unwitting subject Willing subject Participant Collaborator Shareholder In the 90s, patients were occasionally invited to the table. Today, we often Who is scientist? control the table.

14 What do we want (have)? CONTROL (of tissue, data, intent, outcomes) Communities of TRUST (consent > governance) ENGAGEMENT (bi-di communication, new roles) IMPACT (what is at stake?) SHAREHOLDERS (in stakes & benefits) EXPRESS rights in addition to protecting

15 You never change things by fighting existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller

16 The best way to predict the future is to invent it Alan Kay

17 The future is already here. It s just not evenly distributed yet William Gibson

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19 Appendix

20 DNA Warehousing Newborn Screening

21 DNA Warehousing Newborn Screening "We were appalled when we found out. Why do they need to store my baby's DNA indefinitely? Something on there could affect her ability to get a job later on, or get health insurance. Karen Brown, Nurse, new mother, Florida February 4, 2010

22 It is the moral imperative of every DNA Warehousing Newborn Screening person on the planet to freely share their health information. Paraphrase of Jamie Heywood, Co-founder, Patients Like Me "We were appalled when we found out. Why do they need to store my baby's DNA indefinitely? Something on there could affect her ability to get a job later on, or get health insurance. Karen Brown, Nurse, new mother, Florida February 4, 2010