title: CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTING A PTSD PREVENTIVE GENOMIC SEQUENCING PROGRAM IN THE U.S. MILITARY.
abstract: There is growing interest in using the quickly developing field of genomics to contribute to military readiness and effectiveness. Specifically, influential military advisory panels have recommended that the U.S. military apply genomics to help treat, prevent, or minimize the risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among service members. This article highlights some important scientific, legal, and ethical challenges regarding the development and deployment of a preventive genomic sequencing (PGS) program to predict the risk of PTSD among military service members.
authors.affiliation: Center for Genomics and Society at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from New York University, his J.D. and Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and Perelman School of Medicine, and his B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lázaro-Muñoz
authors.affiliation: UNC Center for Bioethics and Professor in the Department of Social Medicine and the Department of Genetics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received his B.S. in Biology from the University of the South in 1978, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Georgetown University in 1985.
authors.forename: Eric T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Juengst