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WSU School of Medicine seminar to focus on genetics, health among women

Discussion is part of Women’s Health Seminar at Temple Beth-El

Wayne State University School of Medicine will present “Heritage as a Biomarker: Genetics and Health” on Tuesday, Feb. 26, as part of its ongoing Women’s Health Seminars at Temple Beth-El in Bloomfield Hills.

Dr. Michael Tainsky, professor of oncology and director of the WSU School of Medicine molecular biology and genetics program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, will discuss how genetics plays a role in disease. He will address how genetics influence breast and ovarian cancer risk among women of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage as well as new screening methods being developed for ovarian cancer.

The seminar, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Temple Beth-El, at Telegraph and 14 Mile roads. To RSVP for the event, call Susan Miller at (313) 577-0078.

With more than 1,000 medical students, WSU is among the nation’s largest medical schools. Together with its clinical practice organization, the Wayne State University Physician Group, the school is a leader in patient care and medical research in a number of areas, including cancer, women’s and children’s health and the neurosciences.