Genes for Good: Engaging the Public in Genetics Research via Social Media

The Genes for Good study uses social media to engage a large, diverse participant pool in genetics research and education. Health history and daily tracking surveys are administered through a Facebook application, and participants who complete a minimum number of surveys are mailed a saliva sample kit ( “spit kit”) to collect DNA for genotyping. As of March 2019, we engaged>80,000 individuals, sent spit kits to>32,000 individuals who met minimum participation requirements, and collected>27,000 spit kits.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - June 12, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Katharine Brieger, Gregory J.M. Zajac, Anita Pandit, Johanna R. Foerster, Kevin W. Li, Aubrey C. Annis, Ellen M. Schmidt, Chris P. Clark, Karly McMorrow, Wei Zhou, Jingjing Yang, Alan M. Kwong, Andrew P. Boughton, Jinxi Wu, Chris Scheller, Tanvi Parikh, A Tags: Article Source Type: research