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Allison Hazell on the TechTO stage

Allison Hazell

Director of Clinical Innovation, Medcan

HealthTechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2019

Allison Janson Hazell is a certified genetic counsellor and Director of Clinical Innovation at Medcan, the Toronto preventive-health clinic, where she built Canada's first proactive whole-genome-sequencing clinical program. A past president of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors, she spoke at TechTO's HealthTO in 2019 on genomics and preventive medicine.

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Allison Hazell of Medcan presents Genomics & The Future of Healthcare

TechTO · April 2019
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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Allison ↗

In their words

when we looked back at our data we found that 14% of our clientele came back with a positive genetic test this is significantly higher than we would have anticipated

TechTO, Apr 2019 · watch at 02:06 ↗

there is a huge opportunity for these technologies to be used for good and to help change people's lives and actually help us prevent disease

TechTO, Apr 2019 · watch at 04:28 ↗
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Quick answers

What is Allison Hazell known for?

Leading clinical genomics at Medcan, including Canada's first proactive whole-genome-sequencing clinical program, and serving as a past president of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors.

What did Allison Hazell present at TechTO?

Data from Medcan's proactive genetic screening: reviewing early clients, 14% returned a positive result — higher than published literature predicted.

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