---
title: 'Episode 125: Dr Heidi Rehm - Genomics and Pathology, and the Precision Health Meeting'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-125-dr-heidi-rehm-genomics-and-pathology-and-the-precision-health-meeting'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-08-29'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7z9e83/Dr_Heidi_Rehm_-_8_28_22_135_PM64irp.mp3'
---

# Episode 125: Dr Heidi Rehm - Genomics and Pathology, and the Precision Health Meeting

Today my guest is Genomic Medicine Researcher Dr Heidi Rehm What we discuss with Dr Rehm: How she became interested in biology and genomics Studying the genetic basis of hearing loss, and why she thinks the cochlea is a thing of beauty How she got involv...

## Summary

Today my guest is Genomic Medicine Researcher Dr Heidi Rehm

What we discuss with Dr Rehm:

- How she became interested in biology and genomics

- Studying the genetic basis of hearing loss, and why she thinks the cochlea is a thing of beauty

- How she got involved with the Broad Institute, and her work there

- Some of the barriers to the use of genetics in medicine

- Her thoughts on free data exchange among genomics researchers

- Matchmaker Exchange, and how it is important for genomics research

- The role of genomics in pathology, both now and in the future

- The Precision Health Meeting, and how she became involved

- How meetings such as this help promote technological advances in genomics

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[Laboratory Transformation Seasonal School](https://joinpop.org/ltss-2022-registration/)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[AGBT Precision Health Meeting](https://www.agbt.org/events/precision-health/)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

Dr Heidi Rehm on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/HeidiRehm)

[Broad Institute](https://www.broadinstitute.org/)

[Program for Medical and Population Genetics](https://www.broadinstitute.org/medical-population-genetics)

[Matchmaker Exchange](https://www.matchmakerexchange.org/)

[ClinGen](https://clinicalgenome.org/)

[ClinVar](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/)

[“Matching” consent to purpose: The example of the Matchmaker Exchange](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23278)

[Matchmaker Exchange in Human Genetics](https://currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cphg.50)

[AGBT Precision Health Meeting](https://www.agbt.org/events/precision-health/)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)