Individualizing Medicine One Family at a Time

Family history is known to be a risk factor for many common, chronic conditions such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, stroke, obesity and diabetes. This project offers individuals in PA the opportunity to collect their family health history which may allow discovery of high-risk factors and allow individualized preventive action.

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A gift from Weis Markets in partnership with Geisinger Genomic Medicine Institute research offers this exciting, innovative community effort that will have a clear impact on our population health and lead to research opportunities. Activities including interactive educational tools to explain the importance of family history in prevention, guides to enable family history collection, tools to discuss family history with healthcare providers, opportunities for online, telephone and in-person review of your family history by a genetic counselor, and the option to engage in local research addressing family health history and health risks.

Do you have questions about your family history? To ask about your family history:

• Familyhistory@geisinger.edu

570-214-6065 for a Genetic Counselor

Click for family health history resources.

A Guide to Family Health History (.pdf)

Heathcare Provider Card (,pdf)